Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Light at the End of the Tunnell

This past week has been beyond stressful. At many times during the day I had to control myself from literally having an emotional break down. I hardly talked to the hubby and have spent my nights waiting for the phone to ring. This causes me to not sleep or have nightmares when I do and I can barely get out of bed in the mornings to go to work.

Besides stressing out about not hearing from the hubs, I had a huge exam coming up this week. Since friday I have been studying for this exam non stop. As I've mentioned in the past I work Saturday's all day from 8-3 leaving class and homework till sunday's. I seriously dread the weekends. It has been months since I've had a free day to myself. By Monday I was ready to say screw studying, I don't care if I pass the exam. Since this is for my career and the class a stipulation for my job, failing the exam wasn't an option. So I studied and studied. I should mention that I am the world's worst test taker. I over analyze questions and think too much and therefore put down wrong answers. I knew that with the pressure of this exam that I was going to have to work at not over analyzing everything. So starting Friday, I didn't allow myself to watch any tv, answer any phone calls that weren't work related after 4pm and forced myself to study all night long. I was going to ace this exam come friday and be done with school officially.

I studied all night last night and went to bed feeling overwhelmed. I didn't hear from the hubby which once again increased my anxiety and once again I found myself forcing myself to go to work this morning. Well along the way to work I got stuck in traffic, putting me fifteen minutes late. I was driving in a 45 zone and not paying attention to the signs. Since it was 8:15, I thought I was out of the school zone and even if I wasn't that the zone hours ended at 8am. So down the street I go doing a nice and fast 52. Well I look in my rearview mirror and see not one but two cop cars with flashing lights chasing me down the street. I immediately pull over to the right side of the road, which I thought you were supposed to do. At least that's law in Wisconsin. Well the cop pulls out his blow horn and starts yelling at me to pull in the middle lane. How embarassing. So here I am in the middle lane of traffic, with two cop cars behind me. All for speeding. So the first officer comes out of his car and I hand him my license and registration. I give him my age and DOB and he tells me I was going 52 in a school zone. Then he turns and off he goes to his car. Well he comes back to my car about 5 minutes later telling me that I am not giving him enough information and that my date of birth isn't on my license. As someone with a bachelor's in criminal justice and many family member's on the police force back home I had to restrain myself from asking the cop where he got his degree. Because on my license the DOB is highlighted and printed in big red bold words. So I point it out to him and he still doesn't see it and says I need to start giving him information. I calmly point it out again, he writes it down and hands me my citation. Explaining that I don't have to go to court for this incident. Well as I'm driving away I look at the price of my ticket. $30.00 for the violation and $130.00 for court costs putting me at whopping $160.00. I guess here in NC you have to pay court costs even if you don't have to go to court and if I were to take it to court or hire a lawyer I'd only lose the ticket fee and still have to pay the court costs. Awesome

So off I go, crying and blubbering on my way to work. I whip out my iphone and email my hubby a very mature message explaining that I got a speeding ticket and that if he's going to be mad at me to not call. I know, how awful am I .

Well after my first client I had a huge break and headed home to calm down and study some more. As I was studying the information, I realized I wasn't retaining anything and that the more I studied the more confused I was going to get. So I called up the learning center where I was getting my exam proctored and moved my test appt from friday to today. I didn't think I was going to pass at all. I was so nervous. The test consisted of 180 multiple choice questions and in order to pass the class I needed a 70%.

Well an hour later, I was finished and received my score. An 85%! I passed!! I have my life back! I can now relax on the weekends, spend time with friends and not have to worry about studying or taking exams. This will be the first time I'm not in school since preschool. No joke.

Now I am off to have a glass of wine, read a little bit of Behind the Blue Star Banner by Michelle Cuthrell and sit back and watch season 2 of Army Wives!

Oh and friday, in place of taking my test I am treating myself to a hair appointment. Life is good. Now I am just awaiting a call from the hubby and my day will be complete
















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24 comments:

  1. Oh man you really have had a lot going on. I hate that you got a ticket in a school zone....those always get me (and I'm a teacher) I hope you hear from the hubby soon! :)

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  2. Wow you are a busy lady! Congrats on your test result thats awesome news. I hope you have a relaxing night and hear from your husband soon xoxo

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  3. Congrats on passing the exam! All your hard work paid off!

