I mentioned last time that I bought a video game but was frustrated by the lack of documentation. Well, I found the documentation and ended up investing three solid weeks of free time in it. Fortunately, I haven't touched it for a week, but I still haven't felt great. I've been back on the old fanfiction train, which never makes me feel good about myself. As of yesterday though, I'm working hard and living life. Part three of edTPA, my big teaching project, was due last night, and I missed the deadline. It was like pulling teeth to even start working on it, but I managed it and did (what I think was) a decent job. I submitted it at 11 AM this morning. Afterward I cleaned up downstairs and vacuumed up most of the hair cloud that covered the floor (from Jared's dog). Now I'm returning to the document that I started last month and mentioned in my last post.
I tried working on programming some this week, but it was frustrating. When I work on my own projects, I run into walls easily. I only have enough momentum to break through a few walls before I run out of steam. Furthermore, without noticeable progress I don’t have much incentive to come back the next day and try again. This past week I was working through a course, the goal of which is certification in a collection of Amazon technologies. So far (about 3 hours in) everything we have done is more system administration and has no connection to programming. I should start applying for computer jobs, but already I feel my confidence sapped. I have made a few more connections in computer programming though.
On a brighter note, I was shown how to make cuts for cabinet doors, so I will be working on that in the near future. I watched a movie last weekend (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) which was related to the Chinese genre I mentioned, and enjoyed it very much. Tonight we may watch another similar film.
