Since my last posting I’ve been quite busy with various projects at work and took on a few weekend contracts to familiarize myself with some of the SP technologies.  My time for studying was split between working and enjoying whatever free time I had to spare.  Aside from keeping up with all my TV shows (i.e Stargate Universe, Sanctuary, V, Dexter, Californication, Heroes, Trauma, Vampire Diaries, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Fringe, Cake Boss, Crash, etc.), I did manage to squeeze in some reading of a few technologies (i.e. MPLS, QoS, and IS-IS).  I know what you are thinking, does he really watch all those shows?  The answer is ‘yes’ and then some.  Aside from playing basketball once a week and going to the gym 3-4 times a week, it was the only way of keeping my brain from melting with a 7-day work schedule.

Another outlet for me has been Twitter; I don’t really tweet as much and mainly use it as a means of aggregating information on potential IE candidates, IEs, and sports.  Most of the bloggers who were diligently updating their sites before have now turned to tweeting.  In fact, many of their sites have gone unattended, so I finally decided to clean up my blogroll.  Can’t you tell the list is shorter? 

My game plan from this point forward is to finish off my projects and contracts before the Christmas holidays.  I’ve already reserved some ‘me’ time with the family, so they know I’ll be concentrating on studying the last week of the year.  I have a little over 100 days from now until my scheduled lab, 03/04/2010, so hopefully the exam doesn’t change by then.