Friday morning at 9:00 the UFE results will be released. Right now I am a bit anxious since I have been waiting for this for months. It seems like the closer I get to the results being released, the slower time passes. Anyway, I don't have long to wait now.

I'm nervous since while I know how to communicate to everyone that I passed, I really don't know how I would tell people that I failed. Good news is easy to spread, but bad news requires a bit more tact and planning. Right now I'm just not considering failure as an option, and if I do I'll work out some way to communicate the bad news.

The one interesting thing is the sheer amount of celebration/commiseration that goes along with the release of the results. This is basically the Bar Mitzvah of accounting. Here is a list of my social engagements going into the weekend:

• Thursday evening: Dinner with the other CA students and mentors from work
• Friday morning: Drinks at a dive bar after results are released with the other candidates
• Friday evening: Drinks with a larger group of CAs from work
• Saturday evening: Dinner with my parents

I am looking forward to the release of the results, but I am going to be dead tired by the end of the weekend with all this celebrating/commiserating.