Quick Catch-Up

I just wanted to write a quick post to catch-up on a few little things that have been going on, but not really worthy of a whole post on their own.

1) Mark received a letter that confirms the location of his internship this summer for the Middlesex County DA's Office. It will be at the courthouse in Waltham which will be about 20 minutes or so in the opposite flow of rush-hour traffic. So that will be nice for him. We're not doing another long-distance thing like last summer when he was in China....THANK GOODNESS!! He will also not have to worry about trying to commute over an hour each way to the DA's offices at the Cape and Islands District, like we originally anticipated. YAY for saving on gas money!!

2) Mark was looking into doing another internship along with the DA's office at a company called Axion International, which is a micro-financing establishment that was really interested in his Chinese ability. However, both the DA and Axion positions are full-time work, so he couldn't do them both at the same time, and the DA's office has a program of 13 weeks that really can't be split. So, there was no time left to do a full internship at Axion, and he will only be sticking with the one internship. We're still happy that it will be a good experience for him though. We're both hoping that he will be happy at this DA's office for the summer.

3) Mark's semester is coming to a close- last day of classes was yesterday- which means that studying for finals is at full-speed. He studies from the time he gets up until midnight everyday, trying desperately to finish his outlines fast enough so that he can really get the cramming part of studying underway. His first final is on Thursday April 30, and then he has 5 days to prepare for the other 3 tests. He has finals on May 5th, 6th, and 7th. There won't be much time for studying in between.

4) Then the very next morning (May 8th at 6:30am) we fly out to Utah for a wedding that afternoon. Mark's brain will be numb and he'll probably not remember anything that happens that day, but we're determined to be a part of his little brother's wedding anyway! :) I know that I'm getting excited to see family and friends that we haven't seen since we moved to Boston. As for Mark, I'm sure he'd be more excited if he was allowing himself to focus on the trip for longer than 5 seconds...but there's too much going on in his brain regarding the First Amendment, what types of Evidence can be admitted into the courtroom, and how frustrated he is with the amount of information there is to know about Professional Responsibility. (Poor guy!!)

So for right now, things seem to be going just fine for us. Mark may have a different perspective because he's so stressed over school, but we really have been given so many blessings that life feels really great for me. I guess the only things that would make life completely perfect is if we knew that Mark already had a job lined up, and that it was a guarantee that he would get good grades...and if there was no concern about whether I had to return to work or not when the baby is born. But...it wouldn't be real life if everything was totally perfect and going according to plan. We're going to need a few speedbumps to keep life interesting, right? I'm so grateful for the blessings from Heavenly Father and that we are able to make it through one day at a time.