This would end up in Office Hijinks, if only that it were something light-hearted.

No, this is much more life-altering than that.

For the past 7 months, I have been mired in an application process to take the Principles and Practices of Engineering Exam, in hopes of gaining my licensure as a professional engineer.

For the past 7 months, I have been tracking down references from the past 7 years, hoping to get all the paperwork together in time.

For the past 7 months, I have been reliving the worst 11 weeks of my life: living at home while pushing shopping carts at WalMart, in front of my high school classmates.

For the past 7 months, I have been dreading another failure to complete this application, sending me into another 6 months of obscurity instead of the opportunity to validate the career choice I made 16 years ago while in 7th grade.

And today, with 13 days to spare, I finished all the paperwork needed to mail off.

It should arrive in Baton Rouge on Thursday.

*heavy sigh of relief*

There. Now that that is done, I can concentrate on BrickFair.

-KIE