no i haven't been keeping my finges moving haha. bad girl! and no, i don't have ur number. mines 916-412-7009. congrats on the prof practice!! i take it saturday, and the english next wednesday. i am so overwhelmed with everything to study. what did u study for the prof practice? i'm doing bea's english class and i hope that's enough! did you get ur csr results yet? i got mine in the mail today!

oh and how long did it take u to get the results for those tests?

Hey jena! I heard you passed the pro practice. Congratulations! How was it? There is so much to study! Let me know how you did on the English when you find out.

Congratulations Jena! Way to go!!!

Time to change that setting on Profession from student to court reporter. Congrats!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you! I hope Danielle and I pass too! Way to go, Ma'dam Court Reporter!

Congratulations. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask or call me. The first year out is really exciting and the first job can be super nervewracking, but you're more than prepared.

Congratulations!!! Your hard work has finally paid off... You're a Court Reporter!!!! I'm SOOO Happy for you! It's so motivational to see you all accomplishing your goals. Schools is goin okay. 200s is feeling better everyday.

I don't think so. I started Humphreys in April of last year. Which school do you prefer Humphreys or Argonaunt? (You can send me a private message if you don't want to leave it on the page)

hey jena!! congrats on everything!! that's SO awesome you have a number! how exciting! it's a good one too! do u know when ur first depo is?

Thanks! 200's is feeling really good which is crazy for me to believe... Hopefully I'll be out of there soon. Then I have to INTERN!!!!!! Yikes! Congrats to you again, you Studmuffin! Keep in touch with all of us :) Are you coming back with Selena for a couple days? If you do, I'll chat with you then!

i took and passed the professional practice, and i'm still waiting to hear about the english. we took it last wednesday, so we were hoping we would hear by now!! i know it says 2 weeks, but we were expecting it to come in a week like our prof pra did! ahhhh more waiting! it's frustrating. that's so awesome for you tho!!! congrats again. and yes i'll keep u posted!

Congratulations, Jena.

Hope you love court reporting as much as I have. Couldn't ask for a more perfect fit for me. I still can't wait to get up every morning and go to work. I still think being on that machine is a kick!

I wish you much success!

well it took 10 days to get the results for the english. i got it today. i passed! what a relief. now i'm just waiting for my number!

Yaayyyy!! I'm so happy for you. We did it! Whooh. Aren't you glad that's over. Now, we got to try to find work. Do you already have a firm that's going to put you to work, or are you going to work in a court? Keep checking the CR Board website for your number. It took about 3 days after I got my results in the mail and then it was posted, but I still havent got my actual certificate yet. Let me know how everything goes. Keep in touch.

hey jena!! i got my number today. well, i got it from the Web site. it's 13374. yaaay! so i think i'm gonna try and sit out in court next week to get my speed back up, and then take it from there!

omg how awesome!! congrats! i'm sure you'll do GREAT! so they aren't training you or anything? what firm are you doing it for? um i think i'm gonna call university reporters and diamond reporters, and then also maybe pro tem in court. we'll see how it goes! but you're going to do AWESOME!!

Hey,

I think you wrote that blog about some hearing or something that some agency sent you to. I looked for it, but I couldn't find it.

How did it go?

Well, that's good. You never know on these things. Sometimes they can be horrifying and sometimes they turn out terrific. Glad it worked out for you.

hey how's it going! have you been working a lot? i had my first job last wednesday. it was a private hearing and it was pretty technical and crazy. i'm working on the transcript right now! your hair looks SOO cute. i love it! :) but what's new with you?

i just wrote you a message back! i ran out of room in the box tho lol

Hi Jena, to print a word index in Catalyst, press Alt+T+U and you'll get a word index.

How have you been doing? Have you been working a lot?

That's great. Especially if you're setting your own pace.

Thanks for joining the mommy group.

Hey Jena! Love the haircut! How's the workload? I actually was thinking of you because I'm starting to freak out about the logistics of taking Cassidy with me to the CSR, like what if she doesn't sleep all night in the hotel or something!! How did it end up working out for you taking your little one along?

i think I'm ready but I'm nervous!!! Also a bit nervous about the written, I have the english scheduled for wednesday. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I decided against taking Cassidy. I'll be flying down thursday and coming back after the test. A little nervous about my first night away from her. I'll keep you posted! How is work going for you?

