Excessive

Today was the first day of fourth semester at Fanshawe, in the Computer Programming Analyst program, and I'd say it went well. I started off the semester on a good note, doing the homework in class, and finishing it once I got home before doing anything else (besides eat lunch). While the work for ASP.net was due on Friday, I wanted to get it done right away, because it wasn't a lot of work, and there was no reason to put it off, and I want to get back into the habit of completing work as soon as possible and never putting anything off unless there is a really good reason to. The only reason I didn't complete the work in class is because I had to wait to install SQL server until I got home, so I could follow an instruction video, just to be sure I installed it properly for the class. Also, the Java professor assigned us non-marked homework, sort of a refresher exercise and I did that as well, just because I knew it wouldn't take a long time, and again, there was no reason not to do it. So because of those things - because of the way I handled the work today, I think I started off right, and will try to carry this enthusiasm and eagerness forward, and hopefully it will continue.

So I woke up at 6am this morning ... I think, I don't really remember the morning, having only gotten five hours of natural sleep. I couldn't fall asleep last night no matter how hard I tried. I wasn't tired, I was thinking of school, and more disturbingly, thinking of Storm of Swords as I had just read a chapter that really... bugged me, pissed me off, upset me, so I was thinking about the story while I laid there. It wasn't until at least 1am that I finally fell asleep, and it was uncomfortable and hot, stuffy... I rolled around a lot and couldn't breath and all that fun stuff. Anyway, I got up, made coffee, had a bagel and cream cheese and read the PA forums while I woke up, eventually leaving to catch the bus at 7:00am.

The trip to school was pretty uneventful. I met Mathew downtown and got on the same bus, and sat together. About halfway there, Matt got tapped on the shoulder and it turned out Rachel had been sitting behind us the whole time, she just didn't notice because she had fallen asleep. She was a member of our elite group (our fourth, whom we've never replaced) but she didn't like the program and switched at the end of first year. It was nice to see her, and gave us something to talk about on the bus ride. We arrived at school with twenty minutes to spare, but just walked to class regardless, got our seats (the same seats we always sit in, in that classroom) and got set up for the day.

I gotta say, my new laptop is a pleasure to use in class. It's silent, like.. completely silent. It runs cool, and gets the job done. I'm quite happy so far, and I hope that continues. Today I had ASP.Net for three hours, and then Java for an hour. In ASP, we did the normal first day stuff, went over the outline and marking and what the class is going to be about, and in the second hour, we started our first assignment kind of thing. Basically doing our first exercise and lab (each worth 1%) and then started set up for our first case study (which will be worth a lot) and then the last hour and a half was given to use to work on the stuff. I used the time to complete as much as I could, got SQL Server off Calen and waited to install it once I was home. I had finished all my work with forty minutes still to go until Java, so I just sat around bored, downloading games with Steam to copy over to my desktop once I got home.

Java was very basic, very easy. We went over the basics of GUI and designed a very simple, blank JFrame. It didn't take long, and before we knew it, the class was over, and Calen drove us home.

When I got home, I was really, really hungry, and had a craving for a bunch of different things, so I started making lunch right away. I made a mushroom, red onion and cheddar omelete, with toast, coffee and a bowl of tomato vegetable soup. It was great, and so much better than the omelete I paid for the day before. Filled with thick, flavorful mushrooms, not burned or seared... the soup was still great, overall it was a wonderful lunch... sometimes I love cooking.

After lunch, I sat down and finished the work that we got in class. I installed SQL server by following the instructional video. I finished the ASP work, took the screenshots and submitted them to the dropbox for my 1%, and then finished writing my Java class. After I was finished, a giant wave of tiredness hit me, and I just couldn't do anything but lay down. I turned on Mythbusters and laid down on the couch. I fell asleep for an hour or two, woke up with a headache, a sore back, feeling super hot, feeling stuffy, feeling sick to my stomach. Laying down was the worse thing I could've done it appeared. It basically ruined my entire day, as I sit here I still feel the headache and sickness that I woke up with. By the time I woke up, it was about time for Bekki to go to work, sadly another day where we don't get to really see each other.

I spent some time playing Borderlands and WarCraft 2 (that's right) and eventually made dinner - meatloaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli. It was pretty good, and I watched Mythbusters while I ate. After dinner, I played some more games, did the dishes, and made some banana bread, played Blue Dragon and just had a bath.

To add to my discomfort, all day I've had this pain in my nostril, like.. it feels like I have to blow my nose or something but there is nothing there and it's irritating and painful and distracting and making me very uncomfortable... I have no idea what it is or what caused it, but I hope, hope, hope that tomorrow I wake up with it gone, because I don't think I can sit through another day of school constantly pressing against my nose to stop the pain/discomfort.

I've taken a sleeping pill to avoid the same problems I encountered last night, so I'll just watch some TV and most likely be asleep within a half an hour.

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