Technical work is so full of acronyms and abbreviations it's almost ridiculous. For those of you who know what they are, I'm now a MCSA and MCSE. Go me!
For those of you who don't know what that means, consider yourself lucky. ;-)
I just got back from the 14 day course for the MCSE. I've never felt so burned out at the end of a course as I did on Saturday. I felt like my brain had reached the full mark around the 8th day. But they just wouldn't stop.... It was worth it though, because I learned a lot and passed all the tests.
I also rewarded myself with a XM radio tuner for my car. I've been telling myself it would be a good idea, since my radio was "XM Ready" and I'm stuck in West Virginia (land of no radio stations). It's worth it. For a couple hundred up-front and $10 a month, I can actually hear real music, lots of news stations, and there's even a channel or two dedicated to stand-up comedy. Nothing helps you unwind like listening to a comic while driving home.
