First of three major "sighs-of-relief" related to the bar exam:
Received my admission ticket in the mail today, which means I’m at least eligible to sit and write the exam. Not that this was a big source of stress, but it at least means that I really did graduate and the law school administration didn’t "forget" to send off the certification of graduation, and that I didn’t make any mistakes with the stack of paperwork I had to do (such as getting fingerprinted, sending driver’s record from Virginia, spelling my name right, etc.) Also, much good news: snacks, drinks, and watches are OK (but no iPods or pillowcases [would I make this up?] or bar prep materials). This means I won’t pass out in the middle of the exam from low blood sugar (though high stress is still on the table).
So now I’ve just got to take the exam and pass it (the next "sigh-of-relief".) And get certified as fit to practice (as in, no major defects of character or morals…that the bar committee knows about [that was a joke, bar committee!]). One down…
In other news, I finally convinced the registrar’s office to complete my diploma. Went to the University Registrar’s office as instructed by the Law Registrar - and they told me they had no idea what to do, because the Law registrar does the "rubbings." So I went to the Law Registrar’s office, and they told me they had no idea because we were supposed to send things to the University Registrar. Fed up, I left the diploma with the University Registrar for a week (a week!) in hopes that someone might figure things out. So today I went to pick it up, and the folks at the University Registrar’s office finally figured out that I wasn’t going away, so, after five minutes of "well, let me call…let me check…let me see…" a great lady over there said, "forget this, I’ll do it myself." So she did. Finally. (Thanks, Kathleen).
