Didn’t go exactly according to plan…

OK, it’s not easy for me to do, but I have to do it (as embarrassing as it may be). I have to admit to the whole world that I failed on my exams on Saturday! Booo. I was a bit disappointed but to be honest I knew that I had some gaps on certain areas. I managed to get a respectable 48% which was not that far from the passable rate. The problem was that in many cases, I was able to exclude many of the given possible answers and I was left to choose between two. I must have been selecting the wrong ones. If I had tried harder, or had an extra week I would have refined the details in my head and I would have passed (excuses).

Anyway, I will book my next exams for next month and I will pass them then! It will be my Christmas present. It’s very sad I know, but the exam fees are around £200 so that is what I’ll buy myself! Second Boo…

Apart from all that, I had a very nice weekend. We found an amazing cosy pub in a 5 minutes walk from my place this cold Saturday night. Food was really nice and the fireplace kept us happily warm! I tried to drown my sorrow in booze (ok, I’m exaggerating). I discussed my exams with a Java developer. She studied French literature, from all possible things, but found a company that trained her into being a proper developer! (Why can’t I find something like that?) Her daily rate now as a contractor is something astonishing! She told me thought that if she took the exams now she would probably fail since the theory behind it, is so different than what you really use on your everyday work life. That did make me feel slightly better. She also promised to send to me stuff to read related to what I might be asked during interviews. I will send her my CV to forward to her HR. You never know…

During Sunday I was quite lazy. I didn’t do much, apart from running some easy errands and cooking a nice spinach and leek pie. I really do like baking. It had been two weeks since I last went running or to the gym but I couldn’t be bothered. I needed some time to simply waste watching lousy Sunday afternoon TV waiting for the oven to ring that the pie was done. I will pull myself together and get busy again eventually, just not yet…