Randomness because I felt like posting ;)

I’ve been doing random things in my vacation time. Recruiting begins next week and there are so many things left to do! I bought the Hunger Games trilogy yesterday so that needs to be read. (Before you slam me for having not read it yet, I was in grad school with a full load and studying for the CPA exam. Slack is deserved.) Tomorrow I want to make a glow-in-the-dark nail tutorial, because I found this really great neon green paint that promises glowification. Hopefully, I can rig up a way to record a video for you to go with the pictures and instructions. Harry Potter still hasn’t been read. AND I’m making my own swimsuit. I might post pictures of that if things turn out well. As of right now, I have some stitching to take out tomorrow. Sadness.

So things and stuff and things about stuff. I’m sure there is a balance between enjoying vacation and getting things accomplished, but I haven’t found it yet. Mostly I’ve just watched Sherlock, Dr. Who, Robin Hood, White Collar, and Psych on Netflix. And played Minecraft. Played a lot of Minecraft. Oh wells. This always happens so I should just keep trying, I suppose. Whatever gets done tomorrow, you will have a glow-in-the-dark nail tutorial, provided there are no natural disasters or unexpected tragedies. I do have an expected tragedy, but that is a whole other post that probably won’t be written. Just sayin’. That’s about it for now.

Ohhhhhh, and this is the picture I’ve been meaning to share with you:

It’s my face :) Now I’m done.

I passed!! DONE!! *happy dance*

If the title of this post wasn’t enough, let me say it again (cause you know I love to!).. I PASSED!! I am now officially in the “passed the CPA exam” club :D I got the score for BEC today. See:

Now all I need is a job and a year’s worth of experience and I will be licensed. Oh the joy!! I’ve said it over and over again… “Thank you to all my praying peoples!! Without them I wouldn’t have passed and without God I wouldn’t have tried.” Life is fantastically amazing right now!!! *happy dance again*

Last one….

In 11 hours or so, I will begin my final CPA exam. I’ve saved the supposed easiest for last, BEC. It stands for Business Environment and Concepts. Basically, it’s my undergrad degree in Accounting plus all the extra business classes rolled up into one pretty little 3hr exam. And I can’t wait for it. I’ve been ready to get this thing over with since Sunday.

I always take the day before the exam off from studying. Kind of a brain break before the intensity of the exam begins. It started on May 3rd, the day before FAR. I had every intention of taking a practice test

CPA exam for the win

There’s not all that much to say other than I PASSED!!!! One click of a button can bring such instant relief and that amazes me :) REG was by far the most stressful. The anxiety had me physically ill and in bed most of the preceding day. And the strange part is that I have no idea why! Oh wells. The body/mind work in odd ways sometimes :/ On the bright side, this exam gave me the mist relief both during and after it. I was literally crying from waves of relief when I realized that I knew the answers haha! Ohh it feels so good. Only one left now and I take it Wednesday!

The wait is on!

Today is the prerelease day for cpa exam scores. They might be up or they might not. Either way, waiting on them feels like an anxious tummy ache. AND they might not be posted today at all!! I’m dubbing this cpa exam trauma. That’s a real thing right? I think so.

Life on Becker… Kinda sounds like a drug

The last six months have been filled with Becker classes and grad school. I graduated in June though, so all that’s left is to finish up Becker. I’ve taken and passed FAR and AUD, taken REG, and all that’s left is BEC. Finally!!!! The wonderful end is in sight :D My next and last exam is August 8th and I can’t wait to get it over with. They (the people explaining CPA study effort) weren’t kidding when they said that it would consume my life. It definitely has. Friendships have ended. Family stress has increased. Dates have been avoided. BUT it’s all almost over!!!!! Hooray!!! All I can do is thank God for giving me passing grades on my exams and in my classes. I can do all things through Him and that had been reinforced over and over again in the last six months. Sigh of relief :)

 

Becker Boredom

Classroom Boredom, a photo by laurenichole89 on Flickr.

Some things never change and I’m afraid that being totally distracted in class is one of them.

In 4th and 5th grade (yes, both!) I got in trouble sooooooo many times for drawing when I shouldn’t and on things (or people) I shouldn’t. Unfortunately, college and graduate school didn’t change that. In freshman year, I drew on the desk during calculus. In grad school I drew on my soda cup.

In my defense, the art on my soda cup was convincing enough that the professor didn’t notice that I had drawn it. He thought it came that way!! You would think that a cup in the air with a highlighter in one hand would be slightly suspicious, wouldn’t you? Ah well, hats off to Dr. Kerr for boosting my cup design confidence :)