Clothes (8.31)

Earlier I changed out of my normal clothes into comfortable clothes and realized how old they were. They shorts were purchased in February 1997 and the shirt is from May 1993.  In the picture from the front you can see a little mark on the belly of my shirt. I am not sure when but that stain is only a few months old. Sad times. It lasted so long.  I probably did quite a few cross country and track practices in this very outfit over the years. Back then I had ~100 t-shirts so I'm not sure how many practices I really wore it for but I'm sure there had to be a few.

9/1 - Visitors

A friend from PA is in town so we went to lunch. Then we headed to google. Here are 2 pictures.

I figured I should share things besides just my pregnant belly or Dev Bootcamp because every now and then I do something else.

Dave got dressed after me but claims he didn't even remember what I was wearing. I did give him 2 skirt options and asked which I should wear with the tank I had on but he probably forgot that a minute later.

It was a little difficult to get on the bike in a pencil skirt.

23 Weeks (August 31)

Last week I didn't work on the registry at all. Dave did for a few hours. I think he added a couple things. He was using a book so I guess what he added he did some research. The only thing I remember him telling me about is a high chair.   Today he is asking me about ordering a rocking chair.

We bought a stethoscope this week. We used it the day we got it to find the heart beat. I just used it now to do it again. It was a lot easier to find this morning than last time.  I always try my own heart beat first to make sure I'm doing it right.

My dreams have been pretty crazy during pregnancy but then they started mostly focusing on code. I think I have only actually been pregnant in 2 of my dreams. But last night I had my first dream that we actually had a baby. Somehow this baby was just a day old but could crawl or something because we lost her. We also kept calling her Poly in the dream by mistake.

Size of baby: Pomegranate, 11.4 inches long from head to heel. My app on my phone says the baby weighs about 1 lb.

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  5.8 lb gain overall. I gained 0.7 in the past week. I was actually higher earlier in the week by about 2 lbs but then got a stomach bug and dropped those 2 lbs in 2 days. My I'm Expecting app on my phone says I should have gained 12-15 lbs by this point. But that doesn't take into account of losing a lot of muscle that I lost.  If you take my lowest weekly weight and compare that to now, I am up 11.5 lbs, which is probably more like what the comparison would be. My muscles are just all gone anymore. 

Maternity Clothes:  I wore maternity clothes everyday during the week but on the weekend I did not. I started sleeping in a maternity shirt versus my old shaw shirts because they were all dirty. The maternity shirt is too short to wear with maternity jeans now anyway or it would show the elastic that is supposed to be hidden. Sometimes in the night my back gets exposed from moving around. The only non-maternity shirt I've been wearing is my Dev Bootcamp shirt and I try to wear that once a week but seem to fail at that plan. I want to wear it once a week until it no longer fits. I do wear a black cami under it and wear a white cami under a few other shirts. Both cami's are not maternity. I probably should get a maternity cami one of these days.  In the next few days I'll probably make another post with some of my recent outfits. I think I have until August 23 cropped and ready so I might just post that and not include the last week if I don't have time to get to it. 

Gender: Girl!

Movement: The kicks are a lot stronger this week. 

Sleep: This is about the same as it has been. Dev Bootcamp related to lack of sleep not baby related. I did sleep more for 2 days sort of because of my stomach illness. I didn't go to class one day and went late another. But I was up going to the bathroom and then back to bed so it wasn't solid sleep. 

What I miss: I miss functioning without being lightheaded. I was ready to pass out yesterday after walking 2 blocks from the bus stop to class. 

Cravings: Nothing yet.  When do these usually start?

Aversions: Nothing really

Symptoms: Can't think of any. Maybe my butt gets number quicker on the chairs that are on the ground at DBC (I learned they call them flap jacks).  I also can't sit like I used to before because it smashes my stomach more but not really. Well it just maybe scrunches it more.  I normally would sit leaning back with feet on floor and knees in air and take notes on thighs but sometimes I have to put my legs down straight or indian style. 

