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(Kinda) Unemployed

Yesterday was the beginning of my first day without working since I was 16 years old! Of course I took off three months for maternity leave, but that was in the normal course of business. Now, I am taking off two and a half months to study full time for the bar. This week is my buffer week. I had one final yesterday and bar prep starts next Monday. So… here I am on a Tuesday morning, with nothing to do, bored already. I must say that yesterday was pretty fabulous. Mr. Mister woke up with Little Bit, fed her breakfast, cleaned all the dishes, and prepped Little Bit’s lunch for the babysitter while I slept in until 8:45 for the first time in over a year. IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. But of course, I can’t make that a habit.

I was already given a time table of pre-bar prep stuff that I need to get done before next Monday. Yesterday’s and today’s lists are completed and I am contemplating starting on tomorrow’s list. But I really want to call into work and see how everything is going. I also want to take a nap while Little Bit is napping. However, I should probably get out of my pi’s and do something productive. Ah, the struggle is real right now. I guess I better enjoy these lazy days before my life gets crazy-hectic again.

Maybe I should catch up on my ‘sodes of How To Get Away With Murder! Does anyone else think this is the most cheesy, yet fabulous, show?

And So It Begins

The walls have begun to close in. I recently opened up the BarBri Early Start Bar Review Course Schedule. ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME?! How is it a slow-paced primer when you are paced to do 4-6 hours of bar prep a day while you are still in classes?! Oh my!

Not only that, I recently took the MPRE. If that test is allegedly easier than the bar then I may have a serious problem. You better believe I took the whole two hours. Even then, I was still second guessing some of my answers. Ugh, I guess the bright side is I can take it again. I should have listened to the attorney who said they though it was tougher than the bar. That fourth practice test I decided against seemed like a good idea after walking out of that auditorium.

Even more fun are the new training courses I have taken on at the office. Two a week for the month of November ON TOP OF the training of my own staff to cover my duties when I take my leave of absence for bar prep. Ugh. I hate to complain because this is what I signed up for.

And so it begins…the slew of lists and schedules to make sure all of my obligations are being met and I am making the most of my time. As an example, I am typing this while I soak in a hot bath, while I listen to state required videos on the differences of our state’s laws, while I wait for my sheets to finish in my dryer so I can make my bed and hit the hay.

I just keep telling myself “this will all be worth it!”

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(Kinda) Unemployed

And So It Begins