Halfway

Tomorrow is July 1st. 1 month til this is all over (and hopefully not to be repeated). I am allllllmost finished with the red PMBR book and the Barbri MPQ 1 book. I started the yellow MEE book today on Agency and hope to start the blue PMBR and MPQ 2 books soon. I'm still not scoring where I need to be--but I'm hoping that missing the questions and reading the answers why is starting to sink in (I'm pretty sure it is in some areas). I think I just need to keep plugging along doing questions and working on the essay questions.

I went to the MBE practice review--it was 2 days and around 14 hours. Truthfully though I think it was two of the most helpful Barbri days yet. The only thing that annoyed me was one lecturer said not to just keep doing questions and to instead focus on reading the outlines--and the next lady said exactly the opposite--not to spend time memorizing the outlines and instead to do as many questions as you can. One would think that Barbri would have come to some sort of consensus on that by now.

31 days--I can do this.

:)

Half and Half

We took the MBE today. I self scored my exam this afternoon and got 55/100 right on the first part and 53/100 right on the second part. That means that after almost 6 months of studying this stuff I am STILL getting almost half wrong. Talk about depressing. I'm beginning to worry that I really might not be able to pass this thing.

Unlikely

What I need to get finished before Wednesday:

1. Property review
2. 175 Property PMBR questions
3. Property MPQ 1-6 and drills
4. Review Torts
5. 175 Torts PMBR questions
6. Torts MPQ 1-6 and drills
7. MBE review for the practice MBE on Wednesday

Riiiiiiight

:)

Sweet Sweet Slumber

One of the few good things about being sick: those 2 green Nyquil pills that promise a night of uninterrupted slumber. I never ever am able to sleep through the night. I'm usually up 2-3 times to pee and one or two more for no good reason. I generally feel like I never get enough sleep. Consequently, I am almost excited when I get to take the Nyquil because I know I will wake up feeling rested for once. In fact, the one or two times I have woken up on a Nyquil night I am so confused that it takes me awhile to figure out what is going on. Too bad I can't take Nyquil every night!

:)

Sickly

Somehow I have managed to get a cold in the middle of June. I can't remember the last time I had a cold in the summer. We are talking runny nose, sore throat, and general achyness. I went to class on Wednesday and decided that I was making both myself and those around me miserable with my incessant sniffing and nose blowing, so I took the tapes and watched them at home. This morning I went and picked up the tapes for Torts and am watching them at home. To be honest, I think I actually prefer watching them at home. I can sit on my comfy couch and not freeze to death in the classroom. However, I will admit that it is somewhat more difficult to pay attention here.

I'm finishing up the Evidence questions tonight and moving on to Property tomorrow. :)

The Beginning

I met my fiancee B almost nine years ago. It was the middle of July and I was working as a lifeguard at the pool. I loved working as a lifeguard. My parents actually didn't want me to work in high school--but they were so proud when I passed the lifeguard test. (I remember vividly my Dad on the porch telling me how proud he was--obviously my parents were very supportive!).

I was very thin back then and as flat as a board in front. It didn't help that I only wore Nike onepiece swimsuits to guard in--that flatten you out even more. B definately knew what he was getting into when he met me!

I had just broken up with my first boyfriend--whom I had dated for almost 2 years. I actually at the time had a crush on one of my fellow guards--but he was much much too cool for me--and I knew it. I was up in the chair one day when a group of guys waled in. I actually thought that they probably were going to be ornery...and I was right. They purposefully disregarded the rules for the diving area and provoked me to reprimand them. However, at the same time they were so funny that I couldn't put any force behind it as I was laughing while yelling at them.

I actually thought that B was the boyfriend of one of my fellow guards because I had seen them talking on a few previous occasions. It turned out that they had played tennis together in high school. (Yes--my then 6'3 230lb fiancee played tennis in high school. and threw his racket into a tree during one of his matches. lol.)

It was increadibly hot that day, and at our pool during the last 15 minutes of every hour we have "Adult Swim" during which the kids had to get out and only the adults could swim (I guess that is obvious). During that time the guards went on break and were free to swim. I decided to get in and get wet to try to cool off. We also had to retrieve the grates from the bottom of the 12'6 area of the pool. I got in the pool and one of the guys--who I really only knew vaguely started talking to me. I was actually a little surprised cause I just wasn't the type of girl that I thought those guys would talk to. I probably need to explain how I was back then (not that its much different now!) I had only had one boyfriend--and he was the only guy I had kissed at that point. I had never had sex. I made straight A's and was a starter on the basketball team from sophomore year on. I worked out every day except for Fridays. I even worked out when I was sick--I remember almost passing out one Saturday morning before my Mom made me go home. I wasn't working out for my weight--I was obsessed with basketball. It was seriously probably one of the top three most important things in my life back then. Additionally, I had severely bad acne when I was in grade school and was made fun of badly. Consequently, I wasn't overly self-confident when it came to my looks or boys--although I was confident when it came to school and sports.

To be continued.... :)

Whoa

Today's lecture was the singing lady. Although I actually got an "A" in property first year--about which I was shocked--and thrilled--I just don't really like property too much. I don't really find it interesting and it bugs me that we need to know rules that no longer exist. I don't really get how that makes sense. If my client has a property question am I going to inform him about what the law USED to be, or what it currently is?

What made the lecture interesting was the lecturer herself. She is the first female lecturer we have had so far, and she used SINGING to make her points memorable. She sang snippets from Destiny's Child's "Survivor" and from MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This" among others. Interesting to say the least.

I can't believe we are already halfway through June. Today I am going to get the Crim questions finished (at least I'm really going to try) and then start the Evidence questions tomorrow. We have the practice MBE next Wednesday and I can't day I'm looking forward to it. Lots to do before then!

:)