I DID IT!

I got my scores back. I did better than I ever imagined that I could. Finally, I can write with confidence: it’s over…I’m finally done with Step 1.

Since scores are released at midnight, I stayed up late to find my score. At 12:01am I saw that my score was up. Forcing myself to click on my score report and then scrolling down to see what my score was took so much. All the stress, all the hard work, all the sacrifices… all boiled down to this one score. When I finally saw my score, I couldn’t believe it. My eyes filled with tears and I actually started trembling. I had done better than I ever imagined that I could have done; I rocked the boards.

I called my parents first of course. I think that they were more excited than I was- I was still in shock about it all.

The next day was exhausting. Once I got my score back, this huge sense of relief swept over me. I was surprised by the physical reaction to finally being done. I came home after work and slept 3 hours on the couch. I think that after all these months of hard work, the stress and sense of impending doom were finally gone- it was a great feeling but an overwhelming one, too. I’m done. I’m finally done. :)