Well, when I got up on Monday fully intent on continuing my work on the bar exam I noticed that I was simply exhausted. I couldn't read more than a few lines without wondering what I'd just read. Bad sign.
The day got progressively worse and finally I gave up. This was the start of a slide off a cliff. I ended up in full day/night reversal, and today was the first day that I've been "kinda" back to normal. When I gave up to give my mind a break on Monday I started watching movies (Hulu was the culprit this time), and that ended up lasting until Tuesday morning. Granted, when I got up on Tuesday afternoon I felt great - refreshed and ready to go.
I made it through the last day of lectures, essays and quizzes for the second full subject in bar prep and I felt really good about myself. Granted, with the quiz on this subject matter, since I took the day off and didn't really review anything, my score really reflected my preparation. By the time I was done with all of this, it was already Wednesday morning (since I didn't actually start until Tuesday afternoon). I then proceeded to start with the next subject matter lectures ... I made it 40 minutes into the lecture before I had to stop and go to sleep.
Normally, even with night/day reversal (this is not the first time it has happened to me), I stay awake for my normal duration and when I need to switch back I just deprive myself of sleep to get back on track. For whatever reason, on Tuesday I couldn't stay awake for as long as I needed. I think I was only up for about 12 hours before I conked out again. Well, this conking out on Wednesday lasted until late Wednesday evening - and when I finally got up, all I could do was read for a short while before my mind felt like goo. It was time to get myself back on my normal sleeping schedule. I need myself to be alert and ready to go to make it through this material on a daily basis. You never know how taxing it actually is until you go through it.
Today I was back on track and managed to get through all three days of lectures for my third subject. I have to do the quizzes and essays tomorrow, but I feel like I actually did a good amount of work today. I understand the material and have done well on the practice questions. I do hope that this is the last time I end up with my reversal, because in hindsight, that really messes up my ability to work like this ... and I need to keep on point. My move is coming up in 10 days, and I have to get that week of material done ahead of time so that I don't fall behind while I am trekking across the country in a moving van.
Just to gripe a little bit - the darn videos in this particular subject matter were incredibly glitchy. I had to restart many times with each of them, and on the second video the last five minutes took more than 20 to get through because of the constant restarts. Very, very frustrating.
Tomorrow is another day, and let us please keep on track. The clock is ticking and July 27th will be here before I know it.
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