I don’t know how it happened.  Maybe I was board.  I was looking at a 8.5 hour car trip (10 hours with stops).  Maybe I was giddy since I was going back home.  Or possibly I had a bit too much caffeine this morning.  Whatever the reason, today when the Husband asked me a question I sang my answer back to him.  Then I did it again.  And I laughed until my cheeks hurt, trying to decide how I would sing my next response or question.  It was like being in a musical!  So I declared it ‘Musical Day.’  This would be a day in which I would sing everything!

That lasted for 2 minutes.

My time here in Illinois is done.  It looks like I will be staying in Tennessee for a little while longer.  It also means that I will be taking another Bar in the future and then deciding what the plan of attack is after I get those results back.  I enjoyed my time here, but I am realizing that it gets pretty cold this far north.  Brrr!

I know I have mentioned previously that there is stress in the Household.  After publishing that post, I have had some friends ask me if there is a little bun in the oven.  I want to clear that up first: no, I am not pregnant.  Far from it.  Years away from it.  No baby anytime soon.

Now that the question is out of the way, I thought I should let you in on the stressful situation going on right now in my life.  Just a couple of weeks ago the Husband was notified that his job wants him to move.  Normally that would not be a bad thing, as I am use to bouncing around from state to state.  But I just took (and passed) the Bar in Tennessee.  I had plans to open up my own law firm in Tennessee.  We have been trying to find that perfect house to settle into in Tennessee.

Moving means throwing all those plans out the window.  It also means taking another Bar exam (and paying all the fees involved in such an endeavor).  And it means having to work for someone else while I go through that process.  With student loans coming due next month, I have to start working. If I am not licensed to practice in a state, I can’t open my own firm.  So this week I have been interviewing at some law firms.  The biggest obstacle is that I am not licensed to practice in this state so I can’t even do the work of a lawyer while studying for, taking, and awaiting the results of the new state’s Bar.  Working in a firm means doing intern work, if they can work me at all.  See the pressure?  See the stress?

The Husband’s company is a great company.  I want to do what it takes to make sure they are happy with him and his job situation.  So I interview with law firms and I will take another Bar.  But I remain stressed and frustrated.

Of course, if they could wait just a little bit longer, I could take the new Bar and still open up my own law firm in Tennessee and transfer it to the new state upon Bar passage.  Isn’t that a great idea?  I will keep you posted.

Any time I go on a road trip, I keep my eye out for fun, fascinating and even weird roadside attractions.  Driving through Kentucky yesterday the Husband and I noticed that we would be passing the Original Kentucky Fried Chicken.  While KFC is not my favorite in the friend chicken department, eating at the original was too good to pass up!  So off we exited interstate in Corbin, KY, took a turn or two and arrived at the original Sanders Cafe.

Although Sanders Cafe is not completely original, it has been restored and a modern KFC can be found inside, along with the “original” side and memorabilia.  Sanders Cafe is a National Historic Landmark and has a sign out front to familiarize guests with the history of this place.

Of course I had to have some Original Recipe Fried Chicken to make this visit official.  It was actually greasier than I remember it being.

And no visit would be complete without a picture with the Colonel himself.