My Baby is Five

Justin turned five on Friday the 13th. We celebrated this past Saturday with a small party at home. We had a really nice time with friends and family. Tanya brought Dar and Max. My friend Mandy brought her two boys Noah and Cooper. Plus we had Pam, Devon, JR and Ross over. Needless to say it was lots of fun.

Jake received an award for finishing a keyboarding course last week. He is doing so well in school. I can't believe that next fall he'll be starting 4th grade. Before I know it I'll have a child in middle school, then high school, then driving (ugh).

I'll post pictures of the birthday party later when I download them.

Sometimes School is Rewarding

Alright, my last post contained quite a bit of complaining so I wanted to share a happy thought about school. I received an email today that my diploma is in the mail. They even attached a picture of what it looks like!!

School Sucks!

So I've decided I dont' really like programming. It's funny how this semester is playing out...I was so excited about taking my first Information Technology Management class and I hate it. Even more interesting is the fact that I was dreading Business Statistics and I'm finding out how much I like it. Just goes to show you that we don't always know what we are going to enjoy. Here is a sample of an awful program that I had to spend an hour with the tutor to figure out:

package firstproject;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class BinaryNumber
{

public static void main(String[]args)
{

Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

int b0, b1, b2, b3;

String input = keyboard.next();

b0 = Integer.parseInt(input.substring(0,1));
b1= Integer.parseInt(input.substring(1,2));
b2= Integer.parseInt(input.substring(2,3));
b3= Integer.parseInt(input.substring(3));

int output = (8*b0) + (4*b1) + (2*b2) + (1*b3);

System.out.println("The answer is " + output);

}

}