Lifelong Dreams

To all of you who have been praying for our new life, thank you! It has been a interesting transition for sure. As most of you know, this past summer was spent nannying for a family while taking EMT classes at ICC. I figured, while in CA I could get a lot more hands on experience in the medical field by working for an Ambulance service. So i endured four hours of class twice a week and then worked at OSF and Proctor on some Saturdays, for clinical experience. The class finished two weeks before the wedding and I was in no way going to be able to study for my National Exam that allows me to work anywhere in the US. So then after getting to CA, I planned to take the test, but didn't have my book to study.

So after much running around, Jennie and Dave came to our rescue once again and brought the book to Chicago where Micah was on business. Once the honeymoon came up there was no studying time and then the week after didn't allow for proper reading either. But finally, Tuesday and Wednesday we spent with my head in the book reading 700 pages hoping to remember anything and everything I learned over the summer.

Yesterday I took my test. I must say, i am a pencil and paper kind of girl. I like to be able to take my time, skip questions I am unsure of, and cross out answers for proper reasoning. The National EMT test is not quite up my alley. It is a computer based test that gives you some teaser questions to test your ability in the beginning and then formed the remainder of the test on how well you know your material. Answer a lot of questions right, they start getting harder. miss a lot of questions, the start getting easier. You cannot move on without answering a question and you cannot go back to check or change an answer. I am a second guesser so it basically took all I had not to freak out. There is also no set number of questions to answer...basically the computer can tell by the questions you answer correctly, at different difficulty levels, if you will pass or fail and then it just shuts off. So you may be on question 70 and it decided you are going to pass and just stops, or you may get to question 170 and it shuts off then. I tell ya, my nerves were tingling.

The good thing about this test...you know the results the next day.

So this morning i woke up to "CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE NOW NATIONALLY REGISTERED AS AN EMT"

What a relief. Now i can find a job and start saving lives :o)

Should have taken this class before babysitting all your children, but i knew the basics back then...

But now, if ever needed, I can assist in the delivery of a child as well (as we all know the real work comes from the mom)

Oh Happy Day, now pray that my driving record is good enough to drive an ambulance to get a Job in this crazy state. They are VERY strict!