Accentuate the Positive

So the best thing about yesterday was being able to see/talk with some of my friends from school. It's sad to think that in less than a month we'll all be going our separate ways. I've been through three years of hell with these people. It's amazing the bonding that happens in a 1L section.

They seated us in alphabetical order at the exam. It occurred to me on the T that I'd probably be pretty near Rob, who was in my section and who I sat next to and chatted with all during graduation. Recently Rob started dating my friend Lisa, which now that we all see them together we all think, "Why did it take 3 years for them to figure this out...?" They have such a natural repoire and comfort together.

So anyway I sit down at my seat and look over at the index cards around me and realize that Rob will be sitting right next to me. Considering something like 5,000 people were in that room yesterday, I thought that was pretty cool. He came in a few minutes later, saw me sitting there, said "Well, this is the way it should be," and gave me a big hug.

I ate lunch with Rob and Lisa, all of us implicitly agreeing that we would not be those people who dissect the exam. We did say we all thought it was insanely difficult and confusing, but that was the extent of the discussion.

After the awfulness that was Part 2, I was totally shell-shocked. I got on the escalator to head up and out of the building and, glancing up, saw that my friend Mandy was three steps in front of me. Again, 5,000 people. What are the odds of that? I caught up to her and gave her a hug and then we took the T home together and commiserated all the way.

Then last night I talked with Laura and we both felt awful about it. I know it sounds weird to be so okay with the fact that we're all so miserable, but it's nice to know I'm not alone. Because all these friends of mine are wicked smart, and maybe I have a chance of passing if they feel crappy about it too.

Eve (sorry, no fancy hyperlink, too lazy. www.eve-marie.com/experience/bar) said that the Bar Examiners tried out a bunch of new question formats yesterday, which is why so many of the questions looked NOTHING like what we've been practicing for 2 months with Barbri and PMBR. I have a feeling the scaling on this test is going to have to be huge in order for anyone to pass (well, except the law-savant people I know. Here's hoping they don't blow the curve for us normal folk.)

And on another high note: I think I got like 5 hours of sleep last night. Woo hoo! That's the most sleep I've had in the past 4 nights. Hopefully it will help me get over the brain-scrambling experience of yesterday and focus enough to knock out the 10 essays I have to do today.

Time to go get dressed and pack my Barbri ziploc purse. BRING IT!