drum roll please.......

Despite my worst fears...i actually passed the exam today! WHEW...big sigh of relief. honestly...i didnt think i would. I failed the pre test last night..and besides that i thought i had probably rushed the process and would pay the consequence. however...somehow someway...things worked out and now i am officially a CPRP (never heard of it before this blog i am sure). Certified Parks and Recreation Professional is what it stands for and its one of those fun acronyms you can arrogantly place besides your name (for work purposes...not on my personal checks!). Its pretty dorky i agree...but in my field its a step in the right direction.

AHhhhhhhhhhh once again I sigh. Seriously....i was shitting in my pants all morning. I twas excruitiating to study all morning (even though they say dont do that..i had no choice) i kept reaxamining the same stuff over and over. only to find that half the test was information not in the damn study guide! i guess they actually expect people to read the books in the bibliography "for further discussion". who has time to do that? oh maybe peeps without one year olds:)So anyhoo.....luckily my life and professional experience did come in handy for those questions.

Beyond that my son is gorgeous, creative and adorable! Did i share with you that he clearly displays imaginative play? The big trend in grant land is playing cooking! We call it " Grant Pauls, 30 minutes to a bunch of nothing". Its soooo precious....video to come. He puts little bowls and cups and bread pans about the coffee table and uses a spoon to stirrrrrr and stirr different cups...always moving them about and speaking with the bossyness only capable of back of the house fair...or chefs etc....and then....with great anticipation...he feeds daddy and i! and all this without any encouragement or coaching from us! It was at the feeding point when we realized...he really did have food in the those bowls and was imagining! Oh the precious moments children afford you with.

Blessings to you on this second day of October! Its October! Crazy.

hormone attack

lets just get this out in the open...i am NOT an overachiever! seriously...i am not a YES person...i can say no just fine...and exercise that right often. however...i still tend to make a lot of work for myself and go the extra mile in general. is that an oxymoron? im a moron no doubt.

so my latest attempts at furthering my career involve staring at my desk (see pic) for 8 hours a day studying for a certification exam that i am taking october 2. i actually volunteered to do this 10 months ago...and since i only have 12 months to take the test....time is running out. its impossible for me to study at home when grant is awake...and god bless those of you who managed to go to college with children at home OMG...that is just CRAZY. by the time he is asleep i am a zombie...but i still have been forcing myself to at least review for an hour before going to bed. luckily i can study at work (although obviously i have to work at the same time) and i did time it so that im studying during a slow period. however...that slow period is about to end because i have a whole new season of programming and a spanking new publication to have out by mid october...hence the oct 2 testing date. i need to get this out of way before i have 2 months of busy busy business. ahhhhhhhh..i love to get myself into these situations.

and the cherry on top is that i am having a monster of PMS visitng me. today i am just crying my eyes out..and a nervous nelley. plus im cramping hard core. time to put my thinking cap on though and stop obsessing about how much i cant stand my husband hehe. funny how he isnt so bad most of the month.

send me good vibrations...there is alot of pressure to pass the exam...my employer paid for it for one thing...and i dont want to look stupid for another :)

oh and to answer the question...what test are you taking? its the certified parks and recreation professional exam. yes it exists. i guess every profession has such a thing. i get to put CPRP next to my name heheh.

peace out