I guess stress got the best of me earlier this week, between my second job and final project stuff. I pretty much hit my breaking point and the result of that is pretty evident for those in the know. And before anyone jumps to conclusions, it really doesn’t involve anybody in particular. This is a direct result of my own stuff going on in my own life, nothing more.
Speaking of the second job I’m going out on the field on Saturday for a full shift, which I’m pretty excited about.
And speaking of final project stuff, I’m totally psyched with the way things are coming together. I wrote this kick-ass VB.NET app that interfaces with a MySQL database sitting on the Linux server, able to read, update, delete, and insert records. The ODBC driver that MySQL developed is a bit of a pain to work with (I hear the .NET 2005 implementation of connecting to a MySQL database is much less painless) but once when I got it to connect, I consulted my programming instructor to quickly refresh me on Data Adapters, and soon after I had a fully-working app doing everything I needed to do. Combine that with the rest of the project going as scheduled, I’m confident we’re gonna blow everyone else out of the water.
My stress level has dropped a lot now, thankfully. I’m so thankful I have people to rely on to help me out.
I blame Nick for my latest musical addiction, Boys Like Girls. We were working on our projects late on Tuesday, watching music videos via Youtube on the projector. He played this song and I got instantly hooked, I’m really surprised I hadn’t heard of them before. Here, have an embedded MP3 for the sake of me wanting to embed an MP3 at the end of my entry.