License to Bill.

The site:  McCormick Place, Chicago

Admission to the Illinois State Bar Ceremony 

November 10, 2011

The lawyerly licensees:  Luke & Mav

The Sheepskin itself:  Wow.

The Aftermath:  Waiting 45 minutes on the

parking structure's 5th level to exit. 

We finally did escape, popped a
much-deserved bottle of champagne,
and went off for a splendid Italian repast. 

(Congratulations on your perseverence, 
Mavourneen and Luke -- not necessarily for
fighting your way through law school and
 the bar exam and then being sworn into the
Illinois Bar - all very impressive feats for
which we loudly applaud you, of course -
but in particular for surviving our madcap,
 detour-ridden drive to the swearing in
ceremony itself.  Whew!)

As they say, all's well that ends well, and
 this day, most decidedly, ended well.