It feels like 2015 never ended.

Maybe because of the non-stop cycle of daily routine that went through the Holiday season, and the need to study for the exam through the New Year, and taking the exam on January 4th, and jumping into the next section before the results are even known. The hardest thing in going through the exam planning is trying to focus on the next study subject while the results for the old section are still unknown. But you need to focus and push forward. And be very, very patient...

The  Board I'm waiting to hear from, while taking their time with scoring, try to spice up the waiting period and send an email out of blue with an update on application status. For example, saying the application status is now closed. Just like that. And if you do want to discuss that - here's our general line, knock yourself out.

The only organization that succeeds in wearing me down even more is Humana - still looking forward to the day when an hour or more of being on the phone and on hold would yield me a reasonable professional employee who could cancel - this time for real! - the insurance coverage I thought they cancelled for me end of last year. Swear to God, as soon as I completely outsource my house cleaning, the very next thing I'll do is hire a virtual PA!

Yoga works magic: in 2 weeks of daily (Mo-Fri) classes the backache is almost fully gone, and skiing goes much smoother and well-balanced :)  Can't wait to completely recover from the cold to start making my workouts more active; my boxing gloves have collected enough dust in the basement since mid-1st trimester of the 2nd pregnancy!...

New Year Beginn(er)ing's luck

The warm words of gratitude this week go to the Universe for:

1. Missing the fire drill at Prometrics Test Center. In particular for:

a) Stepping out of the elevator literally a second before the alarm went off and both the elevator doors behind be and those leading to the corridor started to close. Last thing I needed today was to be late to the exam due to being stuck in an elevator :)

b) for deciding not to come to an earlier time and thus not being part of the earlier group who lost 5-7 minutes on leaving their testing rooms, and then being searched, scanned and signed in. I ended up needing every single minute of my  time. ( Damn, this exam was hard!..)

    2.  Successful return to skiing after having been out of practice for 3 consecutive years. By "successful" I mean being able to ski away on my own legs every time after a pretty bad fall :) You never know how much of a Pinoccio you've become until you try some activity you used to feel comfortable with, and apparently the next few weeks call for lots of yoga practice! :)