Into the Den of Books

First off, I have to mention to Dad that I think this is a great way to communicate. Other methods would also work! :) I thought comments would actually appear on the page, but instead it just has a link to them. Oh well. I think everyone can still look at them if they click the link.

Anyway... today is all about setting my house in order-- literally. My room has gotten too disorganized to work in. It is depressing. I have old glasses sitting around, laundry all over the place, and of course Barbri books EVERYWHERE! I'm thinking now is a good time to take that all in hand and make my room a nice place to study. Of course, I then need to put my room to use.

I also thought maybe I'd get a few things done for the exam that have recently come to my attention. Get them off my plate before I become too overwhelmed. One is the task of finding an analog, battery-operated clock that is no larger than 4" x 4". That might be tough these days! The exam room doesn't have any clocks (if you can believe that!). I thought I'd get a small clock (comforming to CalBar's requirements) just in case my watch dies during the exam. Another thing to do is find a cushion that I can sit on for six hours straight. The chairs in the exam room are not cushioned-- so it's up to us to provide for our own comfort.

Guess what else I found out-- no food or drinks are allowed in the exam room-- not even water! You just have to suffer if you get thirsty! I couldn't believe it when I heard it-- so I went and looked it up. It's true. You can't even chew gum during the exam. (Well, that one I can agree with at least. Who needs a gum-snapping neighbor in that kind of situation?)

Anyway... after I run my errands and start my laundry, today will be all about Contracts. I am totally behind in my practice tests, so I need to catch up. First is 17 "introductory" mulitple choice (MC) questions followed by a downloaded lecture on how to approach Contracts MC's. That will take about 1.5 hours. Then I have another 36 MC's (about another 1.5 hours after reviewing where I went wrong) followed by another 37 MC's (another 1.5 hours). Then I get to outline two Contracts Essays, which will only take me an hour total. If you're playing along at home, that's a total of 5.5 hours. Then I will be all caught up on Contracts and can start in on what is assigned for today-- 74 MC's and outline two more essays. That's another 4 hours.

Hmm... That's 9.5 hours of work and it's already 11am. That means I'll finish by 8:30 if I don't stop for meals or run any errands. Actually, I won't do it all today. Even though I have a ton to do tomorrow, I need to spread out the make-up stuff and just try to keep up.

So, I'm off to start my laundry and clean up my room!