August 2006
The summer before my 2L year, I lived in Charlottesville and worked for Legal Aid Justice Center. I started applying for jobs at the end of the summer through our on grounds interview process. I applied to jobs in New York, DC, Boston, and even Miami. Shortly after I met Kevin, I had 27 interviews that would determine where I would live in two years. Our seventh date was quintessentially Virginian: we had a double date with Brandon and Becky to Ash Lawn-Highland and Jefferson Vineyard.
First picture with Kevin at Jefferson Vineyard 2006
Sarah W., Alissa, and I went to the Rockingham County Fair, where I finally made peace with goats. I had hosted Sarah W. the previous year when she was looking at law schools and I'd put on the hard sell. I was thrilled to see her come back. I had tons of law firm interviews on campus before the semester started.
Sarah W. at the Rockingham County Fair
September in 2006
Brian, Katy, Sarah, and I went to the opening of the JPJ arena to watch the UVA v. Pittsburgh away game on the big screen. Kevin went with Cory and Brady but they weren't students then so they were in a different section. Afterwards, I met Cory and he tried to scare me away by telling me Kevin's more scandalous undergrad stories. (Not cool, Cory, not cool.) Cory also gave Brian a fun little nickname that has stuck all these years.
Katy, Sarah, Brian, I mean CavMan, and me at the UVA v. Pittsburgh game 2006
I had law firm interview callbacks in New York City, so I was able to spend a little time with my parents.
My gorgeous parents, Ramsey 2006
Kevin and I went to a Jose Gonzalez concert, and Jose slipped on an ice cube I dropped. The Latin American Law Organization threw its first party, Fiesta de Otono, and Kevin and I attempted to salsa. My law school friends and I went to our second Fall Foxfield, with our church hats and all. Brian threw a coffee party-- fun! Kevin and I went on new hikes.
Rob, Jane, Audra, Sarah, me, Katy, and Brian at Fall Foxfield 2006
This was a great month. Kevin and I had only been dating for a short while. Cathy came to visit us, and we went out on an accidental and rainy Charlottesville crawl to South Street Pub, X-Lounge, Millers, C&O, and back to X-Lounge. It was a lot of people too: Becky, Brandon, Sarah, Donald, Josh, Jon, and later Roger. Though I think only Cathy, Jon, Kevin, and I made it to all the locations. For a Thursday night in Charlottesville, it was epic.
Cathy, Kevin, me, Sarah at X-Lounge
I went to DC for a call-back interview. Jon and I went to an Eric Clapton concert. Kevin and I went hiking at Ivy Creek. Kevin, Brady, Nick and Emily, and James W. and I went to an Islands concert. A bunch of us went to a UNC v. UVA football game.
Kevin, me, Audra, Jon, and Roger at the UVA football game
We went out for Brian's 23rd birthday at Flaming Wok, and after-partied at Jane's while she reveled in the St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series (her great-grandfather is Branch Rickey). Finally, we closed out the month with a two crazy Halloween parties in one night.
Brian's 23rd birthday: Audra, Donald, Sarah, me, Katy, Brian, Jane
Halloween 2006!
We had our 2L PILA semi-formal dance. We went to many UVA football and basketball games.
PILA Semiformal Dance 2006
Katy, Brian, Ericka, and Audra at the UVA v.Miami Football Game
For Thanksgiving, Kevin's mom Kathy, her roommate Dayami, and Kevin's brother Andrew came up from Florida. Kevin's cousin Katie came down from Maryland. It was the first time I met his mom, and the first words out of her mouth were, "So do you want kids?" Haha. True story. She made all the food because she's awesome and the next day we all went hiking in the George Washington National Forest. After they headed back home, Kevin and I went to UVA's Lighting of the Lawn ceremony. It was a really pretty ceremony that for some reason involved hundreds of al capella bands. It was nice to experience part of the UVA undergrad experience.
Lighting of the Lawn 2006
December 2006
Kevin and I threw a big Christmas party for our friends at the end of the semester. We celebrated our first Christmas together a little early in Charlottesville, then separated to go to our respective families for Christmas. It was the only holiday we ever spent apart after we met.
