Yikes! Today is the day. And, in just a few hours I will be done. Well, less than six hours from now which still seems a very long time away.

It’s a bit unnerving to think that if I don’t pass this test I won’t be able to practice in Maryland AND I will have to admit to failing each time I apply for another bar (VA and DC). I don’t think I would like that very much. Okay, honestly, it scares me. There, I said it. I’m scared AGAIN. That’s twice in as many weeks. Geeezz. I’m supposed to be braver than this. I think moving to Baltimore turned me into a wussy.

But, I think I’ve prepared okay. BarBri said you should devote 75-100 hours to studying and I’m not really sure how long I’ve spent, but I’ve taken seven practice tests, all of them in well under three hours. I just don’t know how they score it because, well, BarBri doesn’t tell you (as opposed to the regular exam where BarBri is excellent at telling you how to get the most points out of a question). Will I get more points for writing everything I think and all of the references? Or will that detract? Is there only one right answer? Can there be several answers and the board just chose one for their analysis? Oh, questions that will never be answered. Not by the people I paid to answer them anyway. But, I digress. Now the issue is to shower or not shower. I mean, I showered last night at 8 and that wasn’t that long ago. And I’m planning on going right to the gym straight from the test.

Okay, fine. I will shower so the people sitting next to me don’t pass out from my fumes. But my sweat smells sweet like flowers after a summer rain.

Please everyone say a prayer for me, or light incense, or poke a doll with a stick or whatever it is you do to make things go right (and don’t tell me you aren’t supersititious because ALL lawyers/law students have some type of rituals).

Here goes nothing!