Warning, Disclaimer & Apology . . . all rolled into one

This post will be brief, and it is mostly intended as a warning and FYI to everyone that I come into contact with from July 5 until July 28.  I have not been myself lately.  I have been slightly depressed, which is only because I have been studying so much, still have almost a month until the exam and I am unbelievably stressed - so, no worries. It is not a permanent attitude that I plan to have.  I have been giving myself 1-2 evenings per week to spend with friends and family, which has been essential to my mental health, but I have still been studying 8-12 hours a day since May 24.  That can really wear on a person's soul, which anyone who has taken the bar, is studying for the bar, or who has studied for some other career-determinative exam will attest to.  However, based on what I have heard from everyone who I have talked to who has taken the bar, my life after this weekend will be even less pleasant.  So, I will likely be doing absolutely nothing but studying from July 5 until the bar is OVER and out of my life (hopefully forever) on July 28. I will likely be highly unpleasant without meaning to, so please forgive me and do not take it personally.  I probably will take minimum phone calls, and I will likely turn down any and every invitation to do something fun. I promise that this boring, grouchy, highly irritable version of me is temporary, and I thank EVERYONE who has been so supportive and understanding during my studies.  Talk to you again after the bar!