My mood actually lifted on the drive down from Albany as soon as I got near the NJ border and Route 17. I think that's because when I was a kid and my mom took us skiing in the Catskills, when we got to that point it would mean we were almost home, so I naturally associate it positively. Unfortunately I still had a way to go to Secaucus, which is a very confusing area to drive through. But I reached the hotel by about 7pm and was in bed between 8-9. It was a much nicer hotel than the Motel 6, but the only area where it mattered was that it had a free computer I could use. I had absolutely no stamina to blog, but I was able to check my email for the first time in half a week, which made me feel better.
The next day I also woke up around 5ish because I had an entirely new subject to learn. New Jersey only tests on the 6 multi-state subjects, which is very convenient, but they also include New Jersey civil procedure. Per BarBri, I wasn't to even try to review this until the night before the NJ test day (I study better in the mornings so I waited). Fortunately NJ pretty much follows federal civil procedure rules so there wasn't much that was new, and it was less technical than the equivalent NY subject.
The test was held in a gigantic exhibit hall, empty except for rows and rows of tables. I sat next to a guy who had taken the previous days' test in Illinois. But he was wearing a Yankee t-shirt, so it felt like home. (Unfortunately the nice NY Yankee pen I had specially purchased for my bar essay-writing ran out of ink during the morning NJ session. Fortunately I had bought some back-up pens on Sunday for just this contingency so I was able to continue.)
New Jersey has 4 45-minute essays in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. I think I was weak on two of them, but I surely got points, and I'm reasonably confident in my writing ovreall. So I guess it's anyone's guess as to how well I did do on any of these essays, but I didn't leave there kicking myself, at least.