Dedicated Rambit

After I got home I cloned my own repo onto my not-school account and started adding features and tidying up details that mattered to me but weren't part of the assignment. I eventually only stopped around 9pm because I was getting very tired since I hadn't slept much last night.

I went for a 2 hr half-nap where I laid down under a blanket with the nights off and eyes closed until I got bored and watched videos on my phone until I felt rested enough to get up and take a bath.

Days like today remind me what I'm doing it all for. Why programming is the thing I chose to risk it all on. I had fun. So, so much fun the entire time. I was learning new things, achieving new things, and building something I could be proud of in a workspace that felt comfortable and really cool.

I worked for as long as i did not because I had to, but because I didn't want to stop. I probably could have turned in the assignment after 3 hours of work if that's all I cared about.

I had a good day. I'm glad I'm learning to be a programmer. I have spent far too long believing that I was never going to make it, at this or anything else. But not today.

In 7 days my partner will be moving from another state to spend 2 months here with me in my parents' home, my primary residence of 26 years. After those 2 months, their old lease will expire and we'll move into an apartment to start a new chapter in life together.