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  4. Awesome news! So glad you did well. Don't tickets just suck?! :(

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  5. I totally feel your pain on the agony that is exams. Im still in school for my bachelors (in criminal justice no less) and it's overwhelming! Having kids, miltary moves and life in general have stretched what should have taken 4 years into a 7 YEAR ordeal...And 5 classes this semester is proving to be overwhelming and all-consuming! Add the deployment in there and it's just barrels of fun.

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  6. Hey Katie!! I actually work for an attorney in fayetteville that deals with traffic tickets...email me and maybe we can help you out if you haven't already taken care of it. Let me know!!

    Great job on the exam!!!! :)

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  7. Congrats on passing the test! You definitely deserve to treat yourself!

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  8. Congrats on the test score! That's awesome :)
    I've been feeling really stressed lately with finals and all that for the semester too. Just 1 1/2 more weeks and then I can rest! :)

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  9. Oh hun, you sound like you were SO stressed out. I think you did the best possible thing by moving up the date of your test. I'm an AWFUL test taker too and do exactly the same thing you do with reading into the questions too much. Hope you enjoy your FREE weekend!!

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  10. Oh my gosh! That's so frustrating! I hate cops like that. I have cops in my family, too, and I hate when you hear about the one idiot that makes the rest of them look awful. But hey! Congrats on the test! That's awesome :)

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  11. Congrats! I was running way late yesterday and today and just barely missed all the police myself. Maybe he was red colorblind?

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  12. Congrats on passing your exam. I know how that feels since I am a full time student.
    I hate cops that like, for sure. I also hate when I am pulled over when I did nothing wrong and I have to point that out to the cop!

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  13. Are we long lost sisters?!?! NC cops freaking suck!!!! They totally have it out for us out of state license plates...and are military! We are supporting their cop balls they have at the end of the year. Gesh....

    I'm glad I found your blog....I love supporting fellow military wives:) I have a military blog called, Goodnight moon! Come check it out:)

    And enjoy that bottle...I mean, glass of wine! Have you tried the Duplin wines? The Bald Head Red is a good one, it's sweet tasting.

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  14. I have never in my LIFE heard of pulling to the MIDDLE LANE when you're getting pulled over! What in the world?! I always though you had to pull over to the far right/shoulder!

    It really sucks that they were so A. incompetent and B. rude.

    I hope you ge tit taken care of ♥

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  15. Hooray for passing the exam!!

    And pulling into the middle lane? Isn't that more dangerous than pulling over to the shoulder? Good luck getting it taken care of! Hope you hear from your husband soon!

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  16. I am so happy for you! What a relief!!!!! I do have to laugh at the cop yelling at you with his blow horn telling you to get in the middle lane...I would have no idea! Here in good 'ol South Dakota we pull over to the right too!!! And what an idiot...how hard is it to find a DOB on a driver's license?!

    Good for you for treating yourself to a hair appointment...you deserve it!

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  17. yay for passing your test!!!

    (((Hugs))) to you and I am praying for some relief and some anxiety lifted within the next couple of days for you. I dunno about you but the first month of deployments are 3 times harder for me. I hope you get to hear from your hubby soon and things slow down a bit. Enjoy getting your hair did!!

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  18. Oh sweetie! I knew you got a ticket - but didn't realize how bad it was. Praise the Lord for passing your test! I hope you enjoy your Friday tomorrow - you deserve it!

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  19. You poor thing! Sounds like you've been having a horribly stressful time lately. Congratulations on passing your test! Now treat yourself and relax (as much as you can while your hubby is away). You deserve it!

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  20. good gracious chicka that's quite a few days! glad you have time to take off and get your hair did :) hang in there, and pamper yourself a bit :)

    happy thursday!!!

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  21. Congrats on passing your exam!! Hope the upcoming weekend will be less stressful for you! & I agree with the other comments--make sure you pamper yourself a bit. It really helps during deployments.

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  22. Awe.! YAY.! What a whirlwind.! I am so sorry to hear about your ticket, but the news of passing your test over passes that completely.! I am so happy for you, you deserve it.!

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  23. Congrats on passing! Now Relax and enjoy!

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