Fully settled into my summer routine. Gymnastics training (16 hours a week), gymnastics coaching (25-30), and studying coding (4-10). Free time split between seeing friends and reading. Not bad. My birthday is Sunday (twenty-eight!). This weekend I'm having a birthday party at my gymnastics facility, where about 20 of my friends and family will come and I'll coach them gymnastics. It's also partly an elaborate ruse to show off my progress. Because, who knew, practicing four hours a day four times a week means you get marginally better at things. I've also been not-drinking. Weekends come and go, spent merrily reading or staying up a little bit late talking to roommates, and I've--happily--not been feeling the temptation to join the teeming throngs at the bars. While I'm optimistic about Lambda School and what I'll learn, I'm still concerned of the nuts-and-bolts logistics of the nine-month term. My runway is small. I've managed to reduce expenses pretty reliably, but it's the unpredictable expenses that get ya. I'm probably going to stay in my basement and rent out my bedroom because that's just too much money cushion to turn down. I really don't mind staying in my basement. Plus the girl I'll most likely be seeing doesn't mind either so ::shrug:: who am I trying to impress?
Not-drinking is pretty awesome. Slowly but surely I'm watching more and more people who swore they would never touch LaCroix picking up cans of fizzy water instead of beers. It's 2019, we out here drinking water, getting to bed at a reasonable time most nights. Woo!
This is not the motto I imagined as a kid that would get me out of bed in the morning, but now that I'm here, I fucking love it.It's 2019, we out here drinking water, getting to bed at a reasonable time most nights. Woo!
My girlfriend and I both had a come-to-jesus moment recently about LaCroix. After years of making fun of it, she admitted that she actually kind of likes it and...I had to admit the same. It's not as flavorful as I'd like, but it's hard to argue with how healthy it is as an alternative. Damn my adult, nutritionally-aware self!This post brought to you by Sparkling Water Gang (tm)
Dudes and dudettes: There is this stuff called Spindrift. It's seltzer water with a tiny bit of actual juice, so a can will have 13 calories per. It's not sweet at all, it's mostly an aftertaste, but it's not aspartame or artificial sweetener! I recommend it.
I'm interested to see how Lambda School plays out for you! I was approached by them a few months ago, and turned them down - I was flattered, but I was also just about to graduate with a CS degree and more schooling seemed...Bleh. Always wondered, though, so thanks for letting me live out that particular timeline vicariously!
You were approached by them? Interesting--how did that work? I wonder how popular the program has gotten. I get their targeted ads everywhere now, so it's hard for me to judge. I'm going the data science track. With the intensity of the schedule, I'm told it's as much or more coding as a four-year CS degree. Seems like a good way to get competent quickly, then get a foot in the door.
I had a recruiter email me! I think they target new grads. I just tried combing my inbox, but I couldn't find it - I promise I'm not delusional, but now I'm wondering if it was a different company making the same kind of sales-pitch? Who knows. How're you holding up? I had a lot of sleepless nights in college, I can't imagine the stress of condensing that so much...
It doesn't start until September. But I'll be sure to update you. The pace is apparently steady but not overwhelming. And while there is some homework, there's a lot of help. We'll see how different the environment is from college.