It has been exactly 2 weeks since I took my test, and it has not exactly been the nice, relaxing 2 weeks I wanted. I start school on Monday, so I don't have much more time to get relaxation in and I'm busier than ever! It is NEVER going to end!
I tried to go to PA for a few days right after the test. About 30 hours after I got to the airport in Phoenix I made it to my destination. Not fun. One major migraine later and I only had a day and a half left there! My aunts made sure I had fun though, taking me and my grandma to the Peninsula to eat and on my last day going canoing in the lagoons! That was so fun. I braved my fish phobia to get in the boat, and as long as I didn't look too hard into the water (it was super murky) I had an AWESOME time and a great workout. If I lived there I seriously think I would go every day.
After I got back to Phoenix I immediately drove down to Tucson to see some friends from school and pack up the apartment. After talking to my friends, I am SO SO glad that I isolated myself for boards study. Apparently at least 10 people have postponed their test and are taking it this week...talk about last minute! These people had already been studying for at least 7 weeks when I took my test 2 weeks ago, and then they postponed it some more. Insane! It would have freaked me out had I known that, so I'm very glad I didn't. I really hope they end up doing ok!
Now I am officially moved into my apartment in Phoenix with D! I am THRILLED that we are living together again, it is like no time has passed since college. I have spent the past few days painting with my mom and sister and so far the place looks great. I am still unpacking (the moving truck dropped all my stuff off on Saturday), but to be fair I am just spending so much time painting there is very little time for boring boxes.
Lastly, please pray for my grandpa. He has had a fever for a few days (I guess it is a little better today though) and has stopped swallowing. He has also been talking to my grandma (who died about 8 months ago) almost every night. This might be the end of a very, very long period of poor health for him, so please keep him in your prayers.
6.30.2009
6.16.2009
Distracted
Tomorrow is the day. I am freaking out that I'm not really freaking out. I think I am just so ready to get it over with.
A kitten found its way into our garage and I found it on Saturday night (I heard it meowing for probably 10 minutes before I got up to go check it out...I thought it was the TV!). I have NEVER owned a cat before, and neither has anyone in our family, so we really had no idea what to do with it. I didn't know how long it had been in the garage, and didn't know if it was even old enough to have cat food, so I gave it a little bit of milk from a medicine dropper and called it a night. The little buddy stayed in a huge cardboard box with some rags. The next morning I got up SO early to check that it was still alive, and then decided to see if it wanted some tuna. It loved it. SUPER long, cute, detailed story short, we took him to the vet on Monday and he is about 6 weeks old, a boy (sadly, I honestly was not sure...his little balls have not dropped yetand he wouldn't let me get a really good look!), and healthy as can be. What a lucky guy! He is now living in our bathroom (the only room without a million nooks and crannies for him to hide in...we learned the hard way when he found his way UNDER our entertainment center and we had to move the whole thing to get him out) until we find him a new home. I would take Zyrtec every day if I could keep him, but it's just not too realistic.
Maybe this is why I'm not worried about the test...I'm too preoccupied with my cute kitty! Although when I think about it too hard I get kinda concerned that I have not studied even CLOSE to as much as I was supposed to these last 4 days. But, I keep taking practice questions online and I'm doing great, so I guess I'll just wing it?!? Man it will be SO SO nice to be done! Then I can play with the kitty all the time and not feel guilty :)
P.S. We named the cat Dr. David Suzuki (my sister is in biology right now and they have watched a TON of movies made by him...I actually remember watching the same movies!Anyways, she is obsessed with him.), but we call him Zuki or Zuk for short because Dr. David Suzuki is a mouthful for such a little guy.
A kitten found its way into our garage and I found it on Saturday night (I heard it meowing for probably 10 minutes before I got up to go check it out...I thought it was the TV!). I have NEVER owned a cat before, and neither has anyone in our family, so we really had no idea what to do with it. I didn't know how long it had been in the garage, and didn't know if it was even old enough to have cat food, so I gave it a little bit of milk from a medicine dropper and called it a night. The little buddy stayed in a huge cardboard box with some rags. The next morning I got up SO early to check that it was still alive, and then decided to see if it wanted some tuna. It loved it. SUPER long, cute, detailed story short, we took him to the vet on Monday and he is about 6 weeks old, a boy (sadly, I honestly was not sure...his little balls have not dropped yetand he wouldn't let me get a really good look!), and healthy as can be. What a lucky guy! He is now living in our bathroom (the only room without a million nooks and crannies for him to hide in...we learned the hard way when he found his way UNDER our entertainment center and we had to move the whole thing to get him out) until we find him a new home. I would take Zyrtec every day if I could keep him, but it's just not too realistic.
Maybe this is why I'm not worried about the test...I'm too preoccupied with my cute kitty! Although when I think about it too hard I get kinda concerned that I have not studied even CLOSE to as much as I was supposed to these last 4 days. But, I keep taking practice questions online and I'm doing great, so I guess I'll just wing it?!? Man it will be SO SO nice to be done! Then I can play with the kitty all the time and not feel guilty :)
P.S. We named the cat Dr. David Suzuki (my sister is in biology right now and they have watched a TON of movies made by him...I actually remember watching the same movies!Anyways, she is obsessed with him.), but we call him Zuki or Zuk for short because Dr. David Suzuki is a mouthful for such a little guy.
6.06.2009
Home stretch...
In exactly 11 days this whole thing will be over. I can't believe there actually IS an end...it feels like I've been doing this forever and will continue to do it forever. But no, in a week and a half, it will be over, for better or for worse, and then I get to wait 3-6 weeks to get my score.
It has been kind of up and down this week. Some days I felt like I had at least heard of the things I was studying and felt good about it and excited to learn, and sometimes I was so frustrated and confused and clueless that it sucked. On those days I usually took 2-3 20min naps right on my book in the library. I literally just passed out. I don't have many more days that that can happen though. I study new things Mon-Wed, have Thursday off, take a full length practice test on Friday, review EVERYTHING for 3 1/2 days straight, and take the test on Wednesday. I'm sure I'll be too keyed up and have too much to get through in those last few days to be able to sleep.
The problem with this test is that I have to study for so long before I take it. I do NOT remember things long term very well...3 days is fine, but weeks is a major problem. So at this point, I am forgetting a lot of the things that I already learned, and it is definately showing in my practice test scores. Hopefully I can get through everything in the 3 1/2 days I have to review, and hopefully I learned it well enough whenever I studied it this past month to have it come back pretty quick, but I'm concerned. Nothing I can really do but keep plugging along!
It has been kind of up and down this week. Some days I felt like I had at least heard of the things I was studying and felt good about it and excited to learn, and sometimes I was so frustrated and confused and clueless that it sucked. On those days I usually took 2-3 20min naps right on my book in the library. I literally just passed out. I don't have many more days that that can happen though. I study new things Mon-Wed, have Thursday off, take a full length practice test on Friday, review EVERYTHING for 3 1/2 days straight, and take the test on Wednesday. I'm sure I'll be too keyed up and have too much to get through in those last few days to be able to sleep.
The problem with this test is that I have to study for so long before I take it. I do NOT remember things long term very well...3 days is fine, but weeks is a major problem. So at this point, I am forgetting a lot of the things that I already learned, and it is definately showing in my practice test scores. Hopefully I can get through everything in the 3 1/2 days I have to review, and hopefully I learned it well enough whenever I studied it this past month to have it come back pretty quick, but I'm concerned. Nothing I can really do but keep plugging along!
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