PA-C and the rewards that followed!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Woke up early.

Drove across town.

Sat in a cubicle with ear plugs in answering 360 questions over the span of 5 1/2 hours.

Left, not feeling good but definitely not feeling terrible, and with my brain in a puddle on the floor, simply from mental exhaustion.

Thursday, March, 10, 2011

Woke up at 4:30am.

Checked email.

Fell back asleep.

Woke up 30 minutes later.

Checked email.

Fell back asleep.

Repeated this cycle until about 7:30 am when I got the email officially saying I passed the PANCE and earned the title of PA-C! (Physician Assistant - Certified)

Needless to say, it was the start of a very good, very relaxing day.

In my previous post, I listed ways that I wanted to celebrate.

I haven't celebrated with any of those things quite yet.

I did find other ways though:

The afternoon after I took the PANCE, I went with my mom and a friend to get a manicure and pedicure. The afternoon of pampering was most excellent. I tried a new kind of manicure where they actually use a shellac based paint on your nails. I am quite impressed with it. My nails were painted on Wednesday, and today (Monday morning) there aren't any chips or dings. Usually if I paint my nails, I can't go 24 hours without chipping them.

I must admit I've filled my cart at the Sseko store with a pair of sandals and two sets of straps at least twice. I still haven't purchased them. (it's the whole no salary yet thing)

I went back to HEB to buy the "Educated Guess" wine, only to find that it mysteriously disappeared. And I went back to check twice. Thus, I bought a nice Tempernillo which was also quite yummy.

The biggest celebration of the weekend though, was a celebration that I was blessed to be a part of as my sweet friend J married H! It was a beautiful wedding and the weekend was filled with countless joyful moments from the rehearsal to the rehearsal dinner to hair and makeup to the most important part, the wedding ceremony.