NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS!

I haven't posted in a while, but I hope to get back into it starting with the new school year. Here's where I left off.

Astronomy-- A!!
US History-- A!!

I had to take those classes as part of the AA degree requirement even though they have nothing to do with my field. Now, as far as speed goes:

Jury Charge-- DONE!! No more JC tests!

Literary-- 1 more test to pass at 180. I was so disappointed that I didn't get it before the semester ended, but I know without a doubt I will get it as soon as we return to school.

QA-- I need three 225 wpm tests.

To recap, I am only FOUR tests away from being DONE with speed!!! I'm hoping this means that I'll be able to start working with an agency, but I don't know if the agency will require me to finish my entire degree first. I still have 7 academics unrelated to court reporting that I have to take to get my degree. I can only do 1-2 classes a semester, so it could take me another year to finish all that. We'll have to see how that goes. My main goal for the Spring of 2011 is to have my speed class done!

Here's to a Happy, Happy New Year!!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE...

So, I've been extremely overwhelmed. I've been tackling US History and Astronomy at the same time as my speeds. Extremely difficult. I've been drowning. But here's where I stand: I need one more LIT, one more JC, and three QA's, then I'm done!!! Five tests separate me from the working world! I never thought I'd see this day, but it's here. I'm so close.

DOUBLE HALLELUJAH!!!

Passed my 2nd QA! On to the finals baby!! I am now working on my final speeds in each category. Only 9 tests separate me from graduation!! OMG!!

HALLELUJAH!!

I passed a 200 QA last night!! I have two more tests saved that still need to be transcribed that could quite possibly be passes, as well. If I can pass one of those that I still have saved, then I'd be done with this speed and on to the final! So basically, if I can pass one more QA at this speed, then I would be working on:

Three 225 QA

Three 200 JC

Three 180 LIT

And after I pass all 9 of those tests, I'm done!! Woot!!

TRUCKIN' ALONG

I missed the round of Jury Charge last week because it was my birthday! We had a fabulous night, so it was well worth the miss. But then LIT decided to smack me in the face once again. Very hard tests, very, very hard. I was able to transcribe one of them about bald eagles, but didn't pass it, of course.

I'm praying, praying, praying that I can start passing some of these speeds soon. I'm so close to being done with school. I can't wait!

MAKING PROGRESS

Outlook better! I felt good about my LIT and QA tests this week. I didn't pass either one, but I feel good about them. I feel good about all three categories and I am confident, MORE than confident that I will be done with school by Jan, Feb., or worst case March. I don't even think I'll last til June anymore. I'm shooting for December, but that goal might be a little steep. Victory is right around the corner, I know it!

1 STEP AHEAD, 2 STEPS BACK

Why does it seem like one week, I do pretty well, but the next week I don't? I felt good about my JC last night, but knew I didn't pass. I was hopeful for the percentage to see how close I'm getting, but apparently there were too many errors to determine a percentage. I don't get that. But no matter what, I still felt good about the speed and am confident that I can pass out of JC by December.

My goal is LIT and JC pass out of by December. QA giving myself til June or sooner.