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\u00a0I just saw the average temp in Bermuda in November is 70 degrees…gotta say I’m back on Team Vegas)<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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…<\/p>\n
1) Wouldn’t have to take it again in the winter\/spring<\/p>\n
2) Boss Belinda didn’t pass it the first time<\/p>\n
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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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