This is was my first run for the GMAT.  After months of cramming, I still wasn't sure if I was ready.  I hated the feeling. 
So I was told to relax the day before the test.  I tried, and failed miserably.  I was so nervous and so edgy.  My brain has flat lined and my heart was sinking into a bottomless pit. 
I planned on getting up at 8, and get ready.  Well, my mom decided to call at 6 am and wish me luck.   Ugh! are you kidding?  I don't know what I said and how I hung up, but I know I went back to sleep instantly.  When I woke up later with a splitting headache and a brain that has thrown in the towel, I knew I was in trouble.  Redbull didn't seem to jump start my brain... 

When I arrived at the testing center, I could feel my heart accelerating.  Oh great, just what I need.  I took a deep breath, convinced myself that it would be alright if I flunked it miserably.  I could try again in 30 days.  I used all those good ol' relaxation tips I've given to clients before.  Haha, now I know they don't really work all that great.  So, I went in the elevator, pressed 5th floor and in the meanwhile, I'm still trying to calm down.  I went into the restroom prior to going into the proctor room.  An old Filipino lady was inside, I nodded and tried to move alone.  She asked me if I was taking a test, so I answered "yes".  She asked me what I was taking, so I told her.  I was bewildered as she grabbed my arms started crying and telling me how nervous she is.  She clutched on to me and asked me to pray for her.  I did comply..... but now I was more nervous than ever!!!!

I didn't know what in the world I was doing when I was checking off those answer choices.  I was pretty much brain dead.  Yup!  And I got a miserable score.  So much for my first time taking the GMAT..... geeesh...

Lesson to be learned:
Don't tell your mother you have a test!
Turn off your cell phone!
and NEVER EVER use the restroom on the same floor as the proctor center!