After a whirlwind week in Portland packing up my grandma's apartment for a move into assisted living and helping my mom negotiate grandma's move and her own healthcare, I came back home and took my final for midwifery school without really having spent any time studying at all.  After months of frustration with my school, I really enjoyed and appreciated the final. It reminded me of how much I knew, and tested truly applicable midwifery knowledge.  There were a few essays, but mostly multiple choice which is sort of ridiculous, as the answers are given to you -- your own knowledge is really tested when you have to come up with the answers yourself.  In my math classes in college, there were a lot of take-home, open-book tests where you could have all the resources you wanted, because the questions required you to use the skills from the class in innovative ways, rather than spit out rote answers you could find in the book.  This was not thabout, and I'm quite confident that I passed.  That means I've completed the academic midwifery program I set out to do.  But I still have 20 births to attend and skill to improve upon.  I am contemplating a move to Oregon soon, and am beginning to think about finding an apprenticeship there.  I am celebratory that I am done with this program, but the journey is far from over.  Everybody says, "Oh, now you're a midwife," and I look forward to the day when I can answer "Yes, I am!"  I imagine the NARM exam will be a little more intensive.  We'll see.