Back after these few messages

I said that I was going to take advantage of my vacation, but the lack of accountability allowed my descent into idleness. I worked on programming, but without urgency or motivation, and by the end I had little to show for my efforts. I also gave up a few of my regular activities like Spanish and memorization—not good. But it’s a new week and I’m excited about schoolwork and getting back on track.

This morning I finished reading King John. The story was lackluster, but there are some great interchanges. It just goes to show that Shakespeare should be performed. I enjoyed the character of the bastard, Philip Faulconbridge, and was impressed with Constance, whose name fit her quite well. Both of these characters would be great parts to play, as they can demonstrate a great depth of acting ability. I’m not sure what I will read next in Shakespeare. Of the ones I haven’t read, I figured out that there are two or three comedies, two tragedies, five histories, and three romances.

SCHOOLWORK:
Like I said, I’m looking forward to getting into these new classes. I did find out yesterday that my transfer credit request was denied, so I’ll have to take another class, hopefully in the second part of the summer. I think the class will be beneficial, but I’m unhappy about the loss of time and money, as well as the fact that my hard work in the other class came to nothing.

JOB:
No updates here. I should have worked on this a bit and I didn’t. Actually, I did ask Dad about the skill that I most enjoy, and he just called it analysis. I guess that gives me something of a direction.

EXERCISE:
I was lazy—although I kept up my planks, I skipped push-ups and only did one set of bicep curls.

SPANISH:
No updates.

DIY:
On Wednesday (or Thursday?) I tried putting in a screw, only to have the board split on me. That was really discouraging—it turned out that I should have drilled holes first. I did so before my next attempt. While the board didn’t split, the drill couldn’t seem to get the screw all the way into the wood, so the boards had a gap between them and the screw stuck out. Dad told me that to fix this I just need to increase the torque. I don’t know how to do that, but I’ll work on it today or tomorrow.

PROGRAMMING:
I got my panels for Foodmaster worked out. The next step is probably saving data that I input.

PEOPLE JOURNAL:
I wrote about my Japanese friend, although it was difficult. Had I gone to church yesterday I would have plenty to write about, but as I didn’t I guess I’ll just write about Dad.

BIBLE MEMORY:

I never did my review of Psalm 25, so I’ll do that at least today and tomorrow before starting Psalm 26.

READING AND PRAYER:
I did skip a few times, but not every day. Today I prayed too, though not out loud like I want to. The first devotional that I read today was really good and kept me thinking about priorities. I don’t remember well enough to write about it anymore, though.