Kevin and Ericka under the mistletoe
Jane, Roger, and Audra at our Christmas party
Jackie, Jinsoo, and Brian
Donald, Sarah, me, and Josh
January 2007
Kevin and I celebrated New Years with our college friends at Ireland's Four Courts Restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. It was warm enough to go hiking in Shenandoah so we did at least twice that month. My friend Katy and I went to a resort in Costa Rica for winter break, and Kevin went with his friends to Ireland. When we got back, Kevin and I took daytrips to Scottsville and Richmond. We went to a Camera Obscura concert. It was before the market crash and recession, and things were crazy back then, so my law firm raised all our starting salaries a full year and half before we started work. (Yeah....) Brian, Jackie, and I went to a Feb Club's Eve party.
February 2007
Kevin and I celebrated New Years with our college friends at Ireland's Four Courts Restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. It was warm enough to go hiking in Shenandoah so we did at least twice that month. My friend Katy and I went to a resort in Costa Rica for winter break, and Kevin went with his friends to Ireland. When we got back, Kevin and I took daytrips to Scottsville and Richmond. We went to a Camera Obscura concert. It was before the market crash and recession, and things were crazy back then, so my law firm raised all our starting salaries a full year and half before we started work. (Yeah....) Brian, Jackie, and I went to a Feb Club's Eve party.
Me and Kevin at Jabberwocky in Charlottesville after the Camera Obscura concert
I encouraged Brian to run for president of the law school (he wanted to anyway) and became his campaign manager. He was victorious!
The following night, I went to another Feb Club Party that had a "Welcome to the Jungle" theme. I made myself a "jungle" costume. I went as the actual foliage, though there were many people dressed as Guns N' Roses band members. It worked both ways. There were more Feb Club parties: "Snow Pants or No Pants," Kegs and Eggs on Sunday morning, "Old School" on Katy's 29th birthday, "The Breakfast Club," begrudgingly hosted by Jane, and the "Fiesta Muy Grande" hosted by me and the rest of the Latin American Law Organization, and "Sports Stars" to close out the month.
Feb Club- Old School!
We had our 2L Barristers Ball at the Omni Hotel. We celebrated Donald's 24th birthday at Thai 99 with his siblings and friends, and Roger's 27th birthday at Basil Restaurant with a different group. Kevin and I went to a Deerhoof concert with Nick, Emily, and Brady.
Student Bar Association Presidential Debate 2007
Katy and I working on Brian's campaign
UVA beat Duke at basketball and stormed the court. I was there, dyed-orange hair and all, but failed to storm the court. That same night I went to a prehistorically-themed Feb Club party dressed as one of two Betty Rubles. I lost my camera on some random lawn, and the lawn's owner reviewed my photos and decided some drunk law student had lost their camera-- luckily the lawn owner knew a law professor and I got my camera back. Only in Charlottesville!
Two Betty Rubles, Feb Club 2007
Welcome to the Jungle: Brian, Josh, me, Roger
Feb Club- Old School!
Barristers Ball 2007
Fiesta Muy Grande
March 2007
Fiesta Muy Grande
Some friends from law school and I went on an amazing Caribbean cruise for Spring Break. As a result, I celebrated my 28th birthday in Cozumel. We also went to Guatemala and Belize.
High Temple at Lamanai, Belize 2007
In our 2L year of law school, a bunch of us went to the libel show. My pre-party included shooters because that's how I rolled back then. I helped with the multi-law-school Softball Tournament.
Libel Show 2007
April 2007
My friends and I did Relay for Life and fund-raised money to fight cancer in honor of my dad and Kevin's mom and grandmother who were all cancer survivors. As far as I knew, my dad had been cancer-free for 8 years at this point.
My friends and I did Relay for Life and fund-raised money to fight cancer in honor of my dad and Kevin's mom and grandmother who were all cancer survivors. As far as I knew, my dad had been cancer-free for 8 years at this point.
Jenny, Sarah M, Ramona, Roger, Brian, me and Audra before walking all night
May 2007
After my spring finals, Kevin and I moved to Brooklyn together for my summer associate job at a law firm in Manhattan. In the pre-crash days they wined and dined us. We had to go back to Charlottesville a few days later for Brady's graduation.
Kevin, me, Brady, Dan, and Kelly at Brady's graduation
Back in New York, Kevin and I had an apartment-warming party, went to see Moon for the Misbegotten at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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