My Dad and I flew to Las Vegas on Monday to get a motorcycle. Then we drove it home in a Uhaul. It made for a really long day.
For geography this week we learned about Niger and Libya.
I had some migraines on Friday so it made it hard to get much schoolwork done that day. I did work on my current video project though,
On Monday I calculated the branch lengths for the bottle tree I am making in welding and did the cuts. I got the main trunk done and welded together.
I also had another driving session on Friday with my driving instructor. I finished my workbook for the course and did the test. I got 90% correct so I passed. Now I just need more driving hours and practice before I can take the driving road test.
In welding this week I finished all of my physical assignments. That means I can finally start on my project. I'm excited, I think it will turn out good. My mom and I went to Home Depot to buy the rebar for my project since my welding teacher doesn't have a source for rebar. Also this week I went for my first drive with a driving teacher. It went really well but I need to work on slowing down sooner. I was getting a little closer than I should to the other cars. I had what will be for now my last physical therapy appointment. I went to the gym twice with my dad to do squats and other exercises. My knee isn't hurting when I do them, so that's really good. I did math assignments and also had a quiz this week that I got all the problems correct on. I took video of riding my bike on the river trail with a couple of friends and worked on editing it. I still want to add some music to it so I'll do that next week.
This week I started my home study workbook part of my drivers ed course. I did the first 3 or 4 lessons. I had a driving practice session with my mom. I drove on Lakeshore Parkway, which is right outside of our neighborhood. The speed limit is 45 so that is faster than I have been driving around the neighborhood. It's going pretty well. This next week I will have my first session with the driving instructor.
I stayed after school on Friday to work in the welding shop. I helped my friend Heber work on his drift trike.
I did my other classes as well.
My knee is doing a lot better. I only have to go to physical therapy once a week for now, and I'm supposed to do squats at the gym and go jogging/biking.
I had a math quiz this week. It was kind of tricky so I had to review a couple of the questions after to understand them better. One was solving vertex form of an absolute value equation.
I had physical therapy 2x this week. My knee does seem to be doing a little better. My wrist is pretty much back to normal, so that's good.
In welding this week I did square tube welding. I had to do an edge weld. It was hard and I kept messing up. Luckily Mr. Money told me what I was doing wrong and I was able to do it correctly after.
I did a driving practice session with my mom. I practiced backing up, parking, and pulling out of parking places along with just driving around. I drove around our neighborhood a couple of times. Backing up was kind of tricky because I was trying to just use the windows and mirrors, but my mom's Jeep has limited back windshield visibility because of the spare tire. It has a backup cam, but I was trying to learn the skills of backing up for driving any car, not just hers.
