It's almost November!

So we've almost made it through October folks! Matt and I actually made it to Murray’s Homecoming. And Matt had a blast at the National FFA convention in Indianapolis. He called me absolutely breathless with excitement because he was going to be getting a shipment of FREE text books. Yes, guys you heard correct. Matthew Silvey was excited over free books. My, my, my how things change.

I’ve been studying hard. I had an appellate brief to write (Translation… I long paper), a big project, and two tests coming up. My fake trial is the week after the second test (Nov. 12^th), so there’s no resting until that is over. The project was a Group project, and we know how those always turn out. Someone takes charge (that would be me) and the rest lay back and enjoy the ride, putting in an ounce of effort every now and then. I might explode if I go into detail over it right now, but lets just say, Shelby was not a happy camper for a bit.

In good news, my friend that graduated lawschool last year found out he passed the bar on Oct. 10^th. I’m very excited for him, and it just reassures me that if I put in the work, I too have a good chance at passing the bar next year. ALSO… I found out that my niece and nephews will, more likely than not, be coming up to visit for a week after Christmas! I’m super excited.

Hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

Milestones

Well, milestones have been passed in the Silvey household.

Matt passed the praxis II and his Ag ed Praxis. He met both the Tennessee and Kentucky (which is higher than TN) standards. Matt is going to be a great teacher. He has so much enthusiasm and passion for the field of agriculture. He is going to the National FFA convention in Indianapolis with his class towards the end of the month. Matt’s really excited to get the most exposure he can to FFA, they didn’t have Agriculture classes at his High School. Matt gets all his agricultural inspiration from his father. His dad really taught him a love of the outdoors. He only has about 2 months of classes left in the semester. All he has to do is now is finish it out and student teach.

I passed my MPRE (ethics part of the TN bar exam). I’ve also started studying for my finals at the end of the month. I have 2 exams and 2 projects that make up the 4 finals I have at the end of the month. In November I have my trial, and in Dec. a BIG mid-term. I keep saying in my head, “you just have to make it to Nov.” then “you just have to make it to Feb”. Things have managed to move pretty quickly. But I definitely feel the stress the past 3 plus years have put on me.

In other news…

We married off our two friends that got married in the same weekend, and both weddings were wonderful. Matt and I both had a lot of fun and wish them long and happy marriages.

Erica and Jeff Sutch 9-27-08

Matt and I at the reception

Monica and Jayson Sorensen 9-28-08

The Bride and I