Two Weeks

You know that scene in Total Recall where Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to get into Mars and he's disguised as that fat woman. And when they ask how long he plans to stay, he says "two weeks" and then the head begins to malfunction and keeps repeating "Two weeks" but it gets long and drawn out "twoooooo weeeeeeeks".

Yeah, so anyway the exam is 2 weeks from today.

Barbri did a mock exam this past weekend. On Saturday we had 4 essays and a performance test and then on Sunday we did 200 multiple choice.

Let me say, it goes by a lot faster than I expected. The essays were self-graded and I think I did pretty well, considering I hadn't really started studying yet. And then on the multiple choice, I got 126 out of 200.

Surprisingly, that's a really good score. According to Barbri, the average is 105-110. And that's the "raw" score. They put it through some crazy math formula to get the "scaled" score, which barbri says adds about 10-15 points to your score. So I was pretty happy with that.

It's funny because I sucked really bad at contracts, which I expected, but then I was equally bad in everything else. Except for Property. They said that Property was the hardest subject on the multiple choice, but it was in fact my best subject. Haha, craziness.

In these final 2 weeks I have to memorize all the law and I plan to do a lot of essay writing. I'm not sure if I'll do much more multiple choice questions. It's only 1/3 of the score, so it doesn't make sense to waste time on it, especially now that I see how well I did even before studying.

There are 17 subjects that could possibly be tested on the essays and I think I have 13 days to study. So I have to double up and basically memorize one or more subjects a day.

This morning I memorized family law and I plan to memorize community property before i go to bed. So we're off to a good start.
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I really wanted to go to the midnight preview of Harry Potter tonight but can't get anyone to go with me. Plus I think it's sold out at the Summit Sierra. Or at least Fandango isn't selling anymore tickets.

There's a 9:30 show tomorrow at Parklane, so I think I'm gonna go see it. I don't know if I can wait until after the bar to see it. I think I've already committed to waiting to read the book until after the exam, but I just can't put off both. I'd go crazy.
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I had an appointment with an allergist today. My allergies have been killing me, my nose running to the point where its red and sore because of all the tissue.

But they didn't tell me that they can't do the test if I've taken an antihistamine. So I had taken alavert yesterday so he told me they couldn't do testing today. Of course, no one told me that when I made my appointment over a week ago.

So I'm going back on Thursday to do the test. Hopefully they'll figure out what I'm allergic to. None of the over the counter stuff has helped and my prescription for flonase doesn't do anything either. My mom thinks I might be allergic to the cats.
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I want a puppy. At first I wanted a corgi. But then I found out how much they shed. My mom's friend has one and I was over at her house and she let me hold it. When it jumped down...hair EVERYWHERE.

So now I want to get a Yorkie. We had a Yorkie before and I thought he was super adorable. But they're so damn expensive! Anyone know a reputable Yorkie breeder in the area? So far I've found one in Fallon who has male dogs starting at $700 and females at $1000.
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That is all, I'm gonna go back to memorizing and then try to crank out an essay or two.

I miss everyone! I feel so isolated, but I know if I try to make plans to go out, I'll feel super guilty about not studying.
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Oh! So I went to a new doctor a few weeks ago because my old primary care doctor was an asshole. The new doctor is wonderful!

I asked him if he could prescribe something that would help me sleep the nights before the exam because I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep otherwise.

But he said if I was going to take something, I should start taking it while I'm studying so that I don't have a weird reaction to it right before the exam. So he gave me a low dose prescription for Xanax. I must say it's really helped with the anxiety. I don't feel the impending sense of failure.

Yay for prescription medicine and the doctors that prescribe them!