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I know I have been neglecting this blog lately. Sadly, that will probably continue for the next few months at least. Studying for school has proven to be even more challenging than I thought it would be. Partly it is a matter of time management, but the material is also difficult.
Currently I am studying to take the A+ Certification. There are two exams that I need to take in order to get this certification, one is on Computer Hardware, the other is on Operating Systems. Both of these topics are familiar to me, but the level of detailed knowledge that is required is more than I currently am able to demonstrate.
Here is an example of a question on hardware:
36. What I/O address range is typically assigned to the video controller BIOS?
A. C0000 - C7FFF
B. C8000 - CFFFF
C. D0000 - D7FFF
D. D8000 - D8FFF
The correct answer is A, but I would have failed this question on the exam. Luckily I have some pretty good books and a decent practice exam to work with. I just have a feeling that this is the sort of class that an actual classroom experience would benefit me more than self directed online study. I must stay motivated if I am to make it through this successfully.
I’m taking a break from all this next week, which is both good and bad I suppose. Our niece and nephews from California are going to be with us for a couple days this weekend. I’m pretty excited about that. We hardly ever get to see them. We will have them for 2 days then we drive them up to meet the family in Seattle where they will stay for a couple weeks.
I wish we could do more, but if they stayed any longer I would have to put them to work digging up my back yard. We start work on the creek next monday. I’ve hired a friend who is a contractor to kind of supervise and direct the event. You are all still welcome ( read expected 
) to come help though.
Another thing is going on today actually. The young man I have been telling you about that I mentor for is graduating from his program! Unfortunately, I am unable to attend his graduation because of work. Just one more reason to hate my job. I really feel bad about it, but I am very proud of him. It will be nice to have him home so we can start spending more time together. He wants to join a gym, maybe he can help keep me motivated to exercise. That would make my wife very happy.
No promises as to when my next post might be. It’s not that there isn’t a lot going on, it’s just the crazyiness level of my life right now that keeps me from it. Thanks for being patient, I promise to be back as soon as I can. Take care!
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Tags: Family, Mentoring, School by Jeffrey
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I’ll edit and re-post this in a bit. I just wanted you all to see my nephew R.J. at his best. R.J., Joe, and Kayla, our nephews and neice from California stayed with us for a couple days at the beginning of this week. We drove them up to meet Aunt Emily halfway to Seattle. The poor kids were so tired! Anyway … I’ll give you more of the story on my long week later. If you get this post by email, you probably won’t receive the edited version so you might want to check the site later tonight.