Ambitious Bar Review Study Schedule Incites Snorts and Jeers

I just received an e-mail from the good folks at PMBR with a suggested study routine for me to follow this summer. To wit:

9:00AM-12:00PM – General bar review course
2:00PM-3:30PM – Complete your daily 50 Kaplan PMBR questions
3:30PM-5:00PM – Review the answers to your Kaplan PMBR questions
7:00PM-10:00PM – General bar review course work

Hilarious.

Make no mistake: If I followed the above routine, you would find me dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound or similar within two weeks. I do appreciate the generous two-hour meal breaks, which should provide just enough time for me to forage in my garden with a magnifying glass searching for some semblance of edible plant/vegetable. Perhaps I will begin to panic in early July when the exam seems a bit more imminent, but for now, I am content to just go to class and spend the rest of my days reading books (currently reading and LOVING: Consider the Lobster, by David Foster Wallace), going for walks/bike rides, and watering/observing my plants. I am joyfully spending as many hours on the patio as possible, pretending that my yard is actually a lovely thing, rather than a showcase of lazy-ass gardening and selective vision: overlook those dirt patches and dandelion weeds, please, and notice that I may have finally effectively transplanted enough Wandering Jew to provide a tangled purpley-green foundation for the Sinister Garden. I realize of course that the yard looks like something you might expect from a five-year-old if she decided to play Garden (a game very similar to House), but the patio remains marvelously shady as ever and the dirt patches disappear when I light the citronella torches at nightfall.

We just returned from a terrific weekend at Geoff's cabin. What a peaceful, lovely place to retreat, made lovelier still by the presence of good food, great friends, and perfect weather. Happily, the bar exam is still far enough away that I did not feel any nagging feeling that I ought to study rather than go swimming or canoeing or make another mojito. Highlights of the weekend include night swimming with my sweet husband and receiving a massage from Jess, Jason's girlfriend who is not only super excellent in every way but also happens to be a massage therapist who was generous enough to bring her massage table.







A few other random pics from graduation weekend, just for kicks:

My good pals Matt & Geoff...



My lovely sisters...



And, for good measure, yet another picture of The Adorable Niece, with sister Kate...