Vacation, vacation, vacation!
You're a lawyer. If you're not making bundles now, you will be soon -- I speak from experience on this one. I've worked with lawyers for 12+ years. The first couple years can be rough in the financial department, especially with a big law school loan, but then hold on for dear life!
I went straight from mommy to hubby, too, but I had -- and still do have -- a great relationship with my mother. However, my job as a court reporter gets me so unbelievably stressed at times (have you told your court reporter at the end of a long day you need the transcript first thing in the morning yet? If so, you know the hours we work), I must take at least four vacations a year. This allows me to "visit" the world, see, drink and eat what I've always wanted to, but then come home to my bed, my pets, my life and my job. In a few months, we do it again. If anything, I think traveling has made me realize how much I do love the comforts of home, my own home I'm talking about.
It doesn't always have to be worldly, expensive trips, either, at least not all the time, lol. Man, you don't have kids! Get you & your hubby some plane tickets somewhere and live it up! If you can't do it just yet, start looking at where you want to go when your work schedule and/or finances permit.
Don't sweat owning a home. You can always sell. You're smart. Renting doesn't make much financial sense if you can afford to buy -- often a mortgage payment is less than a rent payment, plus you have equity when you own your home. Granted our real estate market is hot where I am, but my mother-in-law "flips" houses and moves every year or two. I'm not suggesting this, but buying a home and selling it in a few years or renting it out is not unheard of.
Work hard; play hard. Everything else usually falls into place
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