I'm lucky I don't need a whole lot of sleep. =D

Judy came over today and we studied, with Liz's help, for most of the day. I'm not going into this knowing 100% of all I have to know, but I figured it's worth it to take the test anyway. $40 isn't a waste for an official assessment. And hopefully it will motivate me to actually study more intently before my next session of classes starts. I was having a lot of fun studying with Judy and Liz, actually, and the more I learn the easier it'll be to study with Yoshi, I think. ^^;

After I drove Liz and Judy back to their respective places I came home and walked over to the 24hr Dunkin' Donuts near here and finished re-reading Jim Butcher's The Furies of Calderon, which was very enjoyable. It was pretty darn cold outside, but since I stayed home all day studying, it was very refreshing.

I never have gotten "a good night's rest" before any tests anyway. ^_~

...is it shameful of me to admit that I like that new Britney Spears song, Piece of Me? >_<;

JLPT fun

I really enjoy my weird dreams. Good thing, since I have a lot of them. That said, I wonder sometimes what the hell my subconscious is up to. >_<;

In any case, it was quite a novel feeling to take the JLPT today. So reminiscent of SATs and such, which I haven't taken in YEARS. In fact, I haven't taken any tests in years. You'd think I would have been nervous, but I wasn't, actually. Very odd. And it's not that I was all that prepared, 'cause I really could have prepared better for the grammar part of it.

For all that studying I did of kanji, the kanji part of the test was SUPER EASY! Listening comprehension was the most difficult; grammar was okay, but there were some points that I hadn't formally learned so was a bit shaky on; reading comprehension was also super easy. =D Overall, I think I passed, but don't want to get my hopes up.

But studying on Saturday was invigorating and so was taking the test, actually. It's one of the few things I think is lacking from the Japan Society classes -- tests. I never thought I'd say it, but I think they could stand to administer an assessment test at the end of each level, just for one's own knowledge (since no one gets graded on anything anyway).

Tomorrow Japan Society registration is open to non-members and so hopefully Judy will be able to get into that class with me, which will be cool and probably more motivation to study harder. =D

[edit: BTW, yoshiinjapan, I just had to mention that today's gift on facebook is a healing crystal. It's obviously a sign.]