I Read Your Post and/or Story and Enjoyed It

It's the middle of December, really? (I'm leaving for a trip to Ireland the day after Christmas and won't be back until a few days into the new year, so for me, December's functionally about 23 days long. SO much work to get done before then, aaaargh!)

Ahem. So yes, things have been busy 'round these parts, and I keep meaning to do a little update post to explain how I'm not slipping back into lurker mode, nosiree (even though it's so easy to do), it's just that things are hectic. And then something else happens, and it's suddenly three weeks later and still no post.

For instance: did I mention that I passed the bar? I sure whined about studying for it enough over the summer, but I think my victory!post on that front was another one of those that I only wrote in my head. But yes, bar passed, and by the end of January I will be an honest-to-goodness licensed attorney. Me-of-five-years-ago is still scratching her head over how that one happened.

Also, thank you to winkingstar and delightful anonymous person for the snowflake cookie things! I gather there was some sort of LJ-beneficence/glitch a bit ago that resulted in a deluge of wintry treats everywhere? That's one of those things I missed while on self-imposed LJ-exile in order to get my sga_santa story done -- it worked, though I'm still a little iffy on the final product, but it also means I'm way behind on many things.

Basically, this post boils down to: FYI, awkwardly late comments to your recent-ish posts, incoming!

Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes! I had a lovely couple of days back home with family and friends, and several excellent meals, including one at this fantastic little wine & cheese & chocolate & beer-tasting restaurant in Philly. Total hole-in-the-wall type place, but with the best cheese selection I've seen since I was last in France, which was, oh man, 6 1/2 years ago now. winkingstar, scratch my demand for imported chocolate, and bring me back some proper chèvre!

To show that I'm not quite so greedy as my last comment would indicate, I wanted to share the omgsodarling chibis that chkc drew for me!

( She asked me for a prompt maybe a week before the bar, and I blathered on for several paragraphs about multiple choice questions and the elements of adverse possession. )

Hey, would you look at that: in the month+ since I last posted, New Hampshire went and legalized same-sex marriage, too! If there were causation involved here (and not just correlation), I'd totally be willing to take a 44-month hiatus to get the rest of the states onto Team Awesome.

What have I been up to in the past month?

- Finishing up a semester-and-a-half's worth of coursework in about 3 weeks
- Graduating from law school, yay!
- Starting my bar review class two days later, boo
- Finding an apartment in DC to move into in August
- Trying to get rid of accumulated stuff to make the eventual move easier (plus, it beats studying for the bar)

But I also don't want to drive myself crazy over the next 7 weeks, so I'm hoping to be much more present (i.e., at all) 'round these parts. I've got an flist backlog that I'm looking forward to tackling, so if you start getting awkwardly late comments to posts or fic over the next few days, that'll be me! And if something awesome has happened, I'd lovelovelove links!