Man,
Thanks to everyone on these forums for the awesome threads and encouragement. I took my first MCP exam in november of 08 and it's been a long road but i made it!
Now I'm anxiously waiting for the credential to show up on my transcript!
Next up:
237, 238 to get my MCITP:EMA and then upgrade to 2010

After that: Sharepoint, OCS and SQL.
As for the 298 Exam, dude..... I passed that by the skin of my teeth. 737 :0
The material was nothing new, I just had problems with the format. and that darned clock just kept ticking away ....
Thinking about taking 299 to get the :S
Thanks again!
Jamie