Mom Brain Strikes Back

Episode 5

Remember that mom brain I was just talking to you about? Well…it mom brained so hard for this Certified Personal Trainer exam…it mom brained harder than it has ever mom brained before…Here! Let me paint you a picture!

It’s Friday, March 18th, 9:22pm, and I’ve just submitted my third practice exam in the span of two days. I passed, just as I had done with the other two I took, and I was feeling…confident…too confident… Since my test was tomorrow, the 19th at 1:30pm, I figured I’d make sure all the test accommodations were in check on my computer before I went to bed. I figured once things were all set up and ready that I could wake up for another quick study session and possibly another practice test. Did I mention I have test anxiety?

When I clicked in to my test account, I about shat my pants. I had to use my inhaler because I was literally *gasping*… Right next to my test information there was a little countdown that read, “your test will be available in 04hr09min blah blah blah” and I absolutely LOST IT! Who uses military time except for the actual Mi-li-tary? Scantron…scantron does. I signed up for 01:30 CDT, which is apparently 1:30 in the frickin’ morning…I cannot make this stuff up! The worst part is that this was the second time I’ve scheduled my test because I originally signed up for 01:30 UTC, which I couldn’t even tell you where the heck that is or what time that is here in Iowa. Was that the first time I’ve mentioned I was from Iowa? Odd…Anyways! That’s not what is important right now…focus!

After I called my fiancé, who was out at a bar for his buddy’s 30th birthday, I tried to put my son to bed (yes, he’s still awake at 9:22pm on a Friday night…I blame his father) so that I could nap and take my test…at friggin’ 1:30am…

I ended up waking up at 12:00am, or 0:00 CDT if you ask scantron, and set up my testing station before tossing back some C4 pre-workout to jumpstart my brain . Everything actually ended up working out It was an absolute shit show of a night, but…I PASSED the test and then I passed the eff out! And, hey, that ended up freeing up the rest of my morning for business planning and editing of my upcoming services and programs instead of stressing out about this dang test…Kind of a nice traid-off if I do say so myself.

Mom brain almost took me out but, once again, it will not prevail! Sometimes you have got to make the most of what you’ve got and roll with the punches! Speaking of punches…boy do I have something planned for you now that my certification is official! Until next time, you beautiful badass!

***Stay tuned for more fun story-times with Maggie and a lot more mom brain on the M.I.L.F. Mom Blog.