Exams Complete. Check.

Wednesday was a great day. I got up early and drove to St. Petersberg to sit for my MBLEx exam in the morning. It was a 125 question exam (no Asian theory) with 150 minutes allowed to complete it. I buzzed through it in 60 minutes, and even went back over it. When I pushed that final button to end my exam, I felt confident, but nervous just the same. They printed out my score sheet and it said "Congratulations! You've passed." And I scored a 92% - only needing a 70% to pass. Woo hoo!

But that left me with 3 and a half hours until my next scheduled exam. After studying my Asian theory a bit, I drove around and had lunch. Then went back to the testing center to sit for the NCETMB exam. This was a 160 question exam (with Asian theory) and again a 150 minute time limit. It took me 2 full hours to complete and review this one. I was much less confident, having made a lot more educated guesses than I had on my first exam that morning. So needless to say I was nervous when I pushed that final button to end the exam. As I walked to the front desk, the staffer handed my my summary sheet and gave me a big grin and told me "Congratulations Scott". Whew! No score posted on the sheet, but again, it said "Congratulations! You've passed." I think I was literally jumping up and down in the elevator ride back down to ground level.

Whew! I feel so happy. And like a ton of worry is gone off my back.

The hard part now will be focusing on my classwork for the remaining 5 weeks. I have to be careful not to develop a "whatever" attitude.

Back to clinic tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing and working with my clients again, and getting in som practice work.

I've spent the past two weeks getting to know Las Vegas and making some new friends here. There are a lot of opportunities for spa work, and solo work as well. But during these two weeks, I've not given any massages and I miss that. I feel out of practice and am looking forward to being reunited with my table. I have been studying, though, for the two national certification exams I need to take in January. Just two weeks and hopefully those will be done and past. And I've had my fingerprints taken for Nevada and Utah licensure requirements. Then it's just a matter of graduating on Febraury 19th, and getting my licence applications in to Florida, Nevada, and Utah.