That's a great idea about sitting in the car for some last-minute studying. Right now I think the only part that really freaks me out is the vocab. Hopefully I can fake my way through anything that I don't feel 100% about. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Happy Birthday, Jena.

Love the turkey leg pic. Yum!!

Happy Birthday, Jena!

Happy birthday, Jena. Have a great year.

Every court reporter I've scoped for is out in California. One day soon I'm coming out there to visit them all.

If you are ever in need of help, let me know.

Julie

Happy Birthday, Jena!

Hope you had a good day.

Happy Birthday, Jena! What wonderful pictures!

Tricia

Yay!! You deserve a great day.

I'M SOOOOO SORRY! : (

I was going to send out a message to all my "friends" on CSR which would have saved me a ton of time...but instead I only told the students. Honestly, I didn't want to bother any of my working reporter friends 'cuz I know you're all so busy. Next, time EVERYONE gets the message!!!!
I would have luuuved for you to have been there. It was awesome. Mark is very personable and patient and took the time to address everyone's concerns. And you never felt rushed. My son was in AWE. Check out the pics on my page.

Well, I think I've had my full initiation into the life of courtroom drama to last me a lifetime! It was scary. Trevor was supposed to also sit with us, but Jeannie said it was too crowded. So he was above us in Dept 31. My friends from Texas said they heard about it right away and I got an email from several friends, one in Australia and two in opposite ends of France, who had watched news reports about the Stockton courthouse incident! Once again, we made international news...in a bad way!


Other than that, life is good. Trevor is trying to finish up interning so he can sit in qualifiers. Our depos keep cancelling. We were supposed to be in a depo on the "nightmare" day, but last minute changes and they wouldn't let us sit. Soooo...

I'm plugging along, so close and yet so far away. Hmmm...sounds like a song. Doin' a mock depo and McGeorge. Have a great week.

Thanks for the suggestion. Hill and McPherson cancelled on us. That was the depo we were supposed to be at last Wed.

Not sure what CDR is. another reporting firm? We're heading to McGeorge now. At least we get intern hours for that.

PS You are a super cool Mom. Watching wrestling with your boys!

2 whole weeks away still! Oh well, better than 3. I did notice this on the board website about a meeting they held today in the agend section:

EO REPORT: CRB budget report, State budget update, CSR exam stats, CRB Today Newsletter Discussion and possible action.

Maybe that's a good sign!

I was reading discussion posts related to the CSR test, and I came across yours from last August. I just qualified and may be taking the June CSR, and I wondered if you have any advice on how to prepare (particularly for the academic portion). I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks :)

Thanks so much for getting back to me. Unfortunately, we aren't given anything to study for the CSR. We are required to take a CSR preparation class, but it's a 9-week course that really just consists of weekly quizzes. It was valuable, and I'll definitely refer to my notes, but I'm sure I should do more to prepare.
I've never heard of anyone selling mock tests. I'll see if I can find anything like that.
I'll try to put together some flashcards to review.
Thanks again for your advice. I'll let you know if I pass. . .

Hi, Jena. I just wanted to check in to see if you needed any scoping for overflow or expedites. Let me know and I'll be glad to help.

How are things in court?? It looks like court reporting is getting big. Mrs. Nottoli has 9 students in her theory class. My class last go around was 16 on day one. To date, only 8 of us now.

Yes Depos are all the rage from what I hear. I don't hear about court reporters actually working in court. I want to go into CART or Captioning or Webcasting. So far I'm doing very well. I think I have one more 70 to pass then I can concentrate on the 80's. I really need to master the punctuation. Did I even spell that right??

Sorry I wasn't available for you, Jena. Maybe I will be next time you need quick help. Keep me posted. Take care.

Hey Jena,
I tried doing a friend request for you, but my computer is acting up and it wouldn't let me. I would love to chat more and share stories about our kids. Maybe I can be of some help.

Thanks for the b-day shout out, Jena. I think my mom told me about you. You went to Humphreys, right? My mom has so many court reporting friends!!! lol Well, thanks again and I'll pass along your message to her!