Well, here I go again. Studying for the R&S written, hopefully to take it in about 3-4 months, although I'm not holding myself to a hard date, as I want to know the material cold.
Last time I had just as much motivation, but I got sidetracked, and wanted to finish my CCNP first. After the CCNP, I worked on the CCDA, mostly since I thought it'd be interesting. I read through the CCDA book, and am just waiting on my test date (Feb 4th). In the meantime, I'm studying for the CCIE R&S written.
My entire thoughts on this can be found on this post:
SGT CCIE - A man on a mission to master OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, and anything in between! | Back on the horse…for real.