Part 18
Anna had finished the CPA review course and it was now the day for the four-part test. Her stomach felt funny and her mouth was dry. She made herself some toast and coffee because she knew the stimulant was needed. She put on comfortable, nonbinding clothing, comfortable shoes, and got out a sweater in case the room was chilly. She had five or six sharpened #2 pencils. This was it. Time to find out what she learned and if she studied the right stuff.
When Anna walked out of the testing room that evening, 14 hours later, she was absolutely exhausted. Her jaw hurt because she had been clenching it. Her hand ached from the writing portions of the test. She had a mild headache and stopped at a drinking fountain to take a Tylenol before it got any worse. The review folks had warned the test takers of the toll the test would take, and now she was glad she had taken their advice and didn’t have to go to work the next day.
It would be weeks before the test results would come in and so Anna was still in limbo. You had to pass all four parts, or return to take the part or parts you did not pass. She wanted to be among the relatively small percentage that passed all four parts the first time.
When Anna got home, the phone message light was blinking and it was Mrs. Licci. She called her back right away.
“Anna, just wanted you to know that Erin’s dad is doing really well and he is home now from rehab. I saw Erin at youth group last night and she was so much happier! She told me that you helped her a lot with the talks you had,” she said.
“Oh, it wasn’t much, honestly. But that is great news! I’m so glad for their whole family,” Anna said.
“Anna, I don’t know if you had heard about this, but they are putting together plans for a Christian youth building where there would be sports activities, places for study, tutoring, and different clubs for chess, scrabble, and that sort of thing. Five different churches are going together on this, along with the Y. The place is going to be huge!” Mrs. Licci said.
“And it’s a for-sure thing?” Anna asked.
“Oh, yeah, the architectural plans were approved, the financing is already in order and they break ground in about two weeks,” Mrs. Licci said.
“That sounds very interesting,” Anna said.
“I thought you might think so,” Mrs. Licci said.
They concluded their phone call and Anna took a hot bath to soak away all of the stress. She was falling asleep in the tub after about ten minutes.
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