Brrrrrrrrrr

I ventured out on the jet ski today. All I got to say is Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr that water is cold!

Back to school....

Ok, so no, its not going to be as much fun for me as it was for Rodney Dangerfield, but, never-the-less, I am going back to school. In order to ultimately get my Appraiser's License, I have to have an Associates Degree. Its not something I can test out of, I have to get it.

I have been researching which schools will let me take most or all of the classes online, its the easiest way for me working full time and still raising three kiddos. Ball State is looking pretty good at this point, but I am still looking. Today I started checking into financial aid. I am not proud, I will take what I can get. Ball State is also looking into scholarships for me.

I feel so utterly stupid on how to move forward on this. But next fall when it all starts for my daughter, I will have it figured out. I am overwhelmed with all of the information and hardly know where to begin. But all I can do is keep going one step at a time.

I was hoping to have my trainee exam fiasco concluded before I started in on this....but they are saying they will have a decision for me hopefully by the end of the week. Its funny how you get something in your head of how you are going to do everything step by step and something just doesn't quite go as you planned and it can throw you completely off track if you let it. I am trying to handle my slight little sideline...with a smile on my face and a positive attitude and lots of prayers!

You have got to be kidding me

Appraiser Trainee License Exam

You are not going to believe this. In the course of the exam, in the second section, I alerted the proctor that there was a question that could not be answered in my opinion. There was not enough information. She in turn notified the state right then and there of the question I was having a problem with. When I completed the test she informed she notified the state and they will have to contact me.


THEN - I proceeded into the next room to get my results and guess what? I needed 100 to pass and I got 99!!!


So....I called the state when I got back home and asked them to review the question I had objected to and see if that would give me the additional one question....and that I needed an answer as soon as possible because I would need to reschedule the exam again.


The first thing I was told was not to reschedule the exam. Last month they voted not to use that exam anymore because it is testing us on things we do not know. It is designed to cover 200 hours of appraisal classes and a trainee has only taken 90 hours of appraisal classes. She said you are taking a test you can not pass. And I got within one question??? Grrrrr.......

By the end of the day.....they are going to see if the "committee" will grant me the one question and pass me; they are also going to contact the AQB and see if they will pass me; and they are going to notify me when the easier exam will be available for me to take if they can't go ahead and pass me on this one.

CLEAR AS MUD!!!!