I cannot describe the roller coaster of emotion that fills my head as I reach for the mouse button and tentatively click on "submit".  I know that my next sight will be the results of the NCLEX that I took just a few days ago.  The seconds it takes for my internet connection to load the page seem an eternity. 

PASS

One little word is all that I see and my heart takes a flying leap off the deep end of the earth.  Exhale... I hadn't realized I was holding my breath.  I feel a rush of oxygen or is it elation.  I'm finally DONE!  I look around the room... nothing has changed but everything looks different.  I am looking through the eyes of a registered nurse.  I pick up my cell phone and send a text to everyone I know... I want to shout it from the mountain tops!  I call Chris to make sure he got my text, he laughs at my urgency.  I hug my daughter and she giggles at my sudden playfulness, even the boys are drawn away from a rerun episode of Spongebob Squarepants to see what the commotion is about.  *sigh*  I can relax now. 

Later we celebrate with peanut butter iceream and I practice signing my name with RN behind it.  "It looks good" I think to myself.  I feel like a new bride.  It is good... Life is good!