I was so shocked to discover in today’s mail that I passed the National Certification exam! I really was quite sure that I had flunked it! I had no hope whatsoever that I passed it; I was thinking that it had been a total waste of my money to pay the exam fee, and was already thinking about how I was going to prepare better to take it again so that the next time I would pass it!
When I walked down to the mailbox today and brought in the mail, there was a large flat envelope with my name on it. I thought it was probably some kind of junk mail, but when I looked at the return address and saw that it was from the Certification Board, I thought “what the heck? Why are they sending me the “you flunked” letter in such a large envelope?” But it was a certificate suitable for framing, along with a congratulatory letter for passing the exam! I let out a shriek and I started doing a little “victory dance” to celebrate! My hubby and son thought I’d lost my mind for sure!