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elwenThis morning was the official "one week until doomsday" point. Of course, actual studying cuts off well before that, so I am feeling the pressure. Overall, I am feeling relatively comfortable with where I am. I need more practice to tweak parts of my approach, but I don't think there are any gaping holes. I hope.
I've been taking walks in the morning to get used to walking before writing, since I'll be walking to the exam site (at least, that's the plan). In the process, I've kind of rediscovered my neighborhood, not just the physical area but the people, too. It's such a sheltered, idyllic place. People jog with their dogs or take walks, smile and greet each other when passing. Not like my sense that people just coop themselves up indoors these days -- that's just my own family, apparently.
Today I walked to the nearest Starbucks (about 1.3 miles) for a free pastry. It was a good simulation because, unlike walking to the overpass behind the elementary school, it's along a big busy street, much like I'll be facing in San Mateo. The only thing missing is the super-sketchy signalless highway onramp crosswalks. Ironically, both the local neighborhood setting and the big busy street setting are more pleasant than walking in downtown San Jose. (I'm saying this to assuage my guilt (?) that this fall I'll be taking the light rail straight to the courthouse instead of my strategy last time of parking in a huge-ass surface lot on the edge of downtown, 10 minutes walk away.) Not a good indication of San Jose's vitality.
Along those lines, I was interested to see the kinds of businesses I walked past today. There was an entire block of real estate and title companies. I wonder how much business any of them are getting these days. I saw a bunch of remodeling places advertising different things -- kitchens, curtains, etc. And a funeral home I've never noticed before.
Anyway, my brain mostly generates random disjointed thoughts like that, where I'm not trying to cram it more full of bar knowledge. I really just want it all to be over.
Until then, I'm mostly cutting off live contact with the outside world. I'll still read LJ and check Facebook because I can't help myself, but this week is really about hunkering down and getting 'er done, I suppose. Except no burning the midnight oil because it's more important in my case to get on a sleep schedule that roughly approximates the bar. (Up at 6:30 means bed by 9:30... so antithetical to my usual.)
I've been taking walks in the morning to get used to walking before writing, since I'll be walking to the exam site (at least, that's the plan). In the process, I've kind of rediscovered my neighborhood, not just the physical area but the people, too. It's such a sheltered, idyllic place. People jog with their dogs or take walks, smile and greet each other when passing. Not like my sense that people just coop themselves up indoors these days -- that's just my own family, apparently.
Today I walked to the nearest Starbucks (about 1.3 miles) for a free pastry. It was a good simulation because, unlike walking to the overpass behind the elementary school, it's along a big busy street, much like I'll be facing in San Mateo. The only thing missing is the super-sketchy signalless highway onramp crosswalks. Ironically, both the local neighborhood setting and the big busy street setting are more pleasant than walking in downtown San Jose. (I'm saying this to assuage my guilt (?) that this fall I'll be taking the light rail straight to the courthouse instead of my strategy last time of parking in a huge-ass surface lot on the edge of downtown, 10 minutes walk away.) Not a good indication of San Jose's vitality.
Along those lines, I was interested to see the kinds of businesses I walked past today. There was an entire block of real estate and title companies. I wonder how much business any of them are getting these days. I saw a bunch of remodeling places advertising different things -- kitchens, curtains, etc. And a funeral home I've never noticed before.
Anyway, my brain mostly generates random disjointed thoughts like that, where I'm not trying to cram it more full of bar knowledge. I really just want it all to be over.
Until then, I'm mostly cutting off live contact with the outside world. I'll still read LJ and check Facebook because I can't help myself, but this week is really about hunkering down and getting 'er done, I suppose. Except no burning the midnight oil because it's more important in my case to get on a sleep schedule that roughly approximates the bar. (Up at 6:30 means bed by 9:30... so antithetical to my usual.)
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Date: 2009-07-22 05:58 am (UTC)