33% done

I've got day one in my pocket. It could have gone much worse.

Our giant room was absolutely frigid. Even though I was wearing sweat pants, socks and shoes and a hoodie, my hands and feet were icicles at the end of each session. Our proctor was also unintelligible and we started far behind schedule. Other than that, it went as smoothly as could be expected.

I was randomly assigned to sit near a bunch of friends, which made the whole process much less of a big scary thing. The three essays in the morning weren't too bad, and the performance test this afternoon was the best one I've done yet (I practiced 3 before today). Sure I could have used more time on both parts. And sure, there were some rules that I didn't really remember. But I think I did well enough to pass.

After the second session, I walked to dinner with some friends, then went to the jacuzzi at our hotel. Now I'm going to go over the MBE stuff for an hour and head to bead.

I think multiple choice and a lack of computer is going to make tomorrow seem easier. And PJO is meeting me early tomorrow AM to bring my uggs and Northface fleece, so that should make the room temperature more bearable.

Day 3 ... well, I'm sure it will be hard, but at least I'll be warmed up and used to this whole process by then. And hey, it's the last day so who gives a shit?

But I'm getting ahead of myself. 6 hours of multiple choice tomorrow. Woo.