BarBri

I have been attending Bar Review classes since December 27th and haven't felt that they were blog-worthy yet. That's not really a good sign.

The first week I had to play catch up and went to 7 hrs worth of classes instead of just 3 and a half. I was excited during week two when my schedule was a bit lighter. I found a nice group of people to sit with and someone brings breakfast for the rest every morning, so I always get to look forward to good food. That makes bar review class almost bearable. Last time, this girl from Mexico brought in a Christmas bread with a baby Jesus cooked into it. If you found the baby you were supposed to buy the bread the next year. So not only did I get to enjoy a secured transactions lecture, but I got a little slice (no pun intended) of Mexican culture. Not too shabby.

I have been doing multiple choice questions everyday. So far I haven't been able to do more than 60 in one day. I've got to work up to 150 eventually. The stupid exam has 200, so I've got to be mentally prepared to do that many. Blech!

My dad has been urging me to get a study group together. That's not the easiest thing to do when you come from out of state and don't know a soul taking the bar. I asked one girl if she'd study with me, and she said she'd really like to. I have a sneaking suspicion that she is not at my level of knowledge, but my dad said that studying with people who knew less than you did would help you out because if you can explain it to that person, then you can explain it on the exam. He's not usually wrong, so I'll trust him on that one.

I have been teaching my mom the internets. I got her set up with online banking today and got her a yahoo e-mail address. She has already gotten 2 e-mails and no spam so far. I hope that she takes an interest. She has been rather isolated from the rest of the world since she retired. I think this would keep her mind sharp. Plus, if she ever wanted to get a part time job, computer skills would make her more marketable.

I've been having very weird and very vivid dreams lately. I don't like some of them and I wish they'd stop. In one dream, Taz and I broke up and had a screaming fight. I was so shaken up by the dream, that I had to call him up after I woke up to make sure that we were still okay. I had another dream that involved a landscape of squid and the making of calamari (which I can't stand).

Well it's time to go to bed. It's just after 11pm and I'm all tuckered out. I guess that's what being lazy, having one (busy) friend in town, and doing nothing but studying all day will do to you. I am living a sad life. I can't wait till Feb 23rd. Yay for finishing the bar exam. Not-so-yay for preparing for the bar exam. But yay for passing the bar exam, so I guess yay for preparing the bar exam.

Happy 2006?

Tonight, as I was driving home from my new years celebration, I had to drive through some very thick fog. For some reason, it felt like a foreshadowing of what is to come this year. I felt lost, a little misdirected, and perhaps some confusion as well. I have no idea what this year is to bring. Never before in my life have I been in this state of limbo at the new year. Wait, the pope just got rid of limbo. Now what?

My one new years resolution this year is to limit procrastination. There are a lot of things that have been on my new years resolution list for more years than I'd like to admit. I should start working on those things. Procrastination is my problem. No more!