Just back from pool with Kovi and Kaley. Spent two and a half hours swimming and playing. Kovi made his first dive off the side of the pool. I showed him how by raising one leg up while the other stayed planted. Right before the dive, he said, "I don't want to do it." I said, "Well then don't. There's no hurry. You've got *years* to learn." I wasn't trying to con him into it... but that just made him spring head first!
Sissy is giving him a bath now. Now he's hollering for underwear since he's a fireman and he'll get fired if they find him on the job without any clothes on.
I am programming these days with a combination of voice and typing. I have made a habit of stretching my arms over my head whenever I issue commands or feel pain.
Wait... I'm the fire... they're putting me out.
Okay. Where was I? Yeah, yeah. I also work with a projector on a wall and sit in a recliner so I'm not hunched into that tensed crouch.
I have also slowed down... and thinking a lot more before I hackety-hack for hours just to see something. At the same time, I've been working longer. At one point I never thought I'd say this, but I really like the C++ programming language. I've also found the Qt Creator IDE and Qt libraries (now Nokia, and actively supported by them and the universe) very nice. It has save my arms a lot not having to bounce around so much.
I have had this growing thought that I'd like to teach again some day. I look forward to seeing the next generation push on. Sounds like I'm getting old on that note, but for the record, I wanna push too :-)
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