.. here I come. Woohoo! it looks like we might be getting an early start on the long weekend today. That’s exciting cause that means more study time for me. Hopefully we close shop by 1pm.

I was looking at my shhedule last night and seriously considering shortening the amount of time I allocate to finish the next few chapters – i.e. I’m thinking of allocating two days per chapter as opposed to the typical four days I’ve been alloting.

The reason is, I want to get all readings and notes done by the end of May and spend the whole month of June just reviewing (taking exam preps, re-watching CBTs, and re-viewing my comprehensive notes.) I also need to go back in depth to the switching part. It’s been two months since I’ve pore over the material and STP really kicked my burro.

Frame Relays is cool. Somehow it gives me a sense that I’m into the thick of things when I’m studying and looking over different Frame Relay diagrams or examining/interpreting show commands. Even though most of the materials are CCNA level, most of them do appear in the NP level. In fact, all of them do. It is also the fundamental basis for everything NP-level Frame Relay topics. Not that OSPF, EIGRp, IPv6 and the likes don’t matter in CCNP/CCIE. It’s just that somehow Frame Relay scratches the itch. Like, the feeling that I’m arriving.

I guess you can call that a milestone. It doesn’t matter if it really is or not. The important things is it feels like it for me. And that gives me the drive to keep going and see this whole thing through. It’s simple human behavior, really. Whatever gives a person a sense of accomplishment only gives him more fuel to keep going. That’s all I’m saying.

Anyway, this weekend should be good. My schedule this weekend somehow gives me the impression that I should take it easy. But I don’t feel like taking it easy. I might put in a good 4 hours on Sunday eventhough I marked it as “rest” day. If it feels like I’m exerting too much effort to get through my tasks on Sunday maybe I’ll scale back a little. But right now it doesnt feel like I will.

So tomorrow (Saturday) I plan to put in a good 8 hour day, 4 x 2-hour blocks. Sunday, I and the fam will go to Church early at 7am, sing my heart out to the Lord (did I mention I sing in a choir?), have a nice breakfast, put in 2 hours of studying in the morning, and another 2 at night. Monday, I plan to do another 8 hours.

Of course, If we go home early today, I can put in hour number 3 and 4 in addition to the 2 hours I did this morning.

The only thing I see getting in the way this weekend is… dun, dun, dun.. the playoffs. Lakers are playing tonight and on Sunday. That’s a good 3 hours each day. It does help that there’s nothing else good on TV so basketball is about the only thing I watch. Oh! and American Idol. That’s only because my wife “forces” me to watch. Even if I’m the only watching. Every now and then I practice karate too – in my head! But I digress…