120 Level Passed!

Wow, I last wrote about mid-July, but it took until August 1st to complete the final 120 test. 3-Voice!!

I have to explain a few things about how momentous I feel this accomplishment has been.

First of all, I was feeling very down just a week ago, because I was frustrated about not passing this final test. I believe I'd mentioned in my last post that I had the goal of completing the 120 level by the end of the semester, but I was starting to feel convinced that I was not going to accomplish it.

There is only one chance a week to do each category, so 3-V were few and far in between. The only additional opportunity was on Thursday nights starting at 6pm. To be honest, I'd started feeling a little burned out over summer semester and was really starting to look forward to the 3-week break in August.

Would you believe it? I was REALLY close to not even staying late on Thursday for that last-of-all-last chances, but boy am I glad I did! I passed the 3-V test with 12 errors (15 being the max)! I was so elated, I immediately called up Martin and said, "We're going out for sushi!"

I think that this experience has reminded me that I shouldn't let myself get so down and frustrated. I mean, if you look at it, it was still a solid two weeks between tests which has been the pattern since I started speed building. Next time I start to get frustrated, I should remind myself that (1) this isn't a race, (2) it'll come when it comes, and (3) 2-3 weeks is the normal timeframe.

I should also mention that Thursday August 1 was also the semester's vocab final exam, of which I apparently scored 198 out of 200. I have reason to believe that the Scantron machine misread two of my entries because I had to erase a previous answer and fill in the correct one. Call me stubborn, but I KNOW that I got a perfect score. I should be happy either way, but I probably won't be satisfied until I have it looked into a little bit.

Anyhoo! I'm already in the second day of my vacation, and will write next about what my daily studying routine should be. No goals set for the break except to study, study, study! I wanna stay sharp for when I start up Fall semester again!