A Reason to Love Law School

I'm not sure if anyone's told you, but law firms don't have Christmas Break. I've heard horrible rumors that there's no Spring Break either. I'm wondering why I counted down the days until graduation... a few weeks off with no strings attached sounds pretty fantastic.

And speaking of being a student, JP has two finals down and three to go. I miss him at night. It's not so much the lack of help, though it's nice to have an extra set of hands to pass a cranky Landon, I miss being a little family. Laughing at Landon's new tricks, exclaiming over his brilliance when he says "duck" at the right spot in Brown Bear Brown Bear, reading nighttime stories cuddled on the couch upstairs- it's all just so much more fun when there's two of you acting as captive, enamored audience for your baby's antics. I can't wait for this weekend, it will be the first time in months that JP will be totally ours- no studying or group meetings, just lounging and errands and sitting on the couch with a movie.

We originally thought it was such a good idea to have one of us in grad school for Landon's first few years because it meant that one person had a flexible schedule. And while that certainly has its benefits, I'm already looking forward to the days when we can both come home from work and just be home. Right now I think we each get a lot of time with Landon but it's usually one on one, and as work our schedules to maximize our time with him, it minimizes our time with each other (or minimizes our time spent sleeping, either way, we suffer). Another level of difficulty is added by the fact that JP has spent the past several months knee deep in the time-consuming process of starting up his own company. I've held back on mentioning it until things were further along, but the LLC has officially been formed with two of his friends. There will be more details later, but the point is that between business school and doing everything to start this company (he's the "business guy" in the partnership, so the bulk of his work is up front as they're forming), JP has been quite busy. And my missing him this week isn't just a product of finals, it's a product of months of him needing more than 24 hours in a day.

So this next five weeks of him as house husband with nothing to do but help care for a toddler and secure funding for a start-up during an economic crisis is going to be quite relaxing and lovely for us both!