Books, what books

Jeez you throw in a hair appointment and my week gets completely side-tracked. I haven't studied since Tuesday. Bad, very bad. Yet I am still unmotivated to get going today. Class is tomorrow, so I will get on it... after this cup of coffee :)

In the meantime, I have set up my interview/campus tour of Tuck. I have been there before, but I would love to see the new buildings and feel the vibe again. I also think that would help with my essays. With any luck, I will be able to tell them all about my kick ass GMAT score.

Fine I will go study... (grumble)

DAMMIT

So I just learned that my company granted those on shift work 3 three day weekends to take in during the summer. I just now heard about this. WTF!! Summer is almost over.

Luckily, I have a cool boss that will work with me on this and this might actually benefit my studying, but I am still pissed!

To backtrack in studying just a bit...

I have to get the Root & Exponent rules down better in my head. I can muddle through some problems but it takes up too much time. Other problems come to a screeching halt. (cue tires screech car crash noise here). So I am going back to the Kaplan math workbook to lock in some of those concepts. Not sure why my head has an issue with that. Combinatorics-easy, Inequalities-easy, add some exponents-holy shit. I'll get it eventually.

Speaking of... I better get on it!

Work is slowly asking more and more of me...

So I currently have ideal hours for studying by not having to be at work until 4p everyday. I swear more than any other one factor, a consistent schedule at work is key to succeeding on the GMAT. Last year, I was working way too much, on hours that generally were exhausting.

Now work is asking me to attend 'mandatory' meetings in hours outside my shift hours, eating into my study time. Of course this is all during the last week of my studying before the big test. A 10am meeting here, a 3p meeting there... it adds up to less study time for me. I think now that I have agreed to two meetings outside my shift, I will put a cap on my availability for that week. Sorry, but just because my hours don't lend well to business meetings, doesn't mean I have all dam day to lend back to attend. Most of these types of meetings do not really even pertain to me. A two hour session on how something works... something I don't even use.

28 days until the big day!!