disbelief

i am looking at 80-ish pages of weight that i will be leaving on this desk to be mailed out tomorrow by a lovely lady- then in a few weeks hopefully i will hear that i am totally done with this nightmare certification.

really it was not that the certification was a nightmare it was that the timing was a nightmare. i decided..... no I did not decide- circumstance decided that i would be doing these two certifications at the same time while 1. working 2. running a household of four and 3. homeschooling my kids. not to mention there have been two deaths in the family this fall. this past year has seemed like a mad scramble... kind of like an hour and a half labor where the mom asks you to stay postpartum an extra 6 hours because she just cannot catch up to what happened to her. professionally this past year has been on super fast forward. i am so blessed and lucky for the opportunities that have come my way but it has taken its toll. i am ready for a respite on this climb up the mountain.

after this i have the 50 essay question take home exam to finish and have in the mail by 1/4/08 for my other certification. then after that is approved- one more module and i am done with that certification.

then i go for the neonatal resuscitation certification 1/12/08.

then i am done with any certifications for at least a year.

after all this i will be Miss Thang, CMT, CD(DONA), CBE