On one hand it felt as though I didn't have enough time to unwind after I sat before I was wound back up waiting for score release. I was actually sick to my stomach thinking about score release before I even sat for the exam. It really messed with me mentally. But it definitely gave me the motivation to study when I would rather be doing just about anything else.
On the other hand, I really liked the fact that results were released sooner. If you passed you could move on to the next section to study without having to worry about all the "what ifs." But if you didn't pass, you knew much sooner so you could get back to your studies and take it earlier the next window without having to feel like you didn't get enough time to restudy the material again.
The Saturday before score release I hurt my arm AGAIN! I was actually hoping to get a doctor appointment Monday, score release day, but I was unable to get one until Tuesday. I didn't go to work that Monday since I could barely move my arm. That meant I was able to stalk NASBA on Twitter all day long. No updates about score release all day! Very frustrating. My stomach was all over the place. I just wanted my REG score. If I passed I was a CPA. If not then I lost AUD and dropped back to a 50% CPA. Where the hell were these scores!?
My husband came home from work and we went to have dinner together. I turned the computer off to enjoy family time. My phone buzzed with a twitter message from one of my #twudygroup family saying "Scores are out! Good Luck!" Seriously? During dinner? It was 5:30 pm. NASBA is located in TN which meant it was 4:30 pm there. Why do they wait until the end of their business day? Well there went my appetite! I know PA's scores are not normally updated until the following day. Apparently my stomach didn't know that! I told my husband scores were released but I probably wouldn't be able to get mine until the next day. He didn't seem to care, he made us check together before we went to bed Monday night. Nope not up yet.
When we woke up the following morning I had an early doctor appointment. Thank goodness because my arm was in such pain. My husband asked if I wanted to check before my appointment. I had two reasons not to check first thing in the morning. First, it was still before the business day. Second, I didn't want to be crying going to the doctor. Either way I knew I would be crying. My doctor appointment went well. I didn't rebreak anything, which is what I was most worried about. I tore some tissue and need time for it to heal.
You can bet when we came home my husband asked me if I wanted to check for my score. It was around 8:40am. He could tell I was shaking inside. I told him "No, we can do it when you come home from work." That didn't work. He told me to get to the computer and he would check it. He typed in the numbers and hit submit....
