A Teetotaler Goes to the Bar Again

For a non-drinker (and the granddaughter of an adamant Women's Christian Temperance Union member), there is a little dark humor in even considering taking the California bar exam for the third time. Will I be driven to drink this time? Extremely unlikely.

Desperate times do not call for that kind of a desperate measure.

However, it does call for:

• Hauling out of deep storage my Feb. 2008 and July 2008 bar exam answers and scores for a painful look and evaluation;
• Analyzing prior mistakes so as not to repeat them;
  
• Getting evaluated and treated for any learning disabilities;
• Ponying up for a tutor or some other alternative to taking BarPassers for the third time;
• Getting back into therapy;
• Getting my diet and exercise and relaxation routines down to an exact science;
• Letting my family and friends know just how much I appreciate them and giving them fair warning that I might not be "present" around them until March, 2010;
• Hitting the books, outlines, study aids, tapes, CD's, bloggers' tips HARD;
• Searching deep within my heart and soul and brain for my true motivation for getting back into law and feeling the need to get my CA license.

Don't wish me luck so much as wish me a clear head, strong motivation, fortitude, patience, self-discipline, and lots of warm fuzzies.