Best moment this week:  I guess hearing the heartbeat even though it was tough to hear. 

Looking forward to:  Getting more sleep in 3 weeks. What Dave does to the nursery. Finalizing a name.  Showing even more so people still aren't shocked when I mention I'm pregnant. I guess the threshold for a guy to think you are pregnant is looking really pregnant.  Cleaning up this mess of a house as soon as DBC is done. Around the sink and in the shower are getting so gross. 

Exercise:  I only biked Monday - Wednesday. Wednesday evening I really didn't want to bike an biked so slow. I felt so miserable. I only walked from DBC to the train station Monday and Tuesday evening. Thursday I didn't do a thing and stayed in one position pretty much all day. Friday I just had to walk the couple blocks from the bus stop to DBC and that was rough. Then the reverse walk at the end of the day was super bad. Once I go to Mountain View I had to walk about 10 min to get to Dave's car and that really sucked. Oh one day this week I wanted to get Poly to come out from under the bed so I tricked her. She always likes to get up in my grill when I do an ab workout or push-ups so I did some push-ups and it lured her out. I ended up doing 7 before she ventured out. So now I know I can still do at least 7 push-ups. I remember 7 years ago or so I did 5 push-ups and was sore the next day. Well I was not this time. 

A few other angles from today

The bruise is from almost a week ago when I ran into a chair at DBC. I only remember how I got it because after I did that I mentioned how I'll probably end up with a bruise but usually I notice a bruise and have no idea how I got it.

Dev Bootcamp Phase 3 Week 1

I haven't been posting much this week. I've been so tired. I was fighting getting sick then got sick. A stomach bug has been going around class. The worst part for me is that I can't take medicines I normally would for it. Then I'm eating less and have been super lightheaded.  I even missed class yesterday.  Don't think it was all fun and games. I pretty much couldn't even move from one position on the couch. When I tried to get up to get crackers I was in agony again for a good hour. If I didn't move for a long time then I almost felt not super awful.

Week 1  of Phase 3 has been intense. We learned rails on Monday. Then Tuesday we learned Testing. Then Wednesday we learned testing within Rails.  It was a lot. It was actually really overwhelming. There was a lot of googling.  But now I feel like I'm getting somewhere and learning. I did watch some screen flows and look at some tutorials yesterday when I wasn't dead and those were helpful.

I learned a few new gems along the way too.

Testing then writing code then improving code is tricky to get used to.

I might write a better summary later when I'm not in a constant state of wanting to pass out. Also my stomach doesn't like the bumpy train ride.

8.18 Outfit

Dave and I went out for an anniversary brunch.  I took the pictures at a bad time of day so even though I tried many different spots, I don't like any.

This is not a maternity dress. I enjoyed wearing high heels.

7.7.13

Dave and I slept in.
I used my computer for a bit in bed then used my desktop. Then I decided to finally take advantage of a free offer I had to order some clothes. I wanted my measurements so I figured I should get dressed.  (I never got those free clothes!)  Dave's back was so bad that getting dressed didn't lead to leaving the house.

I spent most of the day on the computer.

Falling Asleep

Falling asleep while working is a common occurrence lately. A few nights ago Dave came to bed to this. I had fallen asleep almost 2 hours earlier. Also Poly was not on me at all when I fell asleep. Notice how my hands are still on the keyboard.  I guess I really wanted to work.

Luckily Dave knows I love pictures like this so he took some on his phone before going to sleep.
(August 17)

Poly Likes Me

She rarely likes me this much.


You don't have to watch the entire thing, Just skip around or watch 2 seconds of it.

She really did a number on my allergies. I was sneezing up a storm for the next few hours.

Dev Bootcamp Phase 2 Tips

I made a post with some Phase 1 tips so I thought I should try to do the same with phase 2.

