WOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

FINALLY!

It's HERE!

Today is the Day of the rest of our life!

Today is the day we have been waiting for,

the day we have been talking about, dreaming about.

FINALLY!

CHRISTOPHER STEVEN SPIKER IS DONE WITH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are few moments in life where it is appropriate to brag. To boast. To shout out "I rock!". Today I am going to say is one of those days where its okay. I, however, am not doing this for me, but for Chris. [although it's no secret how excited I have been for this day!]

Chris rocks. Chris is brilliant. & He graduated from USC today. [technically he graduated from University of Southern California Gould School of Law with his J.D.] I have always been so proud to be his wife, and today I am even MORE PROUD! He has worked so hard to get where he is & has done awesome! Graduating near the top of his class, his hard work & brains have paid off.

Over the past three years, going through our first years of marriage & tackling law school I have to say, Chris surpassed all my expectations. I was certain it wouldn't be "that hard" when we first got married. I was so wrong! We both quickly learned that the time it required was much more than anticipated. I thought either his grades would suffer or we would. The heavy work load & stress of an emotional wife [don't get me started on what a wreck I was our first year in] did not make his life any easier. He may not have done everything he wanted or to the level he could have, but he did it! Watching him work that hard for our future & for his success only made me feel luckier that he picked me.

Congratulations Chris on graduating from one of the top law schools in the country, for being top of your class, and for landing an awesome job! You deserve it!

Looking to the future:

Chris has a brutal summer ahead. Preparing for the bar exam will be very intense. I know he will score amazingly, because well..he always does! After the bar at the end of July Chris has zero plans...and loves it! [although he will probably be trying to chip away at our massive school loan debt...gotta love USC tuition]
*oh, and we're currently accepting donations if anyone's interested ;)

I hope he does as much of this as he can after the bar..

I don't know what I am going to do with myself, I have never known him to be anything but a student! It'll be like living with a stranger! A very ridiculously good looking stranger :)

wohoo chris! i heart you long time.