HC...
...I haven't HC'd in a minute?
...I had to take a licensing exam for work?
...I set the test up for Christmas Eve so I wouldn't have to worry about after Christmas?
...my manager let me come home to Detroit so I could take the test and be with my family?
...I wound up having to drive 45 minutes to Ann Arbor, though for the test?
...this woman almost wouldn't let me sit for the exam
...she said she couldn't read my expiration date because the sticker on the back of my license started to fade?
...she had to call the NASD (Nat'l Assoc. of Securities Dealers) people
...I pulled out my birth certificate, my Howard ID, my Soc. Sec. card, credit cards, etc?
...dang it, I'm takin' this test!!
...the lady was on the phone like "Her hair is quite different but her face is the same"?
...nobody tryin' to take this test for me, it's me!
...I studied too long and hard, came from Fort Wayne to take this test?
...I did some praying, though?
...He knew I came to far to get turned down now?
...I got to sit for the exam, but I had to take my license, my Howard ID, and a credit card in with me?
...that's alright, though?
...I passed!
...260 questions, six hours of testing, a week-long crash course, a month of studying, and laying off GC for a few weeks, I did it?
...I'm Series 7 licensed!
...I'm so excited? I can have a merry Christmas b/c this test is done
...for all of you who work full-time and go to school, I have even more respect for you now, cuz it ain't easy?
...Happy Holidays, again?