Hmph.
Well? Do you want to hear my story or not?
That's right. Good. Ok. Well, as I was saying, I decided to use my brain.
For crying out loud! Stop covering your mouth. I know you're trying not to laugh again. All right. All right. Get it out of your system now.
*Tick tock*
*checking my watch*
Ahh... I see you have stopped smiling. I'm glad I could amuse you. So... as I started a second time, I decided to learn something. I had checked out a book from the library on C++. It's a really thick book, but it's supposed to be for beginners. (Meaning, beginners to programming AND beginners to C++).
I'm not joking when I saw this book is thick! It's over 700 pages!
So, today, I set a goal of finishing the first chapter. Learning, applying, reading, writing code and comments. I figured that I could make it through the first chapter in a day, so that I would be proud of myself for meeting my set goal.
In the style of old Carisa, I ended up doubling my goal, overachieving. Striving for the best. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. You get it. I like to toot my own horn sometimes, but enough is enough, I admit.
Well, since Ryan knows computer programming like the back of his hand (that is... if he knows the back of his hand very well, I mean), I asked him to give me a small task of a program to write. I told him what the book covered up to that point, and he came up with a simple, yet doable problem that required me to use the basic knowledge I learned today.
After I wrote the code, I sent him the file and he graded it. I got an A! (And I don't think it's just because I'm his girlfriend! hehe). I was proud of myself for a number of reasons.
Gee... did you think I was going to list them? Fooled ya!
Carisa
Ok, ok. I couldn't let the rest of the entry go without writing down why I was proud of myself. You were right. I was wrong. Gloat while you still can! :)
The reasons for my pride, as follows:
Afterall, I finally earned it.