Today was the day I was scheduled to take my phlebotomy certification test. I went in feeling massively unprepared, and things only got worse when the test started. Out of 80 questions, at least a third of them were over things that neither my course work nor my texts had even covered. Questions about things like the proper transportation of semen samples, for example, when even the lab where I did my clinicals only ever handled blood and urine. Or questions about specific tests dealing with pregnancy and neonatal issues. Important stuff, to be sure, but all I was ever trained to do was stick a needle in a vein and how to help patients who vomited or passed out during the procedure. (You guys totally wanna know this stuff, right?)

Cue total panic, barely suppressed.

I did the best I could, though, and the computer gave me back a preliminary status of "Passed". I have to wait until I get my written scores to know for certain, but it's just possible I might finally get my certification, after all these months of fighting with bureaucrats and red tape. I'm kind of excited.