Relief

This website was down all day. I called the help desk and my section of the server was having problems and it was shut down to be worked on. I imagine it like a loaf of bread with a moldy part.

I was so nervous, too, because like a genius I never back any of it up. I can't seem to figure out how to do it best so I never bothered. I was looking at some of the entries from New Zealand last week and actually thought how nice it was to have a little collection of my adventures so easy to access. Is there some foreshadowing there?

I guess the lesson is that I need to do a back up. That's the project for next week at work.

To cram or not to cram

My exam is tommorow and I'm terrified. I was cramming information into my brain yesterday and kept thinking of that Married with Children episode when Christina Applegate is going on Jepardy or something and they fill her head will all kinds of facts but the final jepardy question was 'what high school football player holds the record for the most touchdowns in a single game?'. They had cleared out all the information that was in her brain and so she couldn't even remember it was good ol Al Bundy.

A fellow studier told me she felt like she was cramming all sorts of things into a suitcase, trying to fit more and more in but not knowing what she would need or if she would be able to find what she was looking for at the exam. 'Let's see, I know I packed that formula for a three asset portoflio somewhere in here.' She was studying for level 2.

That's the real craziness. If I pass tommorow, and I want to continue, I get to go through the entire agony all over again... next year... and assuming I pass that there's a third level.

I'd say wish me luck, but it's D day tommorow. I know what I know, I just hope they ask that material.