In welding I made a 3.5 inch steel cube. The first thing I had to do was cut six squares. They had to be very precise to be able to form a cube. Then I tacked them together and made sure they were perfectly square. After checking for squareness I did the final welds. And for the final step I used the grinder to make it smooth. It is surprisingly heavy for its size, even though it is hollow.
I had a quiz in Math. I got 100%. I am learning about composite functions and inverse functions. Also the difference between functions and relations.
I had physical therapy twice this week. Both times with the dry needling. It wasn't as bad as the first time but it is still uncomfortable. The idea behind it is that it kind of tells your brain again that the area is injured and your body should work on healing. Sometimes with lingering injury your brain and body just adapt to the chronic pain.
We had some basketball games. The game on Friday was really exciting. We were playing Park City and we went into overtime. Then Park City was winning by 1. At the VERY LAST SECOND my teammate Jayson hit a three pointer and we won the game. It was pretty great. We have lost almost every game this season so to have an exciting win like that was pretty great.
I am reading Ready Player 2. I really liked the first one. I practiced using prepositional phrases in my writing this week.
Last week I ordered some new Nike shoes that I really liked. I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend the money on them, but they were on sale and my dad convinced me that I would probably be sadder to miss out on them as they are likely to be sold out than to just have the money sitting in my account. I really like them.
This week I went to a new physical therapist to try something called dry needling. They stick needles in your body and send electricity through them. It is like electrical acupuncture kind of. Hopefully it will help my knee recover better and faster. It wasn't too uncomfortable except for the lowest needle. I am going back next week.
I worked on figuring out my welding project. We decided on some of the specifications and looked into the materials I need. I also had to fill out a job application for welding class.
I had a cold and a sore throat this week so I had to miss one of my days of school and some basketball. At least it wasn't covid though.
