The week has been quite the long one and I worked a 9am to 9pm shift today.  So, after getting home, walking the dog, cooking dinner for my better half and finishing up some unfinished business, I'm a little exhausted.  So, the lessons are going to have to take a day off while I get some well needed rest.  On the other hand, I felt I needed to blog and, I thought, a follow up was necessary.

I've learned far more about programming in the past two week than I ever thought I would.  Honestly, my mind is a little over-loaded.  The beginning "basics" were extremely easy to follow but, as I move farther into my journey of coding knowledge, I find myself asking question after question.

I want to make one thing very clear...  I'm not complaining!!!

After every lesson, I find myself asking;  How will I use this "New found wisdom" in creating a program?  With what I'm learning, how will it apply to achieve an end result?  How will I create a program?  I know the professor will bring it all together and show me how it will all flow.  It will just take some time and understanding.

It's extremely entertaining when I pause and look at my notebook.  I'm making sure my notes are very thorough and easy to understand.  Just in case I need to go back to them and review a small slice of a lesson.  Also, I have already taken up half the pages in my notebook already.  I'm positive I will fill the entire book but it's a clear sign I need to go out and get some more notebooks.  Though it might seem like I'm going over the top but it's going to help me further down the road.

I want to be completely honest in this blog.  I started this blog to track the progress of my learning but I also wanted to track my consistency.  As I've started these free online classes, I was taking (2) lessons a day.  As the lesson's have become longer and more complex, I have slowed my lessons per day to (1).  Before, I was able listen, take notes and finish with the quiz.  Now, I'm running two tabs; (1) the lesson videos and (2) www.codepad.org.  Ultimately, I picked up another monitor and I need to get a dual monitor system running.  I believe, that will be a more efficient system for me to write code and, learn from the other screen, at the same time.  The switching back and forth is getting to be a little tedious.

At the end of the day, I have not lost focus of the goal at hand.  I believe if I study hard, learn everything I can and have the drive to become a programmer... I will be able to achieve my goal without paying to go back to college.  Don't get me wrong, I believe everyone should attend college to gain that knowledge provided through higher learning.  Plus, college forces individuals to stay the coarse and not allow them to quit easily.  With learning on my own, I know in the back of my mind, I can quit anytime I want.  I have to keep pushing that notion away.

So, I have to go to my JOB tomorrow, Saturday morning,  and attempt to earn a living to provide for my family.  When I get home, I have the amazing opportunity to spend about an hour with a little girl who has, without out her even trying, changed my life in ways some will never understand.  I'll make dinner and then get to my lessons.

Before I sign out, I've starting reading "Programming for Dummies."  I'm moving a long smoothly because, as I believe, is due to the online videos I've been learning from.  The book is basically backing up the knowledge I have already gained.  Just putting the information in different words.  I't kind of nice have multiple explanations of the same topic.

In conclusion, the Reeducation continues!!!!