Current mood:

optimistic

Confessions of a Domestic Goddess
I made the most amazing Chicken Cacciatore-esque meal tonight! Yummy. Sometimes I amaze myself in the kitchen. To be honest, I quite enjoy cooking.

I have officially begun practicing to take the Social Work licensing exam ... it's scary business. I purchased 5 online practice tests (went in half with a co-worker's friend who is also studying for the exam) and finished the first practice exam just a few minutes ago, with 1hr. 30 minutes to spare - you get 4 hours to take the entire exam - (each exam is 200 multiple choice questions covering everything from legal and ethical considerations to theory and casework, assessment, diversity, intervention and treatment spanning all populations of clients, not just those that I am trained to work with).

I scored 52%, which isn't bad considering I haven't studied. I consider this score my baseline. There's only room for improvement, which over the course of the next couple of months, I plan on doing. If I can score higher the second time around and achieve a consistent score of about 74% for the remainder 3 practice exams, I am confident that I can pass.

I am involved in a study/licensing exam support group through work where two people have just passed their first exam and one person went on to pass the second, making her an official LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) Odds are in my favor, but that means I have to focus over these next few months ... and that's not going to be easy.