The tests are over!!!
Now all that's left to do is think about how difficult it's been to get to this point and to CELEBRATE!!!
I finally got my last test score and passed with an 81! I passed all 4 parts, after retaking a few of them and spending quite a bit of money on the tests and study material.
BUT now I'm able to submit my final paperwork to get my CPA certification and it feels amazing!!!! I can now hold my head up high and call myself a CPA!!!
And although I'm riding an amazing high , feeling incredibly accomplished and satisfied I will also remember how difficult it was to put aside what I 'wanted' to do and study. And the heartbreak of receiving back scores that were not passing grades after I had studied so hard and sacrificed so much just to start again and tell myself that I can do it. Paul was amazing for that! He's been such an amazing support for me through everything, but definitely in the moments that I was feeling lower than low and he told me: "It's going to be ok, get back on the horse, you've got this!" I believed in myself, in part, because he believed so strongly in me! So grateful for that!
It was something I set out to accomplish as soon as I finish school but have had hiccups along the way for one reason or another. Life has definitely been full of adventures, blessings & hardships but I can now say that I've made it to the other side where I'd like to be. Surgery, wedding, honeymoon & now baby were all pleasant distractions along the way among the many other parties, outtings, etc. that took place. I can now say that all the nights of studying on the couch while Paul watched TV and spending my lunch break at work studying instead of going out with the 'girls' now means something.
I'm hoping this is a great addition to my career and can be utilized in the future, whatever the future entails. But for right now I'm just going to sit and stew in the proud moment of accomplishing something so incredibly difficult with only myself to blame and only myself to REWARD! :)
...and with a pass/fail rate of 49/51 roughly I can say that I've beaten the odds by studying the material on my own and passing two of the 4 tests on the first try (only a 5% chance of that).
...and getting married, having a baby and having my gallbladder out hasn't stopped me from accomplishing my GOALS! I couldn't be more proud of myself!!!
