Quick Update

Ok I'm finally done studying for the day, so I guess I'll give a quick update. I never really said when I officially scheduled my exam. It's on Friday, June 11. I'm so nervous! Every time I open either of the review books, I find something that I had completely forgotten and proceed to freak out about the fact that I don't know it! The sheer volume of information involved is just so overwhelming. I was feeling almost comfortable with it until 2 of the people in my class warned me that the last practice test is ridiculously difficult. Great! I'm taking that one tomorrow, and I was really wanting to get a good score on it so I could have a confidence boost for the rest of the week. Oh well. I guess they make it extra difficult to get you motivated to study harder. I'm just glad I scheduled it for Friday and not Monday. I'm also glad that I have a lot of other things going on on Friday to take my mind of the exam results. I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to find out whether I passed it or not. I'm taking it at 9am, it's a 5 and 1/2 hour exam, then I have to run errands in Wauseon, then it is Relay for Life at the fair grounds that night. Thank goodness for that. I know I will be really worried all afternoon about whether or not I passed the exam. I'd like to think that Relay for Life will be able to take my mind of my worries, especially when the focus of Relay for Life is something that is so much more important!

And as always, there is nothing else new with me. My new diet and exercise routine is going well. I think I could be doing a little bit better with the diet plan, but that's because I just don't have the right foods in stock, and I can't get those things here in town, so most of the recipes I want to make will have to wait until after Friday. So far, I've just been grilling a lot of chicken and eating eggs (mostly egg whites) with whole grains and lots of fruits and veggies. I've done some sort of workout every day, but some days I do more than others. For example, yesterday I exercised for a total of 2 hours. Today I only worked out for 45 minutes. I'm in the process of getting the Insanity program from beachbody.com. Once that arrives, I will be getting my butt kicked on a daily basis for sure. It's supposed to be even harder than p90x, but you aren't supposed to need any workout equipment to do it. We'll see. I probably won't start that until after Friday either because of the big exam. My plan is to put in 10 hour days of studying tomorrow through Wednesday. Thursday I am going to do a quick review of some of the "extras" like PNF patterns and postural drainage techniques (both of which I will hardly ever use in my entire career but will probably make up 15% of the exam). Wish me luck. I'm going to need it I think.