Working my butt off!

Wow, so last week and so far this week I have been working my butt off. Unfortunately I haven't been coding as much as I'd like. It seems that everyone is in high gear trying to get things finished before the snow comes so last week I worked 60 hours and it already is looking like another 60 hour week again. I am still studying in the morning before work, reading while at work and continuing studying in the evening. I'm just about all finished up with the JavaScript exercises and I have been reading Learning Web App Development while at work and finished up about 100 pages of that so far. I hope soon things will slow down at work so I have more time to get down to programming. I will try to update more frequently but lately it has been hard to really do much more of anything besides being at work non stop. Im still getting progress made but it just seems a lot slower than what I find as being ideal.

Trucks, mud and JavaScript

Wow I know it's been awhile since my last update. I have been slammed at work, it seems everyone decided at once that winters coming and now every crew is trying to beat the snow and get as much concrete poured as possible. Needless to say everyday the last 2 weeks I have started really early in the morning and worked until it was about dark. I was able to finish reading the JavaScript book and now I'm just working through the exercises.

On Thursday and Friday it rained and work was a major mess and even worse on Saturday! A few guys got stuck and had to be pulled out of the mud. I almost got stuck a few times. Heavy trucks that way over 70,000lbs loaded don't mix well with mud and almost every job is on dirt so it just made things really interesting and dirty.

Overall once winter sets in business will drop off and it will be much easier to get more study time in. I'm happy because I love to code and I know that I have great opportunities ahead if I just stay on track.

My screen went black

So the other day my computer screen went black. The cursor was there but every time I would re boot, the computer would go right to the black screen again. I was able to finally figure it out last night by doing some googling of course and found out it was an update. Kinda weird that it does that but anyways I just safe booted it up entered my username and password on the black screen with nothing typed hoping something would register. Well it did and then it started downloading the update. Glad to have my computer back so I can finish up the code exercises for JavaScript.

The last few days I have been back driving the truck. My hand is finally feeling better and the Dr. released me. I am not thrilled about driving but it has been working well because I have been able to read a lot. We have had some time where all of us are just sitting in our trucks for up to an hour or two so I have really been getting a good amount of reading done while at work. I only have 50 more pages to go in the JavaScript book so I am sure I will finish up with that today and then just finishing up the corresponding code exercises.

I really feel I have gained a way better understanding of code and it does seem that the more I do it the more things start to click and I have those brief moments where things will make sense and then there is something new that needs to be figured out. It always keeps your mind in the game. Thats what I love about coding is it keeps your mind thinking. Pouring concrete is easy. Once you know how to drive a truck and learn a little about concrete you know the job. It is so repetitive and boring the only challenge is showing up to an unknown job site and figuring out how to back the truck into some awkward spot the crew wants or how to dodge in and out of road construction cones. Learning to code is not only challenging but it is fun and rewarding. There is always something new to learn which is a perfect fit for someone like me who is naturally inquisitive.