3 weeks and counting

Okay. It's 2 weeks and 6 days when I find out my results for the UFE. In case you didn't know, I am attempting to become a chartered accountant and the UFE is the final examination of the process. I've already passed 2 exams and I get my results for the UFE on Nov. 30.

On a related, but slighlty off-topic note, I will be going for a "Pre-results" party. Here, I will get so drunk on Nov. 29, I will not feel the pain or pleasure of my results on Nov. 30. Please feel free to join the party and help me get drunk.

Now, I hadn't really been thinking about the results for a long time. I wrote the exam in September and the results are the end of November, so it was hard to be worried during September and October. The results just seemed so far away. Now, when November came, I did not immediately get nervous. It took a couple people to ask me about the exam and a co-writer to mention that they were starting to get nervous.

I had also received, in the mail, a summary of the hours I had completed and the expected date of my experience requirement completion. All of these things have reminded me that the results are soon approaching and it's almost time to worry.

For the record, I will be surprised if I passed. For my second exam, I felt relatively confident in my performance to know that I had probably passed, and I did. This final exam has left me in the dark. The problem that makes this exam pretty nerveracking is the fact that I get a raise if I pass. In addition, if I pass, it means that I do not have to use my vacation days next year in order to study. The results of this exam then ultimately impacts on what I am going to do in the next year.

I would like to take a trip to Europe. I have been to the Dominican twice and Cancun, Mexico once and would like to have a "different" experience. In addition, I need a new car. I drive a 1997 Plymouth Neon. It's a piece of garbage. Finally, I want to move out of my parents house. I love my parents, but Stittsville is no longer my "home". Stittsville has changed so much over the years that I barely recognize it. Most of my friends have grown up and moved out. I would like to have the opportunity to move downtown.