Graduation Paperwork Filed!

Just a quick update, but my graduation paperwork is turned in, the fee is paid, and nothing's going to stop me now!  It's been a long time coming, and no more chance of accidentally missing the deadline.  I'm not so much as excited at this point, and more relieved.  But either way, it's a good feeling.  One big event that's been weighing me down a bit the past several years.  I'll be graduating with a BS in Psychology and a minor in Chemistry.

Becoming a Pharmacy Technician - Part 14 - Delay!!

News!  Good news?  Only if any news is good news.  And I suppose that's how I'm taking it.  So I got a letter in the mail today, and it said:

The Board is currently in communication with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain your fingerprint clearances.  There can be multiple reasons for the delay.  The Board has submitted a follow-up request or a request for correction of personal information to the DOJ to obtain a status of your fingerprint clearances.  Please allow 30-45 days for the DOJ to notify the Board with the status of your fingerprint clearances.

So there it is.  I'm going to have to wait at least another month. There isn't much I can do about it besides at least be thankful that I finally know what's going on.  That much is appreciated.

I might be a bit more frustrated, except if I had to get this news, today was the best day to receive it.  And that's because...

I got the letter after just coming back from taking a... I'm not quite sure what to call it?  A placement exam?  For the getting hired to work for the 2010 Census.  The exam was an incredibly easy 28 questions, and will help in deciding if we get hired to be the census takers or do clerical or office work.  

I know for sure that I did better than at least one other person, because when we were told you only need to get 10 out of 28 questions right, he let out a sigh of relief.  10 out of 28!  I was expecting 25 of 28.

But if that's how it's done, then that's how it's done.  Maybe that means I'll get a higher paying office position. (If that is higher paying.)  I was able to fill out the question about having any supervisory experience as well, so that should help.

We hear back in about a week about the results of the exam, and hopefully details about being hired soon after that.  My pharm tech license might be delayed, but I need to work, and looks like I'll likely have something temporary to occupy my time until news from the Board of Pharmacy arrives.

Alarm Failure... My First Missed Class

Oh man.  I already missed one day of class.  I slept through my alarm on Friday.  Well... not exactly.  I set my alarm to go off at 6 o'clock... but I set it for 6pm, rather than 6am!  What this means is that I most likely missed a pop quiz that was strongly hinted at for my Psy Research class which was worth a decent amount of points.  (Only 6 pop quizzes for the semester.)

And on top of that, I had my Saturday class today, and when I set my alarm to 8 o'clock, I forgot that it was still in the PM time range!  I woke up at 8:43, and luckily my community college is nearby, and I made it to class on time.

So I went and ordered a new alarm clock from Amazon, this one with dual alarms.  We'll see how that's going to work out for me.