2015 is Off to a Fabulous Start

I took the OS X certification test this morning.

I failed…and rather spectacularly if we're going to be honest.

So much for my quick ticket out of Hell.

I sincerely thought I had this thing in the hole. My only worry was that there would be several fill-in-the-blank questions, all of which I failed miserably on the practice tests I'd taken. (The wording needed to be exactly as it was in the course materials in order to get those right; if you so much as used an "a" when there should have been an "an," you'd fail.) When the tests were all matching, true/false, and multiple-choice I consistently scored in the upper nineties. I figured even if a quarter of the questions on the final exam were the fill-in-the-blank variety, I could miss them all and still squeak by with with the minimum 75% passing grade.

Alas, it was not to be. And it's just another one of the "death by a thousand cuts" that Denver has come to symbolize.

I'm not trying to make excuses, but the final test bore absolutely no resemblance to any of the so-called "official" practice tests I'd taken. It was all multiple choice, so thankfully I didn't have to write anything out, but I still only got a score of 65% correct.

I can take it again, but this time it will cost me and not my employer. If I do decide to take it again, I will need to definitely pour over the course materials, because the test managed to focus on the least-discussed concepts that were covered in training and since they aren't in any of the practice tests, they are not committed to memory.

To add insult to injury, there is a very good chance that Ben's contract is not going to be renewed for the next school year.

We may be moving back to Phoenix sooner rather than later.

And I also found out I need $1000 in car repairs.

Happy Fucking New Year!