Long Awaited Update

It's been a while since we wrote anything here, so here's a brief update.

Since the bar exam results were released things have been sort of up and down here on Baker Street. Despite having a resume that "is very strong" according to the people at career services, the prospect of employment has been slippery. Leads are scarce to begin with, and most of the ones that are tracked down have mostly resulted in dead ends or professionals promising to "pass along" the resume.

The reasons aren't tough to understand. The economy sucks. Firms who were living the high life when things were good racked up tremendous overhead and when things went bad a number of associates were let go. Our recently graduated class is now competing with other potential candidates who actually have a clue of the ins and outs of day to day practice. In short they have something called "experience" which appears to often tip the scales away from a newly minted attorney.

Luckily the prospect of being a traditional lawyer was one I always considered just an option, not the only destination. I kept that perspective from the time I wrote my admissions essay to the time I graduated. Still, in looking around at other positions the nibbles and bites haven't come as quickly as would have been preferred. The advice I get from various support systems range from "it'll happen" to "when it's meant to be". It's a nice sentiment, but the truth is I'm pretty bored on a day to day basis and can't wait for something to happen.

Employment issues aside, we are gearing up for Christmas time. With most all of our non-essentials sitting in a storage building, we went out and bought a small tree and cheap ornaments to post in the living room. It's not the perfect set up, but at least we have some sense of the Christmas spirit despite spinning the proverbial wheels. After Christmas I'll head down to Orlando and will be met by Tracy on the 30th for our third straight New Year's in the Magic Kingdom. Then, in February we head to Las Vegas before going to St. Lucia in April. All in all the first quarter of 2011 will be pretty eventful.

Hopefully in between the various coming events we'll have a chance to update the employment status and finally start moving forward.

Welcome To Life On Baker Street

Welcome to the wonderful world of pointless postings, random updates, and a general look into the lives of us. After making somewhat of a living on the Internet for the better part of a decade, I've decided to enter the world of blogging and am somewhat hopeful that Tracy will jump and add her thoughts (or "balance") to this endeavor.

A quick update on where things stand at the moment for the handful of people who may or may not find this interesting...

After getting married in 2003, we moved to Greensboro after I graduated from ECU in May of 2004. Soon after we bought our first house and moved to High Point while I went to work in the financial services industry. In the winter of 2006-2007 I was sitting at my grandmother's house and she mentioned the new law school downtown. I had always had an idea that a law degree could be something worth chasing, but had resigned myself to the fact that having a house (complete with a mortgage), a full-time job, and other responsibilities would preclude me from heading to law school. None the less I put in an application to Elon University's School of Law for giggles after taking LSAT. Much to my surprise I got accepted.

Fast forward three years and I'm on the cusp of graduation and the inevitable summer of studying for the bar. In that time we sold our first house (just in time) and moved to Greensboro (again) to be closer to school. In the Spring of my first year Tracy finally found a job she loved and has been there ever since. We've decided to make a go of it here in the Triad area and are closing on our second home in late May. It's a sort of "do-over" on the housing front and comes after we've learned several lessons in that arena from the first time around.

Other than that I've been a youth soccer coach since 2005 and have enjoyed it for the most part. It's been a lot of fun watching these kids grow up. We've also purchased a dog (of sorts) in the last few months as well. So, in summary, moved to the Triad, bought a house and then sold it. Finishing up law school. Buying a second home. Have a cat, a "dog", and things aren't overly terrible.

All in all it's not a bad place to start.