so much better than studying for the bar

This weekend had the potential to be very un-fun. I had a practice MBE (multistate multi choice bar exam) today that ate up seven hours of the day today. I have EIGHT HOURS worth of bar review class tomorrow. On a Sunday. Apparently noone told the bar review folks that Sunday is the day of rest. I have eight hours of bar review on Monday and then the normal three hours on Tuesday and then hooray! Wednesday off! ... but that's only because its the 4th of July or I'm sure we would be going straight through the week. The barbri folks are slave drivers I tell you!

To reward myself for my diligent work this morning and to pre-award myself for the upcoming days of hell, I took myself, the dog, and the fiance on a hike this evening. We headed to Eldorado Canyon State Park and hiked the seven mile round trip trail that goes from the trailhead out to South Boulder Creek and back. It was amazing.

It was also hot. I was fine but I worried a bit about the black mutt. She handled it like a trooper. We stopped often in the shade and she got lots of water. After seven miles she was still pulling. She loved it.

It was a wonderful afternoon full of beautiful scenery, my two favorite people* in the whole world and NOT studying for the freakin' bar exam. It was also the best workout I've had since the mountain bike race a few months ago. It felt good to get my butt kicked again.

After our hike we went and had buffalo burgers and beer. THAT was a good day.

Josh's pictures from the hike are here.

*dogs are people too!