Thoughts....

So, back from a week in Denver at corp HQ training center for a little Cisco beat down. I'm sitting for the CCDA exam in a few weeks and thought a bootcamp would be helpful....all I can say is selling the stuff for the last decade vs. actually diving into the technical surface (emphasis on surface because the bottom is a few miles down) was a helluva lot more than I bargained for. It took me 3+ nights to figure out subnetting....and it's still not automatic....CIDR isn't too bad now that I've kind of figured it out. And don't even let me get started on routing protocols. Let's just say I'm not all that confident going into this test. Happy thoughts, right? Who can tell me what the network address, first and last host address, and broadcast address for the following:

171.25.63.20/25

On the bike front, things are ok....I never thought I'd be so twisted up bio-mechanics wise at 39 than I am....I'm seeing both a PT and a chiropractor (and the co-pays absof*ckinglutely SUCK, btw) once per week, stretching about 30 minutes per day and now starting to throw in some core strength building stuff. The plus side is that my back pain in the morning isn't as bad as it was this summer (it's still there but it doesn't take an hour to loosen up). The down side is that I feel like I'm spending an inordinate amount of time trying to get it back in shape.....and I'm ACTIVE!!! I ride my bike all the time and race a bit. I don't eat great, but it could be worse. How bad would this be if I was the proverbial couch potato???

On the home front, the kids' bathroom is just about done. I need to case out and paint the window, add some accessories and get my tools out of there. Give me one good day and she's in the books. I do need to finish up the guest room as well since I stole some of the closet to make room for the new vanity. Next project hopefully will be the master bathroom. And I really, really, REALLY need to finish up the lingering baseboard project. While I really don't want to replace any of the baseboard heating covers, I don't see any way around it. No one seems to make the end caps for the ones we have. Bummer that.....

Time to go finish stretchin'....then back to subnetting....let me know when you figure out the answer....