Ok I had been going back and forth with choosing which date to actually book for my lab. According to my employer I have to at least sit for the lab no later than 4th Quarter 2009. With that in mind I was planning on taking the lab in November,  November 23 to be exact. After thinking about where I am at with my subject knowledge, I quickly changed my mind and settled on December 21, 2009. Now here’s the deal. I will be attending IPexpert’s CCIE Voice boot camp out in San Jose, CA. They have two dates that I have been considering, October 19 - 30, 2009 and November 30 - December 11, 2009.

I know that these boot camps fill up rather quick so I said to myself, “Self, let’s be smart about  how we schedule these events!” So I came up with this solution. Schedule the boot camp for October 19 - 30, 2009, work my arse off to make sure I am ready for it by at least September or early October. If not, then reschedule the boot camp for November 30 - December 11, 2009 and keep my lab date of December 21. However, if I am ready for the boot camp and I do well during the boot camp in October, then reschedule my lab date for November.

All I have to do now is keep an eye out for good plane tickets, right now they’re $243 round-trip from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) to San Jose (SJC). If you guys here of some good deals or websites that typically have good deals on plane tickets, let me know. Until next update, keep studying people…