I passed my generalist EC-4 TExES test!  I almost can’t believe it.  The results came in earlier today – quicker than I was expecting.  My heart started pounding extremely hard as soon as the email popped up in my inbox.  I was terrified that maybe I did fail, even though I felt somewhat confident when I left the testing center.  I made a 283 out of 300.  It’s not a perfect score, but I’m really okay with that.  There were some questions, like social studies and science, that were just know it facts that well, I did not know.  I’m happy that out of the 10 questions that I missed they were spread out among the 5 domains.  It would really suck to miss all 10 from one domain.  I’ve been beaming from ear to ear since I got the results…well, I was beaming till I did the WOD.  Now I’m just exhausted and shaky, but I’m beaming on the inside.

Now that I’ve passed I have got to find a job before school starts next year.  This scares me too.  If anyone – anyone – has any leads, knowledge, or connections that might help me then please, please speak up.  I hope to take the generalist 4-8 by mid to late summer which would open up even more possibilities for me.

I started exercising again on Friday when I found myself with no more studying to do.  I would like to do the WOD on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  I think along with Kung Fu, Tai Chi, and TKD classes (many of those have conditioning components), I should start to see some toning taking place which would greatly compliment the weight I’ve lost on the paleo diet.  :)  Yay for health!  I love doing the WOD in the garage.  I’m pushing myself (though not as hard as someone else would this is for sure), and I love the fact that no one can see me.  No one knows what adjustments I have to make or how many breaks I give into when my body screams.  I know I’d see better results in a class, but for now this is where I need to be.  I hope to work up to feeling comfortable to return to Ryon’s Friday conditioning class.  For now, though, I don’t want to feel pressured to beat a clock or other people in the class.  It’s all internal and dumb, but the feeling is still there nonetheless.

I hope all the mother’s had a great Mother’s Day.  Bryan and I went to dinner with his grandparents.  It was Nanny’s choice – Red Lobster – which is fine by me because I can eat fish any day!   I do find that while it’s definitely not impossible to stick to Paleo that it is a challenge when eating out.  I know that my food can’t be perfectly paleo even when I think I’ve done so.  I know this because last night I had a sugar low.  There must have been something in a sauce or marinade on the fish that I had even though the menu suggested none of this would be on there.  Thanks chef!