[Christy]

I sat for my first exam Feb 2016. I’m currently waiting on my retake AUD scores to be released next week (8/17). I sit for REG again 8/14.

So my life is going by as everyone else’s is who is sitting for this exam.

I just found out tonight one of my fur babies has a mass growing on his larynx, partial obstruction and there isn’t anything they can do for him due to where it is located. We have him home now but his time with us is unknown and I’m afraid way too short.

In the time I’ve been studying for this exam I haven’t spent a lot of time with him. The guilt begins to eat away at you.

I’m taking this one really hard and am just completely heartbroken and devastated. I’m not sure I will continue this journey if I don’t pass AUD. I’m just not seeing the point right now.

Thus becoming a statistic.

[shawn in VA]

come again?

what is this “fur babies” you speak of?

[Christy]

Sorry, clearly you are not an animal person.

[Missy]

I'm really sorry to hear about your fur baby, do what you have to do but pass this exam regardless. Its grueling and vicious to go through especially when you have worries in your real life……but honestly keep on with this. I lost my dog right before my first exam, got remarried right after my second exam, my oldest child graduated high school right after my third exam, I was in school for my masters, worked full time, my kids were 18 and 12 years old…….but I had my eye on what getting licensed would do for my future and tolerated what the exam process was doing to me in the present. Don't let current stress be the reason you sacrifice long term benefits.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
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[My Cousin Vinny]

Honestly I had to google what a “fur baby” was. I have never had that term before in my part of the US. Now that I know, I am really sorry to hear that and wish you the best.

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