Well, only a few days after scheduling my written test, I had to cancel. My wife had lost her job a month and a half ago as a casualty of the crappy housing market. Unfortunately, she hasn’t found another job as of yet. Double unfortunately, we learned today that unemployment in Minnesota is 7 weeks behind schedule due to the large number of claims. So unless she can pick up another job soon, we’ll be a few more months without a second income. That $350 that I paid for the test reservation just became pretty important to have back in our bank account again. So my test will be postponed until we have a second income again.
On the bright side, that’ll give me some time to shore up a few weak areas in my studies. Mainly BGP, Multicast, and QoS policing and shaping. However things pan out, I think I’ll start focusing on the lab after the Christmas break and do some written refreshers 2-3 times per week to keep everything fresh until I can take the exam. Fortunately, my wife has a good line on a job that will start in January. So with any luck, I’ll be able to get this out of the way next month. Worst case, it should be February.
