counting down

Recently, we made our last direct tuition payment to The George Washington Law School. While we'll likely have student loans to pay off for years to come, it still felt pretty good. After nearly four years of being a full time worker by day and a law school student by night, Shane's GW days are finally coming to an end. Good thing, too, because we both realize we are "burning out" on the crazy schedules we've been keeping.

So -- to help us stay focused on goal that lies within grasp -- Christian and I put together a paper chain for Family Home Evening to help us count down the days till Shane's graduation on May 15.
Simple, but hey, it makes us all pretty happy to see it shrinking bit by bit. And Christian loves being lifted up and asked to do the honors. (Although we've had to stop him from ripping more than one -- guess he's a little impatient to get this law school thing over with. Can't really blame him. Shane often jokes that Christian knows him as the guy who comes home late and then goes and hides in the back room surrounded by books and a computer.)

It's bittersweet for us to think this chapter is finally coming to a close. Our entire married life has been focused on getting Shane through law school. We were married at the end of June and he started school early that August. Still, while we've enjoyed most of our adventures along this particular path, we're excited to move on to something new -- even if we still don't know exactly what or where that path will be.

So, only 102 days till graduation day...