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I am doing really good this morning. I crushed my test yesterday. I am now a Tableau 9 Desktop Qualified Associate. Boom. Scored a 91% on the test. All that studying I did paid off. I also managed to finish the test in 90 minutes this time. Talk about an ego boost. There's only 34 questions on the test but they are weighted to come out to 70 points and I got a 64 out of 70. Means I only missed 2, maybe 3 total. Man that feels good. I am only one of two people in my company with this certification and so far have the highest score of both of us. This is the kind of thing that looks really good on a resume for sure. But speaking of that, I did talk to my boss via email yesterday and he told me that while it seems things are slow right now we actually as a group had the best January in years. Go figure. He told me the only reason I should be considering leaving is if I am unhappy and if I am to talk to him first. That also made me feel better. Both of these things helped to ease my mind a considerable amount. Still stressed about money, bills, the future, my hearing, my eyesight, etc but at least these two worries are off the table.

Taught my class yesterday. Both of my students are repeat students this made for a casual day. We spent at least a good hour talking about tv shows, movies, and just life in general. Both of them are near my age - one older by a couple years, the other the reverse - and we are able to share similar experiences. We have one more day together today and I expect us to finish super early. I do have a hearing test today at 4 so I am not complaining about finishing up early.

Since my test was from 4:30 - 6 last night we just had a random dinner. Ate a bunch of leftovers to clean out the fridge. Watched some TV and went to bed around 10:30.

Need to pay some bills today too. That will dampen my good mood a little bit but not too much. I am going to enjoy this feeling for a while hopefully.