So THAT'S what the instructions were for....

I'm in panic mode... it's completely my own doing, but I'm still in it. I've decided to register for my P.E. Exam (to become a registered professional engineer in IL)... I actually decided to do this quite a while ago, but kept putting it off because of the cost. I think I can safely say that I am paying much more now since I have to get everything pretty much overnighted to me in order to get it turned IN on time, but that's another matter entirely. Ha.

Apparently you should read the instructions when you are planning to take one of the biggest exams of your life. Apparently in these instructions they tell you that you need to submit a form as proof that you passed your FE back in 2005... they don't just take your word for it. And apparently in these instructions they tell you to get an official transcript because they also don't take your word that you graduated from college. Awesome. Luckily all the "supporting documentation" isn't due until March 5th, so with the help of my local FedEx I should be able to get everything to the right people and back and submitted on time...

I would have thought my procrastination technique would have dissolved itself once I entered the adult world. Or at least I was hoping for it to have disappeared. But here I am, 2.5 weeks from a very important deadline and I'm scrambling to pull my stuff together. Grrrrr....

John is having to listen to my panic over the last 2 days when I realized my error.. and he has been very calm and offering positive words of wisdom like "well, if it doesn't happen for April at least you'll be ready for when it happens in October and you'll have some more study time" and "everything will work out".... In my frenzied brain these words are more like taunts that I should have started this process a lot earlier .. haha :)

He's right though.. In the end (be it April or October - yes, I'm assuming I'm passing on the first go) I will join the ranks of Professional Engineers ... Maybe by that time I'll be able to figure out how to follow instructions and keep on a timely schedule. I won't be holding my breath. :)

I would say that this sense of panic is new to me.. that I'm calm, cool, and collected... but John would read this and know I was lying. I don't know when it happened, but at some point I woke up and decided that it was a good idea to freak out about everything. The messy kitchen (what will our friends think?), the messy bedroom (laundry is my official nemesis), the process for buying a house... Goodness, the list goes on and on, and usually gets verbalized at 11pm at night before I go to bed when it is far too late for me to do anything about it... I'm pretty sure I make John crazy... :)

So please help me to wish for speedy mail service, and application accepting!!!! I don't want to have all these late night study group sessions be for naught! haha. Maybe next time I'll be a little bit more prepared....