I passed Reg!  I could not believe my eyes when I saw the one word that meant more than anything else in the world at the moment - PASS.  This had been my third attempt at the test.  And I had wondered if I was going to make it in to the test center two weeks before the test.

You see, my husband had been in a motorcycle accident.  It was a minor one involving mechanical failure of the bike.  We believe that the bike belt either was jammed by a rock or broke because of age.  Either way…

Ok.  So, maybe I was overly optimistic about my abilities and my health.  This week has been a bit of a wake up call for me.  I gave the okay to try a new approach to my healthcare, but it is not working and my sleep has really taken a toll.  So, I am going back to what did work well with the hopes that in the next week or so I will be sleeping better.  

Which brings me to my studying...I had hoped to sit for Regulation on August 30, but have decided I will need the extra weeks…

I have wanted the designation of CPA for a very long time.  I realize that if I had made very different decisions a long time ago, I may have had it and it would have been a lot easier.  But life happens and it seems to get in the way...  High school and my one lone college semester was a very long time ago. I got married, moved a few times, and had children.  I went back to college on a part time basis and slowly began taking a full time load as my youngest began school.  I received my…