Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

11:58-1:12pm Items 1-75
1:20-2:07pm Items 76-150
1:22-3:28pm Items 151-225 + review of all the items I marked

So it was 3.5 hours minus 23 minutes of a break, during which the clock is still running. So the whole things (225 questions) took 3 hours and 7 minutes.

Every time I left the testing room for a break or came back in, I had to show ID and get fingerprinted (aka “Biogenic ID”)! I had a nice cubicle in the back, so it was a very nice environment – not at all distracting (I had been a little worried about that). There were things I didn’t know. There were a LOT of items where I knew it was one of two. I couldn’t believe after so many practice exams, I still came across items I wasn’t familiar with, but that’s OK. I didn’t leave with feelings of impending doom. I’m going to make the assumption that I passed, because to spend the next “several weeks” worrying doesn’t seem appropriate (because I think I probably passed) or fun.

Next is the state exam, which is supposed to be very easy. Tomorrow is cleanup day (study detritus is strewn everywhere!), then a REAL weekend, then on Monday, I look into the state exam and get tags for my damn car (yes, I know… I’m REALLY overdue now). Tuesday is when I’ll start the currently suspended job hunt again.

Tonight is a celebratory dinner with friends and The Mountain Goats at Cat’s Cradle. Life is good… MUCH better than a few hours ago!

I woke up thinking about that scene at the end of The Wizard of Oz when the Wizard finally “grants” powers to the three companions, particularly the part with the Scarecrow. He’s given a diploma, and he holds it to his temple, then says something that sounds smart, but kind of isn’t. From a pretty early age, I noticed that he got the Pythagorean Theorem wrong, because the squared hypotenuse is equal to the SQUARED sum of the opposite sides, not the “square root of any two sides”. And it pertains to RIGHT triangles, not isosceles triangles! Silly Scarecrow.

Let’s just hope my knowledge demonstration today is correct and not just correct-ish.

A few on the way out photos:

This time tomorrow, I will be done! Your thoughts: Put me in them! Cross various appendages.