4 months, 3 months...time ticks away

I am counting the days, the weeks, the months until I take my qualifying exams (to become A.B.D.). I am in a bit of a panic over the last exam that I am working on right now. But...my goal is to get everything done in time to go to this....I've been trying to go for nearly a decade, and things, people, life keeps thwarting me. But this year...I have the ticket (though last time I tried to go, I did in fact have a ticket, so that is no guarantee, I guess), I've been collecting things for the event, and I'm plotting some costumes. I love costumes.