So this past week was my freak-out week! I had to sit my husband down and get him to decide on whether we are going to stay in the DC metro area or if this is just a transitional city. John Mark and I don't pretend to make long term plans since it has been very clear in our lives that God has much more in store than we could imagine. However, I have finally come to some cross roads in my life where decisions- long-term decisions have to be made...mainly: where do I take the bar?
For those of you not familiar with state bars, they are a pretty big commitment in that you have to take them in the state that you are going to be practicing law, it takes 3 months of crazy studying to pass, and if a state allows reciprocity at all, it takes a minimum of five years to either waive in or take an attorney's exam (much easier/less stressful than taking that state's bar exam). In a sentence...a bar is a long term commitment! Now, DC is nice is that it is the only state in US where you can waive in after six months. But even up here, the Virginia v. Maryland debate is a hard one.
So back to my freak out (the real reason you are reading this post)! After a long conversation (which included tears at some point) about what we want to do in life and where we want to be long term, John Mark and I decided for me to take the Virginia bar mainly because Virginia has the US intellectual property offices and right now we really want to stay close to where we live. All I have to do now is finish the application!
In celebration/curiosity of our decision, we spent this weekend looking at properties to buy. Mind you, it might be us craving our next project or watching too many episodes of "Flip this House," but we would like to either build or remodel/completely gut a house. So our version of looking at houses was mainly admiring the houses with boarded-up windows or mildewed siding. (See pics!) Maybe we are just suckers for before and after pictures! Anyway, it was a great weekend, getting to know more neighborhoods. Now all we have to do is sell that condo in Florida!
For those of you not familiar with state bars, they are a pretty big commitment in that you have to take them in the state that you are going to be practicing law, it takes 3 months of crazy studying to pass, and if a state allows reciprocity at all, it takes a minimum of five years to either waive in or take an attorney's exam (much easier/less stressful than taking that state's bar exam). In a sentence...a bar is a long term commitment! Now, DC is nice is that it is the only state in US where you can waive in after six months. But even up here, the Virginia v. Maryland debate is a hard one.
So back to my freak out (the real reason you are reading this post)! After a long conversation (which included tears at some point) about what we want to do in life and where we want to be long term, John Mark and I decided for me to take the Virginia bar mainly because Virginia has the US intellectual property offices and right now we really want to stay close to where we live. All I have to do now is finish the application!
In celebration/curiosity of our decision, we spent this weekend looking at properties to buy. Mind you, it might be us craving our next project or watching too many episodes of "Flip this House," but we would like to either build or remodel/completely gut a house. So our version of looking at houses was mainly admiring the houses with boarded-up windows or mildewed siding. (See pics!) Maybe we are just suckers for before and after pictures! Anyway, it was a great weekend, getting to know more neighborhoods. Now all we have to do is sell that condo in Florida!
Hmmm, could be charming!
This one needs some serious work, but is huge and on a beautiful lot!
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