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Today marks the first day of the actual bar exam festivities.  We woke up early, around 6:30am, and quickly got ready for the day.  I ran down to check on our car (parked on the street outside our hotel) and just in time too.  It turns out that the side of the street I was parked in was a no-park zone between the hours of seven AM and nine AM due to a school loading zone.  I moved the car into the nearby parking ramp, biting the bullet and ready to pay the parking fees.

I got back upstairs right as our room service breakfast was being delivered.  Kirsten had a “build your own” omlet with red and yellow peppers in it.  I had scrambled eggs and ate most of Kirsten’s hash browns and sausage.  The coffee left something to be desired, so I still craved my decaf.  We left the room at about 8:05am, she was required to report by 8:30.

In the hallway leaving our room, we met another girl who was taking the bar exam too.  Good thing for her, because she didn’t know where she was supposed to be going.  I lead the caravan through the skywalk t0 the convention center.  I said my goodbyes then returned to our hotel room.  I packed up some stuff and made my way to the food court, more commonly known as the “Kaliediscope Hub.”  There I purchased more coffee and worked on editing my novel.

Lo and behold, Kirsten showed up looking for me right around 9:35.  She was already done with orientation.  We talked for a while then came back to our hotel room.  There we found this guy waiting for us:

Today I’m reading my own novel, tentatively named The Alexander File.  We’ll see if that sticks.  I plan to start rewriting the novel in August (second draft).

Kirsten has to report back to the testing facility at 1:15pm.  She’ll be taking the first portion of the bar exam, the first half of the Iowa-specific essay portion.  She should be done around 4:30pm.  The construction noise combined with the noise of a new family in a room directly below us points towards small studying prospects…*sigh*

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