Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Victorious, Ya'll!

 Back in the saddle again...

Greetings and good news from Texas, kittens! After fighting my way through a ridiculous teacher certification test last month, I had very low hopes for passing it. However, yesterday I received my results and I passed! The passing score was a 220, and I received a 264 (top score, 300). So, now I have moved from hoping, desperately, to just pass, to now kind of thinking "damn, I could have done better". Such is the life of an overachiever.

But the important thing is I PASSED! This test was the very last thing I need to do for graduate school this fall, so now I can fully enjoy the coming summer and all the road trips, national parks, hiking, camping, swimming, and running that entails. Ah, can't wait. Bobby and I have such good adventures, even when it's just a tent and a national park in a neighboring state.

At the moment I'm 5 days into my two week Texas trip, hanging out at my Dad's house. I have lots of pictures and stories to catch up on, but a shower followed by lunch with a friend needs to happen first. Arielle and I are off to Austin tomorrow morning for more Texas touring and friends and family visiting, so I'm not sure when I'll give another update, but I just had to drop in to share that the PLACE exam did not defeat me, much as its subjective, ambivalent nature tried.

4 comments:

  1. Look at that hair! stay away from all the wild fires... my wife failed her teacher cert a couple of times, it's not easy but what counts is you passed! congrats!! enjoy the summer and say Hi if you come down to Houston!

    HS

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  2. Oh yes, the wild fires are crazy! And thank you very much! I'm sure you guys are looking forward to the summer off as well since your wife is a teacher, you enjoy it too!

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  3. Congrats, Cortney! I just knew you would pass. How could you not, except for their ridiculous system.

    Enjoy your summer! I know you will document it at all here. I can't wait to read the stories and see the gorgeous pics.

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  4. Thank you so much Rachael! :)

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