We Did It!

So I have big news....

DAN AND I BOTH PASSED THE BAR!

I cannot express what a relief this is. If you are a new reader to my blog you are lucky, because my summer was consumed with self-pity posts regarding bar studying. The day the bar was over was one of the happiest days of my life (I wrote about it in a post aptly titled, "Oh Happy Day.")

For weeks I have refused to talk about getting the results. I just kept pretending that this day would not come. Every time Dan has brought it up I have said "can we please not talk about it?" Today was even written in my planner as "Doomsday." I was SO NERVOUS.

Last night Dan and I decided we were going to have to discuss our game plan for receiving the results. We determined that we would both call if either of us passed or both of us did not pass. If one or the other did not pass, we would wait until that person wanted to call.

The results were supposed to be up at 9AM, which is 11 AM Texas time. I was a nervous wreck all last night. I had a dream that I had passed the bar, but online they had misspelled my name so I was not sure it was really ME. I kept calling and calling the office to see if I had passed and they never responded. I finally woke up in a cold sweat and decided to go downstairs and wait out the next 3 hours before exam results were posted. At 10 o'clock I checked and there was nothing. Two minutes later I got a call from Dan, for what I was assuming was a last minute "Holy shit I am so nervous." discussion. Instead he greeted me with a "WE DID BABE!"

I did not understand. What do you mean we did it? The results were not supposed to be up for another hour!

But apparently two seconds after I checked they came up and we passed! I immediately called my parents to tell them the good news (especially since for the last couple months I had casually forgot to mention when we would find out results.) This is how those two conversations went:

Me: Mom! I have exciting news!
Mom: YOU GOT A JOB.
Me: No Mom, I passed the bar.

Me: Dad! I have exciting news!
Dad: You are pregnant!
Me: What is wrong with you???? If I was pregnant I would not start it off with "I have exciting news."

I also called my friend Katherine who had to listen to me melt down every single day for the three months of studying.

Me: I have exciting news!:
Kat: You got a job!
Me: No. I passed the bar.
Kat: That is great!
Me: You guessed the same as my Mom. She guessed job.
Kat: I'm sorry.
Me: Well, it was better then my Dad. He thought I was pregnant.
Kat: Oh. That was actually my second guess.
Me: That's not funny. Would I sound happy if I got pregnant?
Kat: Well that is why I went with job first
Me: Touche
Kat: Perhaps when you tell people from now on you should say "I HAVE EXCITING NEWS! Do not try and guess what it is."

Unfortunately Dan and I cannot celebrate tonight because I have class (I enrolled in a creative writing program to keep myself sane). But this weekend will definitely be a cause for huge celebration in our house. Thank you to all of you who have been such an amazing source of support these last few months and congrats to all my colleagues who passed as well!

(Of course we still have to take the MPRE before it is "official." But that is cake compared to the bar knock on wood.)