What have I been watching?: Man Seeking Woman
What have I been listening to?: I Want to Know - KONGOS
Last movie I watched: Downsizing
I've been on that full-time work life. Doing 40-43 hours a week at Culver's. I've never gotten overtime before, as far as I can recall, and lord is it a beautiful thing. With that, and a study schedule for the LSAT, going to the gym has fallen to the wayside. Not just because I have a full schedule, but because the injury I got on vacation from surfing has lingered longer than I expected. It is still giving me a little bit of discomfort, about a month later. So, I've not prioritized the gym since most of the movements would just aggravate that further. I did go today, however, and did legs. So long as I'm not using much of my torso, reaching upwards, or twisting my torso it seems to be alright. I actually did my personal best squat this week.
Today I worked my shortest shift yet of the summer. I worked 11-2:30, and by about 3:45 I was at the gym. Did about an hour and a half at the gym and then made my way to Starbucks to do a lesson in my LSAT book. I took my first real LSAT practice test last week or so. At first I thought I did somewhat poorly (not bad, but not well) because I suffered in the Logic Games section with the time constraint and missed a whole scenario's worth of questions (that's like a quarter of the questions for the whole section). And yet, despite missing an entire 7 or so questions, I finished with a score of 153. That's about an average score. I ran into my pre-law advisor immediately afterwards, and he said 153 for my first timed practice test is good, and that some people work up to that score. I'd like to aim closer to high 150's, definitely. So, I figure, once I progress with my diagramming and work past the time constraint with that section, I likely will score a few points higher. It seemed my highest scored section was Reading Comprehension. I always did well with that sort of thing in standardized testing throughout my schooling years. I'm not exactly aiming for a highly prestigious law school so I don't feel a lot of pressure to get a very high score. I don't yet know where I plan to apply for law school. I'd like to go somewhere out of state because I've seen so little of the United States and I think it'd be exciting to go somewhere new.
Update: I took my second practice LSAT a few days ago and it didn't go as well. I found it more difficult, and struggled even more with the time constraint, on every section. Although I got far more individual questions wrong than on my first test, I still scored a mere one point below last time (on the conversion scale) which leads me to believe that this one was a more logically difficult test which the average test taker scored lower on (otherwise, I would have scored lower on the conversion scale). Of course, ideally, I would be scoring slightly higher each time, so it was a bit discouraging. I've got a few more months to keep studying, so I'm trying to brush it off.
UGH. I left this post open for a few days and just now wrote a few more paragraphs about the recent days. What I wrote did not save. So I'll recap.
Yesterday I went to visit my friend Paige in the cities. We studied and were flatmates together in Fiji. The last time I saw her was over a year ago, apparently. But we only live 40 minutes apart now so perhaps we'll visit more often. In the evening, we visited the stone arch bridge (which I believe is in Minneapolis) and walked around a bit downtown, admiring the apartments and lofts and wondering what kind of life one has to lead in order to afford to live right downtown. I loved being in the big city. It always makes me nostalgic of Lima. The next morning I slept in till 10:15 which was great. Then we had some bagels at Bruegger's, and spent about 3 hours at the Minnesota Zoo. The admission was a bit steep at $18, and $7 for parking. It is quite a large zoo, however, and we walked a massive loop. I think my favorite animals may have been the wolves. I didn't realize quite how large they are. They stand quite tall, and I imagine they would come up to near chest height on me. They were also very beautiful, especially the dark colored ones with bright eyes. We also stumbled upon a really great bird show, held in an outdoor amphitheater. The zoo did lack some key animals, though, in my opinion. No polar bears, lions, or zebras. And, as per usual, some of the most interesting animals weren't very active or were hidden at the back of the exhibits, like the tiger. But I really enjoyed it. It was a good visit with some cool sights, and I definitely got my steps in.
I'm back at my place, now, and just had a nice shower. Now I will relax for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow I return to work. My most common shift seems to be 11-8, which makes it difficult to do anything substantial before or after work. I can get up at about 7:30/8 to study or hit the gym before work, but after 8 o'clock I don't have much gas left in me to do much.
I've had my next trip on my mind for the last few weeks. I'm considering doing a bit of roaming after I graduate next May. I'm thinking Mexico, and possibly farther into Central America if I choose to. I've got a bit under a year to start saving and planning for that. I've already got a great backpacking backpack that I would use. The idea of venturing alone kind of frightens me, but I also know that I'm capable of it.
I'll leave it at that. Goodnight!
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