Post J-term

In the past week, the madness known as J-term took place. Overall, it was a good experience--much better than last year. Woodworking was great fun. We nearly finished the chairs we were building, and got close enough that we could sit in them. Japanese went smoothly even if it wasn't as exciting or fulfilling. I didn't get anything prepared for the first week of the new semester though, since it was really hectic and I had to prepare something for the next day every day, without having a planning period in which to do it. I slept really heavily all week.

Related to that, my reading has not progressed significantly. I'm still struggling through the BC era of the Chinese history book. Apparently I am 20% finished, but this week I have been skipping entirely or reading just a few pages before falling asleep. I did a lot of driving yesterday and listened to Desiring God for most of the trip. It was so good, I came home and started over reading it on my Kindle. It has all kinds of important reminders, and it also inspired me to return to Jonathan Edwards in the near future.

I only did my fitness routine four times this week, attempting to catch up with work on the other days. Also, yesterday I only did half of a workout because I was shaking--caffeine maybe? Anyway, I have become frustrated with the HabitNest app. It has several bugs, the workouts are too long, and the routines and goals are too randomly generated for my liking. For example, the In and Out Push-up is one of the most difficult exercises I have ever done, but because it is a type of push-up, the goal is 10-20 reps just like the other push-ups. If I do 10, I'm nearly worn out for the day. Well, there is no shortage of fitness apps. I'll do this one until the end of the month and then try a new one.

Reading and praying have continued to go well. Bible memory has continued to be a struggle, but I'm not falling behind. If I up the ante a bit and try to go for 30 verses a day, I think I could meet my goal of starting new verses by February.

No progress on the guitar string. I think I will have some time after school some day this week to go and pick up a replacement. Actually, I need to buy something else from Amazon, so maybe I'll just buy them there. As for Spanish... I'm thinking that I might want to hold off for a month or so until we get most of the way through the French unit in World Languages. That way I'll be less likely to be confused. Regardless, I still haven't developed a plan for that. I expect it will at least partially involve listening to podcasts or watching movies. Maybe I can rope Mom into watching movies or shows with me for some accountability.