seriously.

If there is such a place as cloud nine, then baby i'm on it! Last Wednesday I took a TABE test. It stands for Test of Adult Basic Education. I had to take it because I don't yet have a high school diploma. I don't have enough math credits to actually finish my senior year yet, and I have to take my GED anyway, so my mom and I figured it would be best to just leave the math classes and get this show on the road.

So I took the TABE test last Wednesday evening. I was pretty nervous going into it. I hadn't been in a classroom in three years. I had no idea what to expect. Not only that, but i'm known for having really bad test anxiety. Which is one of the reasons I ended up finishing high school as a homeschooler. During the test i could feel my body not being able to relax, I was stressing myself out, and there was a quadruple dose of math. I was feeling pretty confident about how I did on language and reading. It was basic education anyway, right? But math was the kicker. If I don't die because of math, then i'll be super surprised. It's just terrible.

Now that brings me to today. The day that I find out scores. The scale goes like this 0-12.9. Easy. Medium. Difficult. Advanced. Are you ready? Well, here it is: Language 12.5-Advanced. Reading 10.0-Difficult. Math 5.2 Medium. But still! I'm so proud of myself. Not necessarily with the math, but definitely with the reading and language. Especially after not getting an education probably as good as I could have in a public high school. Math needs some more work, but this whole thing definitely made me realize, i'm a whole heck of a lot smarter than I thought. I've always been a pretty average student, when I put my mind to it, and wasn't lazy about my work. But this has really given me the confidence that I needed, to hold my head up high, and face what i've always been afraid of. I know that I was being covered in prayer, and that Jesus was sitting in the chair next to me whispering the answers in my little ear. I couldn't have done it without those two things. Wow. I'm on top of the world right now!