I don’t know if the tickers in the last post make sense to anyone but me, but they’re ticking off the days until I take my certification exam and then the days until vacation. (The latest on vacation: Still not booked, Gene does not appear to have been chosen to speak @ Geek Week ’11, haven’t decided between the week in Vegas and a 5 day cruise from MD to Bermuda, but I just saw the average temp in Bermuda in November is 70 degrees…gotta say I’m back on Team Vegas)
Anyway! One piece of good news: I just finished going through the handouts that my boss Belinda emailed a few weeks ago. The book (called the P.ayroll Sou.rce) is the size of an average college textbook but three inches thick, the handouts are 8.5×11 and about 50 pages. I am also the lucky recipient of a treasure trove of study materials from my coworker, Pattie. I’m supposed to share them with Broomhilda from work but I haven’t yet. I think I may drag the lot of it to Office Depot so I can have a copy for myself.
And there’s a practice exam in the gigantic Payroll book as well, and one on the A-freakingPA’s website too. I hope it all adds up to passing this test on the first try! It would be good to pass it now because…
1) Wouldn’t have to take it again in the winter/spring
2) Boss Belinda didn’t pass it the first time
But, I’m not certain of passing it this time due to not having the backup of the All Important Study Group, so I’m not going to beat myself up if I don’t pass it this time. At least that’s my thought now, let’s see how I feel on October 4th!