My practical assessment results....drum roll please....

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So last Friday was my practical assessment. I have been too tired and busy lately so sorry for putting this post off but here it is. Also just want to quickly say that these results are for the FIRST part of my course. This is Acrylics. Second part is Manicures & Pedicures. Just in case anyone thinks I have completely finished the course cause I haven't done that just yet. First of all, I want to say a big thank you to those who have shown me support. It means a lot to me. And I know that some MIGHT think I am being a bit over the top or too emotional with this but the reason is because I have had depression, self doubt and very little motivation to do anything for an extremely long time. Me doing this course and doing well is actually a shock to me. Without going into too much detail, just thank you. It really does mean a lot to me to be doing well with this and getting so much support from other people. Thank you. So Friday..7th October. I got out of bed....very tired and grumpy. I had not slept all night due to worries and also our bloody tap was making a weird loud high pitched sound that couldn't be stopped. Luckily it has now! So couldn't sleep. Not to mention that at 5:30am my brother was singing loudly in the shower. Met my Nan down at the train station and we took two trains to get to my class. I was going through my notes to make sure I had everything down on what needed to be done with the assessment. By the time we arrived I was still nervous but so ready! When it was time to start....I literally forgot everything! I just sat and looked at my Nan and said "Um ok everything I learned has been forgotten just now." I was doing well and pretty fast once I got my thoughts together. But for the first time ever, I struggled shaping the nails right and it was really annoying me. I eventually got that sorted out but it just annoyed me with how I did bad just because I was under pressure. Moving forward, painting the nails....what the hell. I couldn't get the colour I wanted for my Nan for all the nice nail polishes were taken. So I had a colour that looked like it was taken from the sewer. No joke. Mucky brownish colour that, for some reason, was very runny. That was annoying me. It got to the point I said to my Nan "Nope....I will be redoing this assessment for sure." My Nan was telling me not to give up and said she had faith in me. I just wanted to cry. People seem to have more faith in me than I do. That was also frustrating me too. That I have self doubt a lot in what I do. Moving quicker again, I did the nail art on her nails which was also very annoying. Wont even bother explaining that but trust me, I was close to throwing a cuticle pusher across the room. Anyway, end of the assessment....the lecturer took us all individually into a different room to give us our results. I sat there looking at my Nan's nails. I said "Nope...this is crap! Look at them. The application is just too thick. I don't understand how I was doing ok before and fudged them up now!" Lecturer called me in to the other room and said "You did good but you do need to work on the thickness of the application ( see told ya ) but if you keep practicing, you will get the hang of that. Other than that, you did well." I said "So....Did I even pass?" The lecturer said.............. *drum roll* "Yes you passed."