The end of my Java Hell is near. Today begins the final week of my 2nd of three Java classes and all that is left to finish is my final project application. I am looking forward to my three full weeks off of school before classes resume January 8, 2009. Unfortunately, it might be just long enough for my brain to forget some of the code that has been swimming in it since last September. I may need to reference it for my final Java class that begins, you guessed it, January 8, 2009!
To say that I am burned out on school would be a gross understatement. This has not been my worst semester by far, but there is only so much Java programming I can handle in my lifetime, and I may well be reaching the end of that rope soon. I have exactly 7 more weeks of Java (1 week of Java 2 and 6 weeks of Java Enterprise). From what little info I can get about the next Java class, it looks to be a few weeks of review from Java 1 and 2, then 3-4 weeks of turning the skills I currently have into web based applications rather than ones which would require installing them on your pc prior to running them. It is my hope that, since most things web related come easily to me, the last of my Java classes will be a little easier to take. Simply being two thirds of the way through the Java section of classes may be just enough to keep me going and manage to make it out of this dark tunnel of code alive and sane. It's bad enough I dream in code now, I hate to think of what could happen next if I am forced to endure much more of this language!
Jack has left, or at least I assume he managed to find clear weather and head south around the 10 as he planned. I'm not certain when he'll be back around but my best guess is mid to late February and if it's anything like last year, I'll see him again sometime in late March. Jen and I are still debating the week to spend at Boyne Mt. with Tristan and Chris. Not knowing how much longer her Grandmother has is playing a role in the indecision, but it looks like we will be going sometime in late January (probably around 1/16 or 1/23. A FULL WEEK spent on or near the ski slopes of Northern Michigan. I'm ready to go now, but hopefully I can manage a short trip over the holiday break from school. Jen has to work 1/2/09 and I don't ... might be a chance for me to hit the slopes of Mt. Holly with Chris and/or Tristan for a bit. Too bad I'd have to pay for the bunny hill ...
The book ... well it's currently in "post-edit review" and, assuming it passes, will move toward printing sometime after the first of the year. In the event it's rejected for mechanical/grammar/syntax/spelling errors I'll have to pay someone for a line edit and try again. Publishing is a long slow process!
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