PNW & PALMS: 2015: The best year of my life

My last blog post (about my life) was from July 2015. Since that time, many things happened to me. Many very exciting things! Right now, I can not believe that it's already March. I have many high hopes for 2016, but I can honestly say that 2015 was the best year of my life thus far. Just a little update on what happened since I last checked in:

July: Ended my job at my litigation firm. Had an amazing time and learned a ton. Went to Disneyland, attended my friends wedding back in Seattle, went to a Mariner's game with my father, and my brother came and visited me in LA.

[wedding in Snohomish, WA]

[Los Angeles summer nights]

[summer - aka only time I have enough time to read for fun]

PS-this book was so disappointing

[annual disneyland trip]

August: Got offered a job at that same firm for after graduation! A wave of pressure was lifted off my shoulders when this happened, and I coasted into 3L year on a high. I went to Boston for the first time in my life and had an absolute blast. I also passed the MPRE, which is the ethics portion of the bar. I got to go home to Seattle for a bit and visited my favorite place on the entire earth, Lake Chelan, Washington.

[summer baseball games, the best]

[Molly Moons Ice Cream, Seattle]

[Lake Chelan, WA]

[Boston, MA]

September: Started school and went to multiple UCLA football games (while wearing a UW hat, because duh). Went back to Seattle for a UW game. Supreme Court Justice Breyer came to school to talk!!! And a little less cool but still sweet - B and I went to the VMA's!

[After 20 years, my last first day of school]

[hanging onto summer]

[SCOTUS Justice Breyer]

[Fall in Seattle = Heaven]

[PNW training runs]

[best tailgates ever]

October: Ran my second 1/2 marathon and PR'd by 30 seconds! I ran the Nike Women's Half in San Francisco. The course was much harder than the first 1/2 I did, because SF is notoriously hilly. I felt so much better than I did in the first 1/2. I can;t wait to do it again. Traveled to Tempe/Pheonix, AZ for the first time to catch the UW v. ASU football game. B and I hiked Camelback Mountain and ate a ton of good food.

[my name!]

[2:04:15]

[mile 12]

[UW v. USC in Los Angeles]

[WE WON!]

[Halloween 2015]

[We <3 Parks and Rec]

[one millionth football game of 2015]

November: Went back to Seattle for Thanksgiving, studied my little heart out for finals. Realized I over-exerted myself big-time in extra-curricular activities at school, but somehow survived. I was externing for a judge all semester and was absolutely loving the experience.