Legally Wandering Jen

It's been about 3 weeks since I've finished the California Bar Exam.  I remember the first few days after finishing (most of which I spent sleeping), I suddenly panicked and thought "what in the world do I do now?!"  This was about to be the first time in 21 years that I wasn't starting a new school year and the past 3 years of law school had sort of made me forgotten what I loved to do in my free time.  Being in the limbo phase of the end of law school and finding out bar results is such an odd time in a person's life.  You have to find a job because pretty soon those student loans can't be ignored, but you're not yet sure if you're even an attorney.  I started to feel lost, confused, and unsure about everything.  My biggest fear has always been that feeling of uncertainty, of not knowing what's going to happen next.  I always had a plan, but right now for the first time in my life, I don't know where I'll be or what I'll be doing ...

It seems as if I've been talking about starting a blog and gathering information for so long now that I can't believe I'm sitting down to finally write my first entry.  Then again, the entire past 3 years of my life have been such a blur that I still can't grasp the reality of where I am today. Exactly 3 years and 12 days ago, I moved to San Diego, CA.  I had grown up in Richmond, VA and lived in the same house my entire life up until my 4 wonderful years at this great place called Virginia Tech.  I'd never been past the East Coast despite having traveled to Europe a few times, but California is a place I had dreamt of since I was a little girl.  The day I flew out to San Diego, I arrived with simply two suitcases and a carry-on.  I knew no one.  I had never been there before.  All I really knew was that I was signed-up to begin law school in a few weeks.  I'll never forget entering my first apartment and staring at the bare, empty walls as I w...