Memorial Relaxation...

Hey Folks,

Today I and my wife plan to enjoy Memorial Day by shooting on down to Coney Island, take some shots, enjoy some sun. This whole weekend has been sort of slipping since I had oral surgery on Friday, and they yanked out two teeth (one infected for quite some time), and I decided to take it easy and give myself some time to relax and heal. Beginning tomorrow though, we're back on the accelerated schedule as this is the first of June, and I must take the test at the end of this month, as I have been promising to just about everyone that I would. I wonder if I'll have this much trouble when I study for my MCSE and then my CCNA. Probably, but if I can just get through this test first. So from here on in I will be blogging daily about my study schedule and habits, hopefully to help someone else with the same problems studying for a test.

Will talk to you tomorrow....

Kinda grey day...

Woke up this morning, a little sore from the Mets game last night. They spanked the Phillies, which bodes well for the season so far. Today I will use the practice tests for the first part of the morning, then move on to reading the chapters and some old class notes. Like I said, I have everything I need to study for this test, I just need to apply myself to the task at hand. I also plan to keep checking the tech blogs and video sites (YouTube.com, freeaplus.com, professormesser.com, etc.), and really make some headway into the studies.

More to come as we continue...

Further along the path...

Well, today I rifled through all the materials that i've collected and came across another suite of practice tests. I was a little tired and overwhelmed after having come home from work (6-11), and finally had to take a nap. I'm up now so i'm gonna try to get some work done. Going to the Mets game tonight with Liz, so theres quite a bit to do before I leave to meet her. I also still have to repair my AOpen desktop and put in more RAM into my custom tower, see if I can increase the power. Have also been considering installing a bigger HDD, maybe 750GB, or even 1TB. That would really be something, but all that comes in behind studying for the exam. Today is the 26th of May, and I'm stil trying to keep to my original deadline of the end of June. Will have to step up studying times, return to 6:30 am until 10:00 am in order to get back on track. That's all for now, more to come....

In Pursuit of That A+

This will be my daily post of my studies for A+ Certification. I have now been at this task for the last two years, I have yet to attempt to take this test. Now, some people would say, "Just take the damn test already", and I'm tempted to do just that. But since i've begun studying, the test has undergone a few changes, thus urging me to change as well. I hope that this blog will serve as a guide for others as well as a diary for myself, if for no other reason just to keep me sane. There will be more to come over the coming weeks, as my target date is June 23 - 25 of this year. I have not been able to nail down any one system of study, so I just try everything at hand and hope that something catches and takes hold. Until next post,...