Just the other week Mike and I came back up to L.I. to so some document review work.  We are  excited to tell everyone that Mike passed the bar exam and so we are now both attornies.  We have alot of big dreams and right now we are just starting to work on them.  We plan to get married in the begining of 2009 if the money is there and also want to buy a house as soon as we know where we want to stay. 

Right now I am applying to some L.L.M. Programs for a one year emphasis in intellectual property law and also hoping to pass the patent bar sometime this year or the following if I end up in a masters of law program.  I am following my dream to get a patent or IP lawyer job which will use my undergraduate degree in chemistry.  Ultimately I just want to do somthing I love. 

Mike would like to do criminal defense or work as a legal aid.  He can work pretty much anywhere because that work is everywhere but my field is a bit more selective.  So we also came to NY for the patent law courses given here and the opportunties.  The other city we are looking at right now is D.C.. 

We have made alot of big changes moving from NC back to NY to pursue them and maybe it seems like a risk. I am also happy that Mike will get to meet some more of my family.  Next week we already have plans to see some extended family that I haven't had the chance to see in awhile, and I am very excited.  Alot of my family is near NYC area!  Mike is not exactally looking forward to not knowing anyone but it had to happen some time.

We may eventually move back to NC and love the area.  My brother and parents are there and so are his.  So we can always go there if everything doesn't work out perfectly.  Right now we felt it was best to pursue some of our dreams before we have roots that don't allow us to travel.