Embrace that you will feel like you're drowning with so many new things all at once. If you realize that everyone is struggling and that slowly it will get better, it won't seem as bad early on. I feel like the phase before me did a really good job preparing us for the worst so then it didn't seem so bad. But I mean it was really hard to learn so much all at once it just wasn't as bad as I was expecting.

Don't constantly compare yourself to others.  This is the same as my tip for Phase 1 but this time,  I was thinking about some people with prior front end experience. Sometimes I was paired with them and was constantly comparing myself to their level of knowledge and then thinking I was behind. I had to put it in perspective that they already did it before. 

Don't kill yourself to complete an assignment.  This is more true in Phase 2. There was pretty much no way anyone was finishing all the assignments. Just make sure you are learning and doing something with each topic. 

Sleep. Don't be afraid to sleep on the couches at DBC during lunch. I may take your picture, but the rest will be good.

Check in on people in Phase 1. The break from Phase 2 work actually helps you figure something out when you sit back down. You also get to brush up on your Phase 1 knowledge while helping.

Utilize the Pairing Sessions with Teachers. Sign-up for a 30 minute pairing session each week with the teachers or TA. If both have slots, sign-up for both. You will learn more in that 30 minutes than 2 hour struggling on your own. Or you will discover that you might have actually retained some information over the previous week even though you kept thinking you might not really know any of it.

Pair for part of the day on solo optional days. I think talking through a problem helps versus sitting alone. I would struggle longer when alone. If I was with a pair for some reason if we were both stuck I was more likely to ask versus if I was just stuck myself.  Many people seem to like to pair for half a day so it works out perfectly.

Utilize part of each solo day for portfolio challenges. You may not get through all the core assignments for the day (or you won't for sure). But if you spend some time when TAs or teachers are around to ask, it is really beneficial. I didn't do this as much as others and then on the 2nd weekend, I was at home struggling with a few that probably could have been sped up if I asked a question at some point.

Have fun with your programs. If you like to make something a little prettier with css do that because it will make you have a little more fun when completing your program.

Get the MDN chrome extension. It's helpful on all the css assignments. (While you are at it, download the extension for Ruby docs too. It's awesome to type MDN space into the address bar and then just type what you want to search for. 

All of my tips for Phase 1 still hold true too.

Sleep

I've been complaining about how I'm not getting enough sleep lately, but looking at my BodyMedia fit data, it isn't as bad as I thought. You can sure tell which days are weekend days though.

This morning  I was trying to wake up for over an hour then I used my computer in bed. The sleep duration was actually longer than it shows and also some of the light gray bar was when I was on my laptop.

How much sleep do you get a night?  If you were pregnant at some point, how much sleep did you get back around 20 weeks pregnant?

22 Weeks (August 24)

I know some of the lists of things to describe for pregnant women on blogs includes stretch marks or wedding rings on and off. I haven't mentioned those yet. I don't have stretch marks yet. I have purchased cocoa butter to use. The directions say to use it 3 times a day. I probably use it every other day.  I am also still wearing my wedding rings but even before I was pregnant if my fingers were swelling then I would take them off.

My mom mentioned that you can't tell I'm glowing in different pictures I post but that she could tell via a google hangout. I really have no idea the difference so I'm not sure.

I think I actually have "some time" this weekend so maybe I'll get to add some stuff to my registry.

Size of baby: Papaya, 10.9 inches long from head to heel. My app on my phone says the baby weighs about 12.25 oz.

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  5.1 lb gain overall. I gained 0.4 in the past week. The doctor mentioned I should be gaining .5-1 lb a week. A few weeks ago I was way above that. But I'm still low overall since I lost early. Between doctor appointments I gained 8 lbs and she commented that in 5 weeks I shouldn't have gained 8 lbs but she made no mention of how earlier in the pregnancy I lost weight and should make up for that at some point.  Well this was with the Physician's Assistant not my real doctor. In 3 weeks I'll be at the dr again since the appointments should be every 4 weeks and I'll see what reaction I get then.  (Update: 2 hours later but before I ate, I weighed myself again and it was a lb or so higher. I got off before it stopped moving so I wouldn't get confused later by multiple numbers.)

