A cold and Python

As I experienced strong sinus pressure last night, I realized that what I thought was allergies must be a cold. It was confusing because other than a slightly dry throat, I only experienced severe allergy symptoms up until that point, and they were almost entirely absent on Saturday. But it explains why my allergy medicine was completely ineffective. It’s not a good thing, but I do feel glad that I have an excuse for not going climbing.

After determining my priority goals, I went on to completely disregard them and do programming after all. I started a game programming tutorial in Python, and created almost a complete game of pong. It was quite enjoyable, and it made me wonder if I’m working too hard to avoid making games. Maybe if I made a game or two, it would make me familiar and confident enough to go on to other projects. It’s undeniably better than playing games.

I did also read a bit of Japanese, but it was clear that I hadn’t done so in weeks—I had a lot of difficulty concentrating. I really need to get a haircut, but I don’t want to do that while I’m sick. I have five lessons today but no meeting, so I’m hoping that I will be able to go home early.