Cram

Daily study routine
Review words (around 100)
Study new words (35 per day)
Review grammar points (no more than 50 a day)
Study new grammar points (5 per day)
Read two news articles
Watch at least two hours of Japanese television (and study unknown words)

Time allotted: 5 hours
Time left until the JLPT: 164 days, 3952 hours, 237172 minutes
Current temperature in the house: 59 degrees
Days left before I go mad: Hrm...maybe twenty or thirty?

All I can hope is that the promise of spring in two months will help me keep chugging along...

To be frank: studying for this exam has given me a new found respect for people who attend jobs and attend school. I always knew that it was never easy, but the extend of which remained a mystery to me.
After coming home from a seven hour work day and four hours at naginata practice, the last thing on my mind is studying.

Then I realize that I have only 164 days left, and it motivates me...somehow...