Study Party

For some reason, I like showing where all this studying takes place.

Lately I've been studying in 3-4 hour blocks since Timmy is trying to sabotage my bar prep I need to feed my precious baby. The Library, my friend's apartment and my bed are my stomping grounds. This weekend though, PJO was home and he enjoyed his first three-day weekend since before Timmy was born. It was wonderful. Another benefit besides spending time with him was having the whole apartment to myself when he took Timmy out for walks.

I took advantage of having some fresh new study party territory.




A big comfy place on the couch to go over essays, a big bowl of delicious cherries and sparkling water next to me = perfection.

If I could study like that everyday (well, replacing that with dinner and a glass of wine maybe at night) I don't think studying would be bad at all. As it is, I honestly can't believe I only have 3 weeks left. Maybe it's because I've only been doing a fraction of what the Pace schedule says I should each day, but I haven't felt the extreme amount of hatred towards Conviser that I thought I would.

Last week, I realized another benefit of the iPod...I took it to a manicure and pedicure. While I was pampered and avoiding the awkward discussions that I only partially understand with the manicurist, I was learning about how to write essays for Business Associations and Civ Pro.

I find it hard to judge how well I'm doing and where I should be. They give you sample essay questions and I submit about 5 for grading. The MBE questions are easy to grade, but I still don't know how well I really should be doing on those. I just took the full day exam yesterday and got 63% right. They said to aim for 58%, so does that mean I would have passed? Or do I need 65% to pass? And even if I got 80% right, I wouldn't feel comfortable because they could test anything on test day and if you don't know those questions, you could still fail. Even more so with the essays; we have 6 1-hour essays and two 3-hour performance tests. If you don't know one essay subject that well, you can still pass the Bar. But if you don't know 2? Seems like it would be very hard to pass the test then. Well, I could easily pick six subjects that I don't know enough to write a good essay on right now.
That makes it sound like I'm super worried, which I'm not. I still haven't reviewed much at all, I've just made it through lectures, making some notecards and taking a few practice multiple choice and essays. I actually still have to listen to the lectures for Community Property and Wills and Trusts, so I've got a few more lecture
hours to log. I just am going to review as well as I can and hope that what I know is on the test and whatever I don't know is bullshittable (word?).

And even when it's tough and I have no motivation, there is some comfort in knowing what I have to do each day and being so busy that I can't think about anything else. After the Bar and after we move, I honestly have no idea what I'll do. I mean, I know it will involve a lot of Timmy, swimming, playing in parks, baking, watching movies and reading magazines. But how long before I get bored. Or worse, how long before I get used to it and can no longer imagine being cooped up in an office all day long!

21 study days left...time to go do something productive