Five Days and Counting...

As of this morning, I have something in the neighborhood of 5 days to go until my list MUST be certified...

Fear not, true believers, I already certified it about 3 days ago.

It's just the finality of it all.... Kind of like when the music stops during Final Jeopardy, or when you're taking a standardized test, and the teacher says "Pencils Down!"

Here's what's funny about the process... In my dream the other day, it came to me that I should shift two programs around, because one program's location offered better support structure (in other words, I would be in driving distance of my adopted mom's cooking). I went to my list the following morning, and that's the way things were.

Kind of like that run of tomato sauce commercials where nobody with an herb or spice related name (eg. Basil, Rosemary, Herb, the Spice Girls) can think of anything to add...

This process, especially once it comes down to rank list, is kind of like a recipe. You add a pinch of this and that... stir... taste, add some more... stir again... and then you reach a point where it's either perfect, or you realize that nothing can be added to it.... at which point you dish it out, plate, and hope for the best come dinner time.... hoping at best that someone raves, or at worst... that nobody gets sick.

Then, it's just 3 short weeks until my fate is decided....