Why am I doing this?

Take 2: I need some sort of outlet. Grad school is tough. I'm 23 now. New city. Job soon. From Take 1: So I've decided that I'm going to blog every day for a year. I'm stupid. Let's be reel, I'm probably gonna miss a few days and I might give up. But I'm gonna try my hardest to stick with this damn thing. If you don't know me I'm Caroline. I'm feeling 22. 'Muricah. I'm a college student. I take a lot of selfies. Masterchef is my life (don't judge me). I like champagne. You know you love me - xoxo gossipgirl

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I’m physically and emotionally exhausted. So ready for this test to be over. Then I have vacation. Getting anxious. For both. LALALLALALALA 

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Heyoo

It's been quite a year so far. And the rest of the year has a lot of potential. I sit for my 4th, and hopefully final, cpa exam Friday. All I've been doing for the last month is studying and it's so exhausting. I miss my grad school friends, I miss my college friends, I miss my high school friends. I miss everyone. Home is lonely.

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Don't know if I'm going to keep up with this. (Day 27/366)

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Overwhelmed (day 26/366)

I've been so overwhelmed lately. Getting back into the school routine. Baby Benjamin and having my dad and his girlfriend live with me. But mainly the impending CPA exam sections I'm sitting for. I wish I already had one section done, but I didn't get my paperwork in time so that's that and I shouldn't dwell on it anymore. That being said trying to catch up with my original schedule was stupid and too much. So I'm most likely pushing back the exam I was meant to take first and finished the study material for back in November. I would push it back to the end of the month and push that one back to April but that would be two change fees so I'm just pushing the first one and keeping the second. I think this will give me a bit more flexibility and really help my anxiety. So yeah. Only one CPA exam in February now.

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another day (day 25/366)

Another dolla.

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Drinking and Driving (day 24/366)

When I was little I thought “drinking and driving is illegal” meant you weren’t allowed to drink anything while driving. I always got so nervous because my mom would always drink diet coke when we would drive around. Little caroline in a ball of anxiety would just brainstorm lies to tell the cops to get out of it but wouldn’t say a word to mom about it. 

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progress tests (day 23/366)

took a progress test for the section of the CPA exam I’m taking on Feb 8. I finished my full study of this section in November so I’ve forgotten a bit. The progress test showed me which topics in this section I needed to review further. 

So now I’m thinking, wouldn’t it be nice if we had a progress test for life. See what parts of our life we need to focus on. Kind of see how we’re doing. I guess we could just be introspective but that’s painful sometimes. So. Yeah.   

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Not a snow day (day 22/366)

Everywhere got a blizzard. We got rain. My mom says there is like 8-10 inches at my house. I'm so jealous. Grrr. We have a millimeter now that it's a bit colder. But that's it. Also my brother was an idiot and drove to Nashville and then hit something (not a person or a car or anything) (I think it was a median) and busted up his bumper. So he's dumb.

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nah m8 (day 21/366)

im pooped

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Snow Day! (Day 20/366) Wooooo. Snow is so nice in some ways but it's also terrifying and dangerous in other ways. I saw so many wrecked/stalled cars today. I even slipped a couple of times w 4 wheel drive.

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Second Day of Class (day 19/366 - i just realized it’s leap year)

Business combinations class is going to be interesting. The professor is super chipper and I’m not sure what I think about it. But printed out notes are A+.

First IM class is gonna be eh because professor is super weird and I worry that she’s going to make it supper difficult.

Second IM class is rough because I don’t have enough memory on my little computer and I really don’t want to carry my mac everyday. But I’ll probably have to. 

Three classes in a row from 11- 3:30 without a significant break for anything (including lunch) is going to be challenging, but it’s better than having more than two days of class.  

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Motivation (day 18/365)

I have none. It's so difficult to get back into the routine of studying especially with this material because I just don't get it at all. I'm falling behind and I'm so mad at myself.

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wine night (day 17/365)

I love my grad-school friends. They’re fabulous. So kind and funny and great. I’m going to sleep now. 

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A month and a half of misery (day 16/365)

I’m sitting for two of the four CPA (Certified Public Accountant) exam sections in February. For the two of you that aren’t Emily you have to pass all four sections within 18 months to be certified. Each section has a 46 - 56% pass rate. So that’s not great. Many people get in the dreaded expiration cycle where they’ll have three passed, fail the fourth, and then the passed ones start to expire. 

I’m sitting for Audit (AUD) on February 8 and Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) on February 26th. I’ve already studied completely for Audit but that was back in November so I need to review a good bit before then. 

(THIS PART IS MORE FOR MY REFERENCE THAN ANYTHING) The study program I’m using divides each of these subjects into 6 chapters of sorts. My plan is to review the first 3 of AUD this week and the second 3 the next week. Then the week before my exam I’ll do practice exams and review week spots. For BEC I’m doing BEC 1 and 2 review (I’ve already studied this but not very thoroughly) before Wednesday. Then BEC 3 the second half of this coming week. Then BEC 4-5 the same week I’m reviewing AUD 4 - 6. The week before I sit Audit I’ll do little to no BEC. Then as soon as I sit for Audit I’ll finish BEC 5 and 6. Then I’ll have almost two weeks for BEC review and practice exams. 

So basically between now and March is going to suck. Happy New Year. 

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About me (day 15/365)

I’m Caroline. 

I’m from a big town or a small city or a “micropolitan” about an hour east of Nashville. 

I went to public school growing up and always did very well academically. 

I was actively involved in theater all through school starting with the role of Zuzu in It’s a Wonderful Life. 

I started dancing when I was 4 and danced until I went to college. Tap and ballet but mainly modern and jazz. 

I loved math and english literature. 

I went to college with the intentions of becoming a pediatrician, but decided 2 months in that was the stupidest idea I had ever made. 

I am an alumni member of a sorority and was very active in my college years. 

I am in love with my college city. 

I switched to accounting my second year of undergrad and am now studying accounting in grad school. 

I plan on being an auditor for a public accounting firm. 

I was the youngest for most of my life having two older siblings, a sister 3.5 years older than me and a brother 22 months older. My dad now has a fourth child and he’s the cutest little thing I’ve ever seen but I’m like half middle child now so that’s weird. 

If money wasn’t an issue I would be a travel blogger or flip houses for a career. 

I’ll be moving back to college city in August to start a job!

I’m obsessed with grace and hannah and mamrie and I think they’re so stupid yet clever funny it’s great. 

I like wine and tequila. 

I like reading but I suck at getting distracted and not finishing books. 

I like tv a lot. 

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Plans for this semester (day 14/365)

Pass 3 parts of the CPA exam. Hopefully. Graduate in May (even though I won't officially be done till end of June early July) Not get too overwhelmed with two IM classes. Keep up with work and cpa studying and still make time for friends, family, and self. Keep my TA stuff more organized. Stay positive about things.

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Still not a winner (day 13/365) This serves as my post for the day.