Speaking of 141, if you want to have a lot of fun, you should see if they have a combined checkride

My 141 does ir/cax together in the same Training Course Outline which culminates in a 4hr oral and a 4hr flight. On the plus side, everything is done in one day!
Although does anyone know why my IR ticket date-of-issue was my test date, but my CA DOI was one month later?