So it turns out I'm not going to be a garbage woman.

I took the day off of work today to drive up to LA and finish taking the dreaded aptitude tests, and to go over my results. First of all, I got kind of bored and decided to document the experience by snapping a few pictures on my phone of the traffic on the way up. Here they are, to remind those of you battling the snow right now, that there is a downside to living in Southern California:
So back to the tests. This second round of tests were a lot better than the previous set. I actually seemed to be really good at some of the things. I did four more hours of testing and then went to luch by myself at IHOP. On a completely unrelated note, the guy who sat at the table directly across from me talked to himself throughout his entire meal. Stuff like "well this really is pretty good food. I'm happy I came here for lunch today." For a minute I couldn't figure out who it was that was talking. I should have tried to figure out a way to take a picture of him. He wasn't the kind of guy I would have expected to be chatting with himself in a restaurant.

Anyway, after lunch I came back, and they gave me the much anticipated results. In a nutshell he said the number one recommended career for me is psychology, with lawyer as a runner up. Other recommended options include the following:

Teacher, but only adults. He strongly recommends that I do not pursue teaching for K-12. Sort of a relief, since my degree is in history teaching, and I have no desire to use my license.

Any kind of investigative work. Journalism, criminal investigator...the like, art therapist, consultant, small business owner, and human resources.

Careers that I should avoid:

Jobs that require any kind of financial analysis, looks like I'm not going to be writing that romance novel, engineering is out, he destroyed my dream of becoming a spanish rockstar, surgeon, dentist, any sort of manager or supervisor, any job that is routine in nature, or does not constantly present new questions and issues that need to be resolved, and my current job. When I told him that my current job is okay, but for the fact that the workload is very inconsistent, he looked a little shocked and told me I need to find something new asap, because I'm not someone who is going to be happy at a job with lots of downtime. Not like that was news to me.

Additionally he asked me if I'd ever taken any debate or anything, because he's guessing that I would enjoy debating, and I would be good at identifying and exposing holes and weaknesses in another's argument. Sounds sort of familiarish...

I also have a very artsy side, and the guy seemed a bit distraught to find out that I'm not doing anything with it. On the whole, it was fascinating, worth the time and money. I'm glad I did it.