The End of a Very Long Day

I sat for my CPC exam today; it was held at one of the hospitals in Pittsburgh, in a section of the city that I'm not familiar with -- I'm not familiar with most of the city, actually, though I can find my way around the theatre district pretty well -- anyway, the exam began at 8am, so I was up at 4:30 and left the house at 6:15. I had to make a quick stop at the grocery to pick up some cookies to have to snack on, then I headed on into town. I got lost only once and made it in plenty of time. The test is timed for 5 hours and 40 minutes and it took me about 5 hours and 10 minutes. I was just finishing my last question when the proctor said we had 30 minutes to go. I took another 20 minutes to recheck a few answers and it was a good thing I did because I found one where I had marked the wrong block -- I knew the answer but had just screwed up blacking in the little circle. Anyhoo, I feel pretty good about it; I'm sure I missed a good few -- the test is 150 questions and there were a few that I absolutely did not know the answer so I just took my best guess. Anyway, it's done and now I just have to wait for my results. I should know this week whether I passed.

I was too pooped to pop when I got home, so I sat down with Anna Thies for a little while. Here's a full progress picture:
I finished the first motif the other evening:

I did most of this tonight:

This is the motif in the lower right corner and there's a mirror image in the lower left. I just love the colors in this sampler.

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I'm off to bed. TTFN!