Maternity Clothes:  I wore maternity clothes everyday during the week but on the weekend I did not. On Sunday I wore a dress from pre-pregnancy and on Sunday I wore a skirt from before.  I think I could wear some older tops but they might stretch so I don't want to.

Gender: Girl!

Movement: I felt movement a few more times this week than in the past. I noticed feeling the kicks a lot more on days I wasn't so super busy at Dev Bootcamp. 

Sleep: This is about the same as it has been. Dev Bootcamp related to lack of sleep not baby related. But I'm more exhausted from this baby. For the past 7 days my sleep efficiency has been 91% according to BodyMedia fit. 

What I miss: Same as the last 2 weeks. I do also kind of miss lunch meat. I barely had any for the first year of living here but lunch meat would be super nice when I'm at DBC all the time.  
Being able to go almost all day without having to go to the bathroom. I'm not liking this every couple hours thing.

Cravings: Nothing yet.  When do these usually start?

Aversions: Nothing really

Symptoms: I haven't really noticed any this week but I do know that I will end up lightheaded on Monday when we have to stand at dry erase boards for so long. 

Best moment this week:  I'm not even sure. 

Looking forward to:  Same as last week. I guess I should start being excited about more stuff. 
Last week:  Same as last week (next paragraph) + seeing what Dave does to the nursery. Apparently he's setting it all up and I don't get a say. I wonder what colors he's even using. I do know what the crib will be and that's it.
Getting more sleep. But I probably should have something else that I'm looking forward to, too. 

Exercise:  I ended up walking to the train station Monday morning based on my awful morning. Then I got a ride home so I didn't exercise in the evening.  Tuesday I biked in the morning, walked to the train station from DBC, and then biked home.  Wednesday I biked to the train station, got a ride to google later, walked partially home from google, then rode my bike home from the train station. Thursday and Friday were the same as Tuesday.  The bike rides are only biking about 7 minutes.  There are lights involved so it takes a little longer but it's still some form of exercise. Walking to the train station takes around 25 minutes. It's all light dependent and I feel like most of my time is spent waiting for walk signals. According to google maps it is 1.4 miles and should take 28 minutes. I often start walking before I put on strava but then also the distance is always messed up on strava so the pace is off.  So I am exercising based on my commute. I don't know if that's as much as they suggest I do or less or more it's just what I do to avoid the bus and avoid annoyingness of driving.  I haven't been to yoga in awhile and haven't gone to a gym to lift weights in even longer.  I really would like to get a real workout in and not a commute at some point. It's a lot harder to walk in flats that are dress shoes or harder to walk and bike with a bag that always moves around.  Also my arm muscles are all but disappeared from going so long without doing much of anything. I wonder if I could even do a pushup anymore. 
Oh the other day I thought I had a particularly fast ride home so I wanted to compare my stats and then learned that strava doesn't provide any because it lists the commute home as dangerous. I always say it's dangerous and I'm afraid I'm going to get hit by cars on multiple occasions but I didn't figure strava would think the same thing.

some other angles that aren't just the side profile

Dev Bootcamp Week 6

I haven't posted this week about DBC and now the week is over.  I'm going by memory here and my concept of time may be off but I think at the beginning of the week we focused on the Twitter API. Each exercise built off of the previous one so if you didn't finish one day you had to start where you left off.  We created a program that would tweet. I did not get to the last step that would set up a future time but that was the last Twitter app. I plan to finish it this weekend because I want to not because they are forcing us too. So if you start seeing random tweets for SmilinColleen, you'll know I'm practicing.  So far all of our apps have been running on a local host server but this week we finally deployed some to Heroku aka they are actually on the internet.  On Wednesday we were put into groups and worked on improving other groups Survey Monkey program from a few days earlier. It's amazing how much easier ti is to improve logic and readability on someone else's code. Yet when I am doing it originally I only figure out the 1 way to do it.   Friday we got to work on whatever we wanted.  I worked on learning D3 since I love graphs. I didn't finish doing all the tutorials I want to do but it was quite cool what I already learned.  So much was going on with it being the last day of a phase and also the last day forever for a cohort that it was so easy to be distracted.

