More studying = less confidence.

My life has slid into a nice little routine. I work 2-3 times a week. When I come home from work, I run. And then, I study for the GRE. Days when I don't work? I study for the GRE.

I'm actually studying now, not like when I was in Wales and I thought about studying, and occassionally did it. I've spent so much time studying already that it's not funny. But the sad part is this: the more I study and do practice tests, the less prepared I feel. WHAT IS THIS? This isn't fair.

I have been studying flash cards with vocab in whatever free time I can find. I actually have been learning words, and it's fun to use them when talking to people. It does make me feel smarter, to be able to recognize all these words that were previously unfamiliar to me. Posterity, perfidy, indefatigability, augery, and the list goes on. Some of the words on my flashcards are words that I know, but never use. I'm trying to fix that.

I checked out a book from the library, and have been going through it slowly. I've reviewed antonyms, analogies, sentence completion, and reading comprehension. I can do ok at all of it, but I'd really like to do well. The only part I am completely confident about is sentence completion. I like sentence completion...it's easy. The rest is alright--I think the problem with antonyms and analogies is that I don't know enough of the words to be able to maybe educated guesses. Time to study more vocab, I guess.

I'm not excited to review the math parts. I feel like I didn't learn much math in high school. It's the geometry that gets me, really. I hardly even remember the class--I just know everything was open book, so I didn't have to remember anything. I used to love math...when I had math classes and knew what was going on. Hopefully it'll get easier, or this test will not go well.

Speaking of the test itself, I'm taking it on July 15th. A Thursday. And then that evening, I am hosting a bridal shower for Dani--her wedding is very early in September, and I'm excited :)

I think I need to find something to do OTHER than work and study the GRE, because it's awfully depressing. Even running (which I've somehow still been doing) isn't that exciting. I need a hobby. Except I barely have time to read for fun--I've been too busy reading everything related to the GRE. Today, at least, I'm going to a party with my parents. And then we might have a little fire and maybe some s'mores. That might be my favorite part of summer :)