gre

i took the GRE this morning.

(the GRE is not to be confused with the GED. no offense to GED recipients, but when a couple people have asked me what I have been studying for and I say the GRE, they think I am saying the GED. what do i say to that? no, actually. it's a test to get into graduate school, not a high school diploma. anyway you say that phrase you just come out sounding snobby. but really. they are't the same test :)

regardless, i took that darn test. 

there are only two places in WA state that offer the test and one happened to be RIGHT down the street from where my sister leaves. She so kindly took me in for the evening. Things were going fabulous until I took a shower in the morning at the crack of dawn and realized UMM... I FORGOT TO PACK PANTS! hahaha. i don't know why, it just seemed so funny to me. I had been so engrossed in cramming my brain with vocabulary words and math equations I had forgotten to pack any pants. nothing some good work khakis from the day before can't fix. 

after i solved the pants dilemma, i worked my way to my sisters kitchen where she had so kindly gotten me my favorite oatmeal cup (purple lid! try it!) for a power breakfast. You are supposed to microwave it for 50 seconds but when I pushed the 5 button, it went to five minutes. I thought okay. I'll just watch it for 50 seconds and we'll be good...

three minutes later. 

oatmeal ALLL over the microwave and lovely toasted oats :(

i get to the testing center and after having to empty out all my pockets, take off my shoes and be run through a metal detector, I was ready to take that flipping test. 

oh yeah. they also allowed you TWO tissues. 

as in I have a runny nose and I was allowed to bring in TWO tissues for the four hour test. and yes, they counted the tissues.

you get your scores right after the test so two numbers pop up on the screen. I run into the car, get out my phone and start goggling my scores. 

i first read something that talks about how 170 was a perfect score. 

umm.. i wasn't that far off from that. HOLLLLLA.

a little more research? one number signals like a 10% percentile change. haha. so three points? oh just a change of close to 30%. hahaha. so maybe I didn't do quite so hot. 

more research.

i find a blog thread about someone lamenting their awful scores and how they will NEVER get into their program. (same scores as me and I start to feel a little defeated.)

I read one and see they are applying to Duke school of Engineering. so okay. perhaps I wouldn't get into that program. 

the more I research, the more I realized I did fine. 

not EXCELLENT, but above average. :)

and for someone who forgot to pack pants and who exploded oatmeal in the microwave, i'll take it :)

P.S. "bonhomie" means good-natured, easy friendliness. definitely got that one wrong. :) whoooops :)