[Magdalen] Back home; was Please pray.

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

First, the 84 right out of 120 needed to get the minimum passing grade of 70%?  I only a few hour ago reversed it in my head:  36 WRONG out of 120 to get the minimum passing grade of 70%.  My hope for a pass is at a minimum 70%, because I can tell you -- there's no way I got 37 wrong.  I won't bet how many I did get wrong until the score comes in, but 37 is simply impossible.  Therefore, I passed.

I did some studying Thursday night in the hotel room whilst watching MSNBC, but not much, for by that point there was no point.  Peace of mind was paramount.  In the morning, I decided to not let the clock bother me either.  Test at 9:00, doors open at 8:30.  In the past I would have gotten there at 8:25 so as to pick my prime seat.  And then wait for a half-hour for the damn thing to start?  Hell no.  I got there with 5 mins to spare, and got the last seat:  center front, right in front of the proctor, under what felt like the brightest fluorescent light fixture in the hotel.  But also an A/C vent.  Karma.

I paced myself well, and even with a wee break (pun intended), I was still the first to finish, in 90 mins flat.  I looked around, hoping I wasn't the only one, but alas.  I checked my answer sheet twice to make sure there were no automatic wrong answers (blank ones), then handed it all in, shook the proctor's hand, received a slightly knowing grin from him (I was the youngest in the room, and the blindest -- he had to stifle several times while I was fighting with the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Floodville County, it was so big, and my glasses going off and on too many times to count, between huge map and small type on test page), then went back up to my room and fell face forward on the bed (but not before turning on MSNBC first).

Hyatt Regency Sacramento highly recommended.  VERY nice people.

And thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers.  (& Jay, no, I don't know more than my boss; BUT, I clearly took a different test than she did -- I think.  She browbeat me into thinking it was hard and my 13 years' experience wouldn't matter.  It was challenging, but far from hard.  Certainly not daunting.  And in spite of what she said, much of what I do sitting at my desk each day working with customers WAS on the test.  It's been ten years, at least; I'm fairly certain I took a much-revised test.)