State Board...CHECK.

whew. i felt like that lifehouse song (i just am listening to it and thought hey thats what i felt like!) where it says "catch your breathe...hit the wall" . thats about where i was after the tests. i woke up at 3:30 this morning, wide awake unable to put my mind back to sleep. i woke up at 12:20 or so and thought it was morning, then again maybe 2, and then at 3:30 but didnt fall back asleep so i got up at 4. and decided since i was so wide awake maybe it was a blessing in disguise since i had made cookies yesterday that took up WAY more time than i planned, and i didnt have time to go thru the whole testing process on my own. and i didnt get to finish reviewing all my material i wanted to. so i studied. and it paid off i think on the written part of the exam. i feel like i did good on that. as for the "practical" aka not how aestheticians will really work, because the "practical" is totally IMPRACTICAL things, i dont know yet. i will not know for sure on both parts of the exam until 3-4 WEEKs. yes, weeks. usually its 1 week, but in my case Christmas had to come and delay them ... really though that seems like a LONG time. so i am just waiting until then and hoping and praying i passed it. audrey bless her soul was my model, and i gotta say i knew it would be this way, and i was right, it would stink to be a model. you have to deal with not being able to talk or do anything or move really, and not getting hot towels because you can't use their sinks, and having a facial (if you can call it that with all the testing and talking and instructions and observing going on), sitting in a chair with no head rest. she was sitting in a chair that was the same one they use for cutting hair.... yeah, crappy. and i had to REALLy wax one of her eyebrows (i purposely didnt get any hair i dont think), and use a hard wax on the upper lip. so i dont think she got the "SPA" treatment she deserves ! i owe her big time though cause i dont know where else i would get a model so accomodating! she had her hair pulled back tight and was very reliable, and that helps when you are stressing about everything else. so anyways, i feel okay about how everything went. one thing, when i was draping the model, i didnt have a huge gown for them like everybody else did... i just had a towel around her shoulders/neck.... so that might be off.. its hard because i did this test on my own... no help. no instructor went over it with me, no classmates were even available to help me go thru the bag and set up and special things they look for... so i was winging it the best i could...lets hope it flies! but im finished at least for a while. i dont have to worry about it. its so nice to get things like this out of the way... theres nothing i can do right now to change the results. and that is actually a relief. its like i can just breathe and relax and stop worrying about this and that, and how hey want this and how they want to see that.... or at least how i THINK they want this or that... i was blessed though. i think i didnt okay. i didnt forget anything that i can think of that i knew about. and so lets hope i didnt just not get taught some things (which very well could happen). but my mind was able to think. and i was able to stay reasonable calm. my cheeks were pretty red toward the end. i was tired, because it was after 10, and i hadnt had anything to eat or drink since before 6:30 am, and i was just so exhausted or stressed, i was just sweating and my face was red, and it was sort of wierd.. i was like short of breathe almost.. ya know that feeling sometimes... then i took the written exam, and that was 110 questions, went well...then i got done, and had to walk to the front of the building (i had to exit the back doors and walk around the building) and called Dan from their phone (my purse was in audreys car, but they wouldnt let me talk to her before they made her leave the testing facility, so i had no choice but i watch my money and phone drive away. i did however have my makeup in my kit i had with me, so i did makeup... i went to a grocery store next door's bathroom (and realy wished i had mywallet) and did my makeup..), so i was waiting at 11:15, i was all ready to go , but dan had just gotten to his 11 appt. so i had to wait until 1:15, which really stunk. but i was blessed, i had prayed that i wouldnt be starving and going crazy because i knew wouldnt have lunch or a snack or drink very soon today, and i was okay until Dan picked me up. and then i got realy thirsty and hungary... but it was a rough morning. just so long and tense. the kind that makes you want to sleep in all day tomarrow. and soak in a hot tub and do nothing! anyways...thats not likely to happen because too much is going on! we delivered some of the cookies had made and then had tithing settlement, and now am just getting ready for beddy... We fly to Utah sunday morning, i think for a week or 6 days or something. anyways, long enough post for you all? Good night!