Bah Humbug
Been a while since an update.
I slipped taking the kids to swimming lessons, fell and twisted my leg awkwardly... and broke off a bit of bone at the base of my femur, behind the knee and also broke my cartliage in the knee.
Time off work, lots LOTS of PAIN and lots of hefty painkillers, a stint in hopsital (with morphine that did NOTHING) i thought morphine was supposed to be good. oh well
Time off work is a problem, im out of sick leave now and still need an operation in a few weeks. Hopefully the pools insurance can cover some lost income in addition to our rather hefty medical bills. damn MRI's are expensive... and also the most excruciating 25mins of my life... except maybe the time waiting for the amambulance when i did the knee in the first place. (mri was prob cos had to keep it still, but in uncomfortable locked-in spot... i nearly passed out)
We are also hiring a casual at work to help cover some projects i havent been abel to address and also tae some load off considerig we are also getting some big ticket projects coming in...
and one big project is a project to develop a neverwinter nights module. That has been fun, if a little stressful. More info later perhaps. But i must say, making a game mod for work, ... how cool eh?
Otherwise, been playing a bit of LOTRO when i can, but time in front of computer is usually either work or uni studies atm. Well, not uni studies, session is over now. Results came out last night.
Two HD's again. Yayyy, even tho i missed a few weeks of lectures and also had to get some special consideration for one of my assignments etc and didnt get to study as much as i had hoped for exams...
ITCS213: Java Programming and the Internet.
A component of this subject was HTML and Javascript which made things easier. But the bulk of it was Java programming. Not too bad, but i feel i could have done better without the disruption of the leg break and also the fact that the lecturer was ... less than stellar. After the exam i half expected a credit and Hoped for a Distinction... but got a HD with a mark of 86 ! WooHOO!! I was worried about that exam... and since before the exam i was sitting on about 46/50 for marks, i musta got about 30/50 for the exam... less than great really, but good enough. I partly blame that on the exam being not too crash hot as well. Ie some bodgy questions ...
IACT201: Information Technology and Citizen's Rights.
This was a mainly group work/discussion type essay writing subject on a range of issues.
My final mark was 99/100.
No exam. :-)
What can i say, i found it kinda easy and interesting so... well, if only i didnt lose that 1 mark on that 1 submittable part of the group assignment, hehehhe.
Next semester im doing CSCI235 and CSCI204
204 is a prerequisite for just about EVERY 3rd year subject i wanna do.... so i really need to do well in that one. And i dont mean just good marks, but really GET the content. It's more C++ and Object Oriented programming. I also half suspect ITCS213 is also taught with a partial assumption that one has already done CSCI204... so hopefully it shouldnt be too bad.
235 is databases. hmm less important degree wise, tho a prereq for a 3rd year subject on databases i may do, but potentially more important from a work perspective.
Mikey is doing well. Talking more. Misbehaving more. But also great. And funny as!
He piddles a LOT and Drinks a LOT. Had a diabetes test for him, but thankfully shown negative, also kidney test, and all checks out. He just likes his drink i guess.
Livy is getting her tonsils and adnoids out in a few weeks. That should hopefully help her in her school work and concentration etc. Turns out she misses out on much of her REM sleep. (and StarTrek Next Gen fans should know what THAT does to you, heheh) Means she has some troubles concentrating etc, she stops breathing something like 7 times an hour per night (had her sleep tested)... hope it all goes well. She's a great doting big sister, but mikey's starting to find great ways to be annoying to a young girl.
Max is huge.
Kristina has been going great at work, getting sent to melbourne for training to help set up a new unit etc... getting "noticed" by people at a national office level, hehe. :-)
Alas the leg buggered up my chance to spend some time fixing up a 2nd interation of the map for POE. I had grand plans for some fixes etc, and had done some. But the POE guys have been great and are gunna tweak the current version (needs some ticket bleed adjustments etc) and fix up some texturing etc and still get it in their next release, and then at my leisure i should be able to hopefully implement my other changes and get a later update out.
Anyway. That'll do.
