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E and I celebrated our ten-year anniversary yesterday, which just boggles my mind. We spent a summer in California together after we'd been together three years, and I thought THAT was a long time. And California was seven years ago! What?! We went out for delicious Indian food for lunch, spent most of the afternoon walking around outside in the beauty, and had a picnic dinner under the willow tree where we got engaged. (Even THAT was three years ago! I'm starting to feel like I was shockingly young at all the times when I thought I was fully mature.)
Yesterday was also my "soft opening" for spending three days a week coding. I go part time at my paid job next week, which will give me both the time and the kick-in-the-pants motivation I need to start some bigger projects. Since E was working yesterday but I had the day off, we met his business partner in coffee shop at nine o'clock sharp; I sat at the opposite side of the room and played with AVL trees, which was more complicated because the Data Structures book I'm using is in C++ and I'm more familiar with C#. We just worked for the morning, but I already found a couple "bugs": 1) I need to bring a snack, so I don't get impatient and want to quit around 11:30; 2) I do need a change of scenery every couple hours, so I should make sure to bring a book or some other way to set up in a new location (library, walking path by the creek, etc) for a break; 3) I need to learn to work at home, because E is using my shiny new laptop for work every day and there is only so much coding you can do on a whiteboard.
It also made me realize that I'll need a healthy mix of "practical" learning (where I develop skills to get an entry-level testing job) and brain training (where I make sure to really understand all the implementation details of a new sexy data structure in a language I don't quite grasp).
Last weekend, we also worked on coding (trees again! in priority queues), and I went out with a group of friends to celebrate Pride. It was tons of fun dancing (and R Place had great music). I really love that balance of work and play!
But now E and I have to go jog, because we are committed to being young and hot as long as possible ^.^
Yesterday was also my "soft opening" for spending three days a week coding. I go part time at my paid job next week, which will give me both the time and the kick-in-the-pants motivation I need to start some bigger projects. Since E was working yesterday but I had the day off, we met his business partner in coffee shop at nine o'clock sharp; I sat at the opposite side of the room and played with AVL trees, which was more complicated because the Data Structures book I'm using is in C++ and I'm more familiar with C#. We just worked for the morning, but I already found a couple "bugs": 1) I need to bring a snack, so I don't get impatient and want to quit around 11:30; 2) I do need a change of scenery every couple hours, so I should make sure to bring a book or some other way to set up in a new location (library, walking path by the creek, etc) for a break; 3) I need to learn to work at home, because E is using my shiny new laptop for work every day and there is only so much coding you can do on a whiteboard.
It also made me realize that I'll need a healthy mix of "practical" learning (where I develop skills to get an entry-level testing job) and brain training (where I make sure to really understand all the implementation details of a new sexy data structure in a language I don't quite grasp).
Last weekend, we also worked on coding (trees again! in priority queues), and I went out with a group of friends to celebrate Pride. It was tons of fun dancing (and R Place had great music). I really love that balance of work and play!
But now E and I have to go jog, because we are committed to being young and hot as long as possible ^.^