Thursday we heard presentations on Phase 3's final projects. There were 4 groups.  It's amazing how much you understand that they are talking about.  Friday was graduation and there was a little graduation ceremony. I took some pictures then tapped someone in phase 3 on the shoulder to get his email so I could email them to him and he could share them with the group because after the graduation party, I might find no way to contact them.  I emailed him 5 already but plan to look at the rest. Some are blurry so I won't email them. I also picked someone in Phase 3 that had his phone out taking pictures too so I knew he liked pictures.

This is the cohort that just graduated and will hopefully be me in 3 weeks.

Outfits (August 1-15)

8/1

8/2

8/3

8/5

8/6

8/7

8/8 and 8/10

8/9

8/11

8/12

8/13

8/14

8/15

All shirts are maternity except the Dev Bootcamp one. The cardigan and hoodie are not maternity.
The skirt is not maternity.
All jeans are maternity.
The shirts in 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 15 are from Jen.  The Steeler shirts linked for 8th and 10th are also from Jen.

Week 6, Day 3 (8/22)

The day started with talking about empathy. As the teacher was mentioning you feel what someone else is going through, my mind got distracted thinking about how when someone else is being tickled I feel like I'm being tickled and then I had some trouble paying attention because I kept thinking about how I hate being tickled.

We did some group projects but this time we took a group project from last week and improved it.  It was interesting to spend an hour going through their software and their code figuring out what everything was. It was so much easier to see how to improve someone else's code than it is to improve your own.

At 3:00, groups had to present on what they changed so far and what they were going to do. They were just short presentations.  I think the idea is just to get us used to presenting on code. This is our 5th presentation this phase and so far 2 of 5 times, my group seemed to plan out who would say what and that worked so much better. Sometimes people just want to wing it but then I feel like it doesn't go as smoothly or someone hogs all the "good" info to say so everyone else doesn't have much to say.

8.19 Outfit

So I'm 21 weeks or something. I think I look pretty pregnant for 21 weeks but maybe it's all in my mind. What do you think?

I'm up about 5 lbs at this point. (I do have exact numbers but I'd have to look them up AND subtract so I'll just go with my rounded guess value here.)

(Shirt: Target, Jeans: Motherhood Maternity)

Week 6, Day 2

I had to really think about it to figure out if it was the 2nd day in the week (aka Tuesday). It's crazy how I've lost all concept of time. Sometimes I think I did something last week and it was really yesterday or vice versa.

Today our portfolio challenges were all due. I finished mine with an hour to spare :)

Today we continued working with a Twitter API. I didn't 100% finish all the assigned tasks but I got our app to work where anyone can log in and then get the access token to tweet. I didn't get to the part where I set the tweet to a future time so it was just tweeting at that moment. Then we learned how to do this in background processing using sidekick.  Now I just need to start playing with other APIs. For the last portfolio assignment I used Github's. We had to find 3 things. I found all the commits and linked to them and also printed the commit message. Then I linked to all the people I'm following with a link to their page plus their avatar. So I did it on 2 pages and did 4 things. I considered that bonus even though it wasn't 3 distinct things.

I'm so tired. Yet I've had some trouble sleeping on the train in the morning. I still continue to try to sleep versus getting out my laptop My laptop battery drains 70% in an hour now. It's quite annoying.

This morning I stopped at Safeway by the train station. it only added 10 minutes to my commute and I even walked around the store 3 times trying to find the milk. I bought 2 bagels, cream cheese, and a half gallon of milk.

So I've noticed that each day I seem to be a little slower getting up off the ground (well the chairs that are on the ground).

