Thursday, January 22, 2009

Aaron Passed!

So, for those of you who don't know, Aaron gave up about six months of his life (from May to October) to study for this huge engineering exam. 16 hours of testing over 2 days. The poor guy actually came home with blisters on his hands from all the frantic calculations and writing that is required. Only about 200 engineers qualify to take it each year in California and there's usually only a 20%-30% passing rate. AND GUESS WHO PASSED ON HIS FIRST TRY!! I was working from home yesterday and went to check the mail. And there was the letter we have been waiting for during the past 3 months! I drove straight to his office to have him open it (please note the self control that took!). Anyways, the first line said congratulations and thanks to me the entire office knew very quickly that my husband had passed his exam! He's now the only guy in his office under the age of 50 who has achieved this license. It has been a long time goal to pass this exam and officially be a licensed structural engineer by the time he was 30. And he squeaked by with a month to spare! Anyways, if you can't tell I'm proud and wanted to share! - Christy

7 comments:

  1. Nice job Aaron. The best part of this is that now Aaron can sponsor our whole Pen-Ten-thlon right?

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  2. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! very exciting - especially Jesse's news ;)


    joking, joyce

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  3. Wow so nice when all that hard work paid off - what a great feeling!

    Congrats Aaron :)

    Love, Ali

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  4. Way to go Aaron! Sounds like you're a genius. Looking forward to our all expenses paid vacation in California next year!
    PS. We we sorry you guys couldn't make it to sunny Canada for the funeral. Everyone who wasn't there was sure missed.
    -Sheri

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  5. Way to Go Aaron. That sounds like quite a feat.
    Brian

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  6. Thanks for the prayers and well wishes. It is quite a relief. Now I have six months of Christy to do list items to accomplish. See you all in 2010 when I finish!

    -Aaron

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  7. Congrats Arron! I'm so happy for you. You totally deserve it!

    -Jon Shabags

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