Written test postponed

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.