TIL

• pp will print my messy output in some sort of readable format. You have to require 'pp' to use it. It is much better than just using p.
• How to better refactor js into OO js. 
• How to use Sidekiq to run a background job.
• This is my 6669th post on this blog!

Morning Awfulness (8.19)

So my day started off with being able to sleep in by an hour. That was nice. But then it was all downhill from there.  I forgot to pee in a cup so then I had to go again even though I timed it so I wasn't up wasting time in the morning before my doctor appointment. 

I got to the doctor appointment and probably waited 20 minutes. Then I had a 5 minute appointment. I knew it'd be pretty pointless. I did learn that after my next appointment (near 26 weeks) is when I have my glucose test.  They didn't even tell me my pulse or blood pressure today. Also I was told the baby's heartbeat is good and in the 150s. These people are not numbers people. 

Then I left with plenty of time to make the 8:57 train. But then even though I'm at the train station at 8:40 there is nowhere to park. I look at all parking areas near CalTrain station and they are all 2 hour parking limit. Home is only a mile away and I decide I'll drive there and bike in. 

Then on way home, I realize that I can't get to my bike. It's in the garage and Dave has the only garage door opener with him. Then I'm stuck in traffic on Central for about 15 minutes (to go probably .8 mi) So that sucked.  I decide instead of trying to break into our garage to get to my bike, I'll just walk. I walked but had 20 minutes to walk 24 min according to google maps. So I had to walk fast. It was so hot that I became sweat covered.  Also there aren't sidewalks to walk on anyway so that isn't so fun as it is. 

I make it to the train finally but the 9:30 train takes longer than the 9 am train and I am supposed to be at class at 9 so it just all royally sucks. 

BTW last night I told Dave I would prefer if he went to the doctor with me so he could drop me off at the train station but he seemed to think that was stupid. Ha. At least last time I went, there were 3 parking spots right in a row so I didn't have to try hard to find one. If i would have known there is 0 parking, I would have made him come to the stupid appointment with me. I mean I have to sit through these pointless appointments so I should make him do it too. 

I'm on the train now so I don't know how awful the rest of my trip will be. I still have an hour more on the train. I think I'll post this so this complaining doesn't hog up all the space about actual Dev Bootcamp in a post.

21 Weeks (Aug 17)

We bought a crib or maybe that was last weekend. I know last week's post was delayed so now I get all confused.  Oi I did mention it last week even though it shouldn't have been. The crib is from Buy Buy Baby. The guy there filling out the paperwork asked if we had a coupon. We did not but Dave mentioned he didn't know they had coupons. The guy said you sign up online and get a 20% off coupon. So we did that in the store from Dave's phone and then saved 20%.  I just looked on their website to get a pic of the crib we ordered and it's not listed so I guess you will have to wait to see it. We did make sure it was sturdy and a better wood. Some cheap ones weren't sturdy and had a very soft wood. Beyond that almost all cribs look the same. We had to get one ordered since apparently all cribs aren't in stock and you have to wait 8-12 weeks for it.

You know a positive about being pregnant is people don't give you a hard time when you don't drink booze. It's actually quite nice to not be sassed about it. Baby in belly is perfect excuse.

So many things below are the same as last week or the week before too so I tried to note that and just left the text the same.

Size of baby: Carrot, 10.5 inches long from head to heel. My app on my phone says the baby weighs about 10.5 oz but as of 2 weeks ago my baby already weighed 11 oz. I decided to look up another site today just to see and a site said for week 20 the baby weighs between a half a lb to a lb which is a bigger range but then for 21 weeks it also said 10.5 oz. 

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  4.7 lb gain overall. I gained 0.8 in the past week.  I wish I had more time to update my weight graph that is linked on this blog to just see the overall increase and stuff.  I guess I'll have time in another month.

Maternity Clothes:  I wore maternity clothes everyday but 1. I wore my Dev Bootcamp Shirt on that day with a pre-pregnancy cami underneath just in case it wasn't long enough.

Gender: Girl!

