All week my team have been on tender hooks, nervously
awaiting their exam results. Watching
their anxious expressions and desperate attempts to distract themselves from
wondering if they have passed or failed, brought back memories of waiting for
my own exam results, a few years ago when I was training to become a professional
accountant.
The lead up to any results day is never fun. Of course when you pass, the elation and relief
is undeniably wonderful, emphasised by the level of fear experienced
beforehand. The most memorable day for
me was back in 2004, the day the results were announced I was on a family holiday.
We were in the midst of a driving holiday around western Canada
at the time. We began our trip in
Calgary, and headed through the Canadian Rockies, through Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Wells Gray Provincial Park, before heading on to Vancouver and
Victoria. It was an amazing trip (which
I will post on my travel blog soon), but it wasn't exactly the most relaxing
time for me, as I gazed at the stunning scenery, with fingers crossed that I
had passed my exams.
The day the results actually came out, we had left Jasper
and were staying at the Montana Hills Guest Ranch in Bridge Lake, BritishColumbia, not far from Wells Gray Provincial Park. The owners were lovely and thankfully let me
borrow their computer to check my email.
Well, I say me, but actually I was too nervous and sent my Dad and brother
off with my password, while I hid in the cabin praying for good news.
They came rushing back to the cabin, waving a print out in
the air shouting, ‘You’ve passed! You’ve passed!’ I can’t tell you how relieved I was.
Originally I’d thought being on holiday on results day was a
terrible idea, but looking back now, the results made that holiday even more
memorable. I can honestly say that for
most of my result days, I have no idea where I was, but that one and my family’s
delighted faces as they shared the news and we celebrated, will remain in my
heart forever.
What’s your most memorable results day? I’d love to hear your stories…
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