MCSA vs. MCSE

So, I got my MCSA on March 21. I'm so burnt out b/c I started in November and got my MCDST by December and MCSA by end of March. I then went ahead and passed the 70-293 last week and looking at attacking the 70-294 by the end of the month but I am burnt out. I'm thinking now is it really worth it. Maybe I should learn how to do some programming or go for my CCNA but it's hard to turn down Microsoft's Second Shot offer. Plus after reading the forum on 70-297 and the case studies.....it seems a little rough. What should I do?
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Let it never be said that I didn't do the very least I could do.
If you want to take a break and do the CCNA or programming, do it. Just remember that the MCSE is significantly more valuable than the MCSA, and since you're only two exams away, you should make a point to wrap it up at some point.
There is something else to consider. Take a whole year off certs and plough that time into excelling at your job, in your family life and looking at ventures elsewhere. Sometimes you need to come off the cert mill completely for a time.
Now the design exam 297 or 298 that is a whole other nasty beast of its own. Not hard just a lot of rules and being able to analyze what is being asked. With it being testlets vs questions I say read the questions first then go look at case study for the answers.
Take 294 then maybe some time off. but why put it off? You can hit the books for 3-4 weeks and be ready for 294 if you have experience with AD. Good luck.
My boss gave me the incentive to get MCSE with dangling a 10% raise effective immediately after getting my MCSE.
I burned myself out and found that once I stopped it was hard to get going again.
2020 Goals: 0 of 2 courses complete, 0 of 2 exams complete
Having said that, witness the number of people that do actually pass it - maybe some pass on the 2nd attempt - but they keep at it.
The sims in 290/291/293/294 allow you to show that you know your way around Windows 2003: if someone tells you to make a particular user a DHCP admin, you know how.
However an exam like 297 (I can't speak for 29
Speaking as an engineer, its that focus of the design exams which provides justification of the "E" in MCSE.