Movement: I felt movement 2 or 3 times this week which was about the same number of times as last week. 

Sleep: The same as the past 3 weeks! I've come home early this past week a little to get to sleep earlier and I did a little bit. But I also haven't been falling asleep on the train in the morning. I've been so exhausted this week that I haven't been able to code past 10 PM and just catch up on email or attempt to start falling asleep.
The same exact as last week. I have been sleeping on the train a little more this week. But I've been working less!My lack of sleep is not baby related. I'm so exhausted this past week. I slept about 6 hours a night with adjusting to Dev Bootcamp and 4 hours traveling a day!

What I miss: Same as last week. I do also kind of miss lunch meat. I barely had any for the first year of living here but lunch meat would be super nice when I'm at DBC all the time.  
Being able to go almost all day without having to go to the bathroom. I'm not liking this every couple hours thing.

Cravings: Nothing yet.  When do these usually start?

Aversions: Nothing really

Symptoms: Getting lightheaded a few times but nowhere near as bad as the first trimester.  I've also walked and biked a lot more and faster and haven't had belly pains like I did in the past.

Best moment this week:  I'm not even sure. Perhaps just looking more pregnant so people can actually tell I'm pregnant by looking at me.

Looking forward to:  Same as last week (next paragraph) + seeing what Dave does to the nursery. Apparently he's setting it all up and I don't get a say. I wonder what colors he's even using. I do know what the crib will be and that's it.
Getting more sleep. But I probably should have something else that I'm looking forward to, too. 

Exercise:  All 5 days I biked to the train station, walked from DBC to train station, and then biked home.  I use Strava but sometimes I forget to turn it off. My plantar fasciitis doesn't constantly hurt this week but I wore good shoes everyday. Too bad good shoes aren't cute.  I want some sort of shoe or boot to wear with leggings to start wearing the ones I bought. People suggested leggings while pregnant and I bought them so I want to get the cost per wear down. Oi I got off topic from exercise.  I haven't done yoga this week or done the "mandatory exercise" at DBC. It's not enforced and I do enough exercise for me so I figure I'm good. I need lunch time to eat. This week I realized eating took me a full hour twice. I don't know how people shovel their food in their mouths to eat in like 5 minutes. I'm always jealous of them. 

If you want to see more than just the side profile, here are a few I took today.

Week 5 Day 5

We were assigned our group projects and assigned our groups. I like the projects with 4 people.  I feel like this week the group dynamic was very different than last week. This week group members didn't really care what part they worked on so it was easy to just split it up. But then there also wasn't as much drive to make a super awesome product. We had to present our MVP at 5 PM. (MVP is minimum viable product) We didn't go past what an MVP required even though we had a little time.  I guess there was also a chance quick last minute changes would break the product. We had a fully functionally MVP. The project was creating a program like survey monkey. We have user authentication, user session, surveys, a user can create a survey, can take a survey, and can view the surveys they created.  Some groups didn't have all that functionality but they had incorporated pictures and things.  We need to add the ability that a survey creator can upload a picture to incorporate it with the survey. I feel like that will be more difficult especially since during the week I never got the program finished that was flickr, jr.

I took some screen shots of our program as of the MVP just for my own personal comparison later.  I guess I'll include a few here. It's functional but not pretty yet. I only added CSS to a few pages.

our home page

Log-in page

When you log in the nav changes (User2 is the username. I was creative. ha)

user dashboard

Taking a survey

Then the taken survey was added to the surveys taken section

I created a survey and forgot the screen shot but note it is now on the daskboard page "Test"

8.2 outfit

I found an old cardigan. I took it to DBC to keep it there so if I wear a real jacket I'm in luck.

These jeans fit me the best of all my jeans right now. They are the best of my 5 pairs of maternity jeans. It's odd because I have 2 pairs from Asos that are the same except color and these fit better.  I wish they were a little looser in the calves. I think i must half fat calves for what size my waist/hips are.  (yet I have skinny calves for what size my feet are)