Crunch Time

In order to feign competence at my new job I must pass a practical next week that I am somewhat concerned about. First off, the material is something that is new to me and I have had a very short time to learn it. Those dang-fangled computers.

I am confident enough I will pass, but in the past week and a half the level of information and pace at which it has been delivered has sped up considerably. Sort of a pledgeship type initiation, all employees tell their horror stories about (in this sitation we'll refer to it as ACF training) their ACF2 training, which is far more difficult than the already completed ACF1. Now, of course fearing I will be 'that guy' who doesn't pass their 10 hour practical (seriously, this thing is no joke) I have become a bit anxious over the test.

This leads me into the real subject of my post today which is a member of my seven person class who just so happens to sit right next to me. Her name is Kim, that is real, and I might strangle her. In my class is a lawyer, a 29 year veteran of NASA, a former IT manager at the Cleveland Clinic and other professionals with respectable careers behind them and then there is this 33 year old woman spinning around in her chair singing "weeeee" in the middle of class. She clucks and mumbles all day long, asks disruptive questions and, I have come to discover, is quite delusional. When certain topics of the days' teachings become unclear to me, this 6 year old with a driver's license doesn't help my situation out any. I have come to rant on this site, my good readers, because I can't do it anywhere else, I am still the new guy. This test will be over a week from today and I will pass it, but I swear Job aint ever known suffering like this.

Thanks for listening (or reading in this instance) and I will keep all of you updated on the most recent happenings as they come. I apologize for my recent lack of minutes on the site as this has been eating up much of my free time. I will let all of you know how the test turns out, but if I don't pass this thing I am going to put hundreds of ketchup and mustard packets under Kim's tires.