My Husband, The Lawyer

It's official! Eric is now a lawyer, all sworn in and everything. Did you know they swear them and everything? He took an oath with 89 other Idaho Bar Admittees, the same oath they've been swearing since 1800-something. The ceremony was in Boise at the state capitol and me, my mom, and the girls came to watch. It was actually a pretty neat thing. There were two judges that spoke, one from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and they were both very Idaho!! (i.e. awesome!) One judge phrased his advice to the new lawyers in idioms, appropriate to Idahoans and those that strive to be, that made me smile and sigh in big breaths of fresh air. My favorite was "Don't Squat With Your Spurs On," meaning, play nice with the other lawyers. Be ethical and a good person. We were also told to laugh and define your own success and several other good pieces of advice. Oh, and the Idaho Bar is the best bar in the country. That came up a few times ;-)

It's really incredible to be "done" with this whole thing. I mean, we still have a long row to hoe, and there might be more school and more lean times for a while, but he DID IT! He ran that gauntlet and won! And he did well! But more importantly, he did well enough. He didn't sacrifice our marriage or family in the process. Sure, there were a lot of exceptions we made and we certainly weren't living the kind of life balance we hope to get to eventually. But neither did he let school consume him, not all the time at least ;-) He made some tough calls on how to allocate his time and I think he did a bang up job. I couldn't be prouder of my husband.