Tabletop

Yesterday was a surprisingly good day. I cooked a Mexican-inspired “hash”—basically beans, potatoes, and other veggies fried with a bit of bacon. It tasted fine but was a bit dry. Considering how simple it was and the fact that I didn’t use a recipe, I was happy with it.

Unfortunately, I had a lot of difficulty sleeping. It was probably partially because I found a fanfiction about Worm characters in Westeros. The characters are real and interesting, and the plot is gripping even though it lacks the overwhelming power that usually draws me into fanfiction. I should really exercise today, but I anticipate that I’ll be too tired. Is that a good thing to anticipate? Probably not.

SCHOOLWORK
I exceeded my time goal and made decent progress. One assignment was frustrating me a bit, but having slept on it I was more able to do it, and I took care of it this morning. It really makes a big difference to be able to sleep and return later after hitting a block—I need to remember this to stay motivated about being ahead on my schoolwork.

JOB

Maybe I should just write this section once or twice a week? It feels like padding to always include it when I’m not even trying to make daily progress. Yeah, maybe I’ll include it on Mondays only.

EXERCISE
The planking is getting ridiculous, and I’m looking forward to being done with it. I should have done another set of decline push-ups yesterday.

SPANISH
I had a little trouble distinguishing the preterite and imperfect, particularly in translating the sentences “I was a carpenter for three years” vs. “I once was a carpenter.” The answers claimed that the former was preterite and the latter was imperfect, but the latter definitely sounds like a completed action to me, which (I thought) would make it perfect. So I wonder if my confusion stems from a misapprehension about the imperfect, or from a pedantic reading of the translation, or from an ambiguity in the translation itself. In other news, I didn’t read El Nombre del Viento or listen to a podcast, so I need to do that for sure today.

DIY

I feel like I’ve reached the final stretch! I sanded the bottom of the legs again with the electric sander so that the wobbling is so slight it’s barely even audible. However, I did this because when I tried demonstrating the lack of wobble to my parents, it was a lot more significant than I remembered. In other words, I suspect that the wobble is being affected by the climate. More excitingly, I started putting together the tabletop! It took me a long time to figure out how to space the boards, but I finally just decided to drive screws in the side boards which are up against the edges. With that done, the two support boards won’t be moving, so I only have to worry about keeping one board in place at a time. I wish I could use a clamp somehow, but I don’t see how, and I think this will work fine. So I’ll probably finish the table top today and maybe even attach it. The next steps will just be sanding and painting/staining.

PROGRAMMING

I made slow progress on my idle game, really not even enough to mention. I think I need to make a product backlog to give myself a better idea of where I’m going and what the logical and/or easy step is. My website deadline is tomorrow though, so I really need to work on that during my programming time.

PEOPLE JOURNAL

I really don’t feel like it today.

BIBLE MEMORY
Psalm 19 still does not come easily for me, even though I’ve reviewed it probably more times than any other in the past couple of months. I even like the Psalm pretty well and it’s unusual, but the words and their order are confusing. I think I need to read it in a different version and maybe read a commentary about it.

BIBLE READING AND PRAYER
Woke up late and sleepy, so I skipped.