Day 97 of writing every day.
It rained a little this morning and the forecast it’d be raining all of next week. Not all day every day, but I’m guessing some rain every day. I’ve been so out of touch with nature as a result of being cooped up in an office room without a proper view of the outside, nor time to go and just relax at a park. I welcome the rain though as it might help suppress the effects of spring pollen while it’s wet outside.
The first order of the day began with a programming lesson and I ended up reaching the end of the HTML CSS segment just before the part where I practice uploading files with FTP software. Today’s lesson felt good and I felt like there weren’t as many gaps in knowledge felt as I did last weekend.
While it wasn’t described outright in the lesson, I asked an instructor about the CSS properties and how the code was being organized. I picked up where I left off in the responsive design portion, which is to write the CSS (with given prompts) for the smartphone settings. Since smartphones tend to organize websites vertically, the inline elements needed to be changed through CSS to display as blocks so they change lines. There’s just not enough width for the text and form area to be on the same line and look neat.
Just copying and pasting the code does nothing to further understanding, so I was taking my time today cross-referencing the printout of the example website with the PC version layout and thinking about what the CSS I was following along was doing to rearrange things for smartphones. The instructor was supportive in recognizing the analysis, and I appreciated the positive reinforcement.
I was also pleasantly surprised to receive an email inquiring about practicing at my dojo from someone who had visited the dojo website. Maybe there will be more people practicing at our dojo this year.
It’s hard to explain but in Japan there’s the calendar year that is observed to mark the end of the year and beginning of a new one, but there’s also the fiscal year that also represents the start of the year with school matriculation and graduation, and companies hiring, shifting, and retiring people. That means people might leave and others join the dojo because of work reassignment or finding and starting a new job.
Anyways, I’m done showing up to my job. I got more lessons to take and learning feels rewarding. I’m getting back my Aikido practice time. Things are looking good today.
Thanks for reading!
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