Doing a happy dance . . .

This past week felt like it went by very slowly but I think it was because I was feeling very nervous about my upcoming MOS certification exams. I felt really confident about MOS Excel because we had just finished all the coursework for it and it was still fresh in my mind. The MOS Word I was very worried about because it seems like the beginning of the semester was so far away by now. I did all the GMetrix and worked my butt off studying and practicing things in Excel and Word and trying to sleep on Friday night was very hard. I felt so excited and nervous for the upcoming exams on Saturday and Sunday but I mostly felt confident that I would pass. Well, Saturday was finally here and I took my MOS Excel certification exam and as I went through all the tasks I didn't even think about the time I just did what had to do to get it done on time. Finally, the submit your exam button came up and I hit submit to generate my score and there it was 828. I passed!!!! I started to dance and wave my arms up and down. I was so excited. I even started to cry because I was so excited and finally all my hard work had paid off. My husband was so happy for me and even Penelope even though she really had no idea what I was talking about and she suggested we all have some ice cream to celebrate but I still had to attend my IS 101 class and my MOS Word certification exam to take the next day so the celebrations would have to wait. Sunday morning I woke up early to give myself enough time to eat breakfast and get mentally prepared for MOS Word. Although I was still on a high from passing my Excel certification I knew that this one would be a little bit more difficult for me. After having a little bit of trouble logging into WebEx which made me feel very nervous that I wouldn't have time to finish my exam or worse not be able to take it, I was finally able to get in and get my exam started. I went through all the problems as thoroughly and as quickly as possible. I felt like I was taking forever on each task and I also felt like is this exam ever going to finish? Finally, the submit your exam button came up again and I hit submit. I also felt like it took forever to receive my score for this one but finally it was graded and my score was generated 863. I passed!!!! I started to do my happy dance again but quickly stopped because there were other students taking their exams and I didn't want to distract them. I am beyond proud of myself for pushing myself to take these certification exams and for passing them both. Now I hope to tackle MOS PowerPoint before the semester is over along with all of my classmates. I know that we can all achieve that coveted trifecta!