Legit snowfall in the mid-Atlantic this weekend, which as the rare 40-something who likes that shit, I’m in a pretty good mood. And there is already news of possibly more snowfall, potentially a major storm. So that’ll be fun. For me. And nobody else.
Health & Fitness: More or less static. I knew I wouldn’t be making any real gains on the weight loss front during this season, and I’m pleased that I don’t seem to be losing ground. More over, the parts that I haven’t measured (some that can’t and others I’m just not interested) seem to be improving. I haven’t been very consistent with my updated lifting routine, but I have been keeping up with it enough to feel some changes. I feel a little stronger, a little less winded with harder movements, and I guess just a little fitter in general. Like, I think my clothes fit better, and I continue to see slow improvements on some of my highlights, like getting them shoulders back. Other than my latest good news on my liver, that’s basically it.
Academically: Also a bit of the same, though worth reporting a smidge. The push to focus in and really do the reading and practice worked. I got totally stuck in the first parts of Hypothesis Testing for days, maybe weeks. It sucked. I couldn’t even understand what the point of it. As I started to understand the meaning, I couldn’t figure out the analysis. As I kept pushing to understand the analysis, I got stuck not being able to work out the math. It didn’t help that the math sometimes skips the actual math of it, which is nuts. Or maybe I just missed it, honestly, that seems likely. Anyway, hammering against it really did help, and I actually think I understand the whole dang thing now. And I did pretty good on the section test. Now I’m in the next parts of Hypothesis Testing, and I’m not finding it nearly as difficult. And that feels great.
I didn’t finish my html homework for CS50, but I did make some genuine progress. Right now, I need to just wrap up a few pages, clean up a little code, check my work, and call it good. I can definitely finish that this week, though I’d like to finish it like… tomorrow. That’s probably not going to happen, but I’m close. Very close. I’ve also started watching the lecture for Week 9, and am already deeply into it. I haven’t finished the first half, and it’s already answered a whole series of questions that I had from the last problem set, including some that I’ve had for years and years. I have to say, this stuff is sort of revitalizing my enthusiasm for the whole project. And that also feels great.
We’ll see if I feel the same next Monday, but that’s it for today.