Test prep, time calculations, morning cat petting.

It's almost the next week with nothing written for the previous week, so I'll remidy that in a quick manner. Hello. I'm Isaac Paul Schindler Nevas. I've got written exams next week. A few numbers I've crunched to figure out what rate I should be going at per day:

I'm skipping the written Theory Essays, as I've already reviewed those, and they need less memorization. I should be ok with those, though I will review them the day before the test.

Practical Essays are Thursday and Friday Next Week, so, that's about 5 days (the 6th day being for a broad review before the test).

Total number of presentations I need memorized (that are not already memorized) at least to the point where I can describe them in the essay with enough detail to give the general idea of what happens, the different steps: 

72 + 17 (the 17 are lower priority ones)

Chapters that I need to be able to list out sequences for most of the important presentations (anywhere from 1 to 20, usually around 5) if asked to do so: 

around 102 (+ the same 17 or so lower priority)

That means, in the next 5 days, I should cover, at minimum, 18 presentations and 20 sequences per day.

If I can discipline myself to take on average 5 minutes per item, that is about... 380, 190,  Lets say about 4 hours a day, with breaks. if it's 10 minutes per item, that's 8 hours a day.

So, rather than write a long Blog post, I think I should save my stamina for this goal and start getting to work (and timing how long it actually takes, since that's going to make a big difference)

I may update you briefly with my actual numbers later on this week, but I wouldn't expect any novels.

Oh, here's a little non-test tidbit: Our cats have gotten into the habit of coming over to my office in the late morning asking for pets. I make it a point to take a break and give them some love each day. Mostly it's been the quiet one, Reiko, but today Ume, the street smart independant one, came in, and tried to climb onto my back, so I guessed that she wanted to be picked up (usually she dislikes that and only tolerates it for a few moments) I was correct, and could feel her purring in my arms as I petted her and showed her around the house from the higher perspective. I've got the quiet one at the door to my office now, so it's time for a quick petting break, before diving into full-on test prep experimental routine mode.

See you on the other side.

-IO