Welcome Y'all!

This is the first blog I have ever done so bare with me.  I've been seeing blogs everywhere, it seems like everyone I know has a blog so I thought it might be interesting to start one.  I have no preconceived notions that anyone is actually going to read this blog but sometimes I have thoughts in my head that I want to express and this is the perfect outlet.  I guess this is the part where I talk about myself.  I was born in Groton, Connecticut; moved to Silverdale, Washington at age 2;  San Antonio,Texas 4-8; Nampa, Meridian, Eagle, Idaho 8-18; Austin, Texas 18-22; Syracuse, New York 22-25 and finally back to Austin, Texas.  I majored in Goverment with a minor in Business Foundations at the University of Texas and went to law school at Syracuse University.  I am lucky enough to have a job here in Austin, I work as a patent litigator which sounds a lot fancier than it really is.  Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love doing it, but sometimes researching all day takes its toll.  I know I get a lot of flexibility at my job so for that I am extremely grateful.  I have one dog who is a chihuahua/poodle mix named Swift.  He's basically the light of my life.  I am in the process of adopting another dog, more on that later.  I am also in a long distance relationship.  I absoltely love the man but boy are long distance relationships hard!  I miss him every day.  In our profession there is no simple way to move to a different state.  You either have to be practicing for a consecutive 5 years or you have to re-take the bar exam in that state.  Oh yeah, he's an attorney as well, we met in law school (something I've always wanted to say!).  So Don and I (that's the boy's name) are kind of stuck.  Since I'm currently the one with the job it makes the most sense for him to move, but who knows where life can bring you.  So this is my blog, I will probably write things that don't make sense to others or go off on rants or not finish my thoughts, but this is my blog and I guess I can do whatever I want with it.  Until next time cyberworld...