Aren't I Too Old for Tests?

I had trouble with the whole 30th birthday over a month ago. I didn't like leaving my 20s behind. I mean, it was a really good decade for me. I didn't like saying that I was now in my 30s. I didn't like that on the treadmill I had to refer to the heart rate range for ages 30-35 instead of the range for ages 25-29. So what did I do to make myself feel young again?

Well, I whipped out my number 2 pencils, flashcards and mad Scan Tron-bubble-filling skills and decided to take the GRE. Nothing makes you revert back to the uneasiness of your youth quite like a standardized test. Too bad the test is now computerized, so my Scan Tron skills (not to mention those valuable number 2 pencils) are moot.

For the past month or so, I've been swimming in flashcards and trying to remember high school math (which I was never good at in the first place), and I am finally taking the test tomorrow morning. I'm excited to get it over with and just really hoping that all my studying will pay off.

Although I don't really feel younger because of this test, it has helped me regain that feeling that I am still young enough to pave a new way career-wise. So it has been worth the effort--and cheaper than wrinkle creams.