I did get in to reconciliation today. However, I had intended to make it to church in the lead up to the event. I believe the priest I had spoken with also expected this. I did not realize it snowed, so gave myself only a normal amount of time to get to church. Though, perhaps it is just how bad the roads are anyway, even without the newer snow, but whatever the case, I could not get there in time, not even really close, so I waited to contact him afterward. Not well played, but it is done.
After this, I headed to school. My instructor worked a bit of the material with me. I did what I could, then he would help, and so forth. I will need a lot of work. My test was a little less than average. I think my weakness in this class is physics. I do not have it. I also do not have a general feel for electronics. I think many in the class do have that feel, and often, some practical experience. I will really have to figure out how to dig in, diabetes or no. Class went as well as it will, and we had our first lab tonight. Nothing went well, really. I have been exhausted since heading to class. I would almost have given anything for a few days to sleep.
Unfortunately, I have no tine to sleep. I have a good deal of homework to do, a lab write-up, a class project, and bits and pieces of other necessities to attend. I am not sure how well this will go, but I will do what I can. I already am pushing it, and I might have to really shove to get back on track. I am about to have dinner, then head to bed. I am just too tired to do anything else. I am only even having dinner because I am extremely hungry and I think it would be wise to eat more properly for a while, at least until my blood sugar is normalized, otherwise my need for sleep would win either of those alone.
There are some remarkable similarities between discrete electronic components and the components of closed hydraulic systems.
ReplyDeleteFor example, batteries are like pumps, capacitors are like expansion tanks, inductors are like impellers with an attached flywheel, or like a long pipeline with the inertia of flowing fluid, resistors are simply restrictions in the pipe, and transistors are like hydraulically operated valves.
Then again if dynamic hydraulic systems are equally opaque, this comparison may not help.
It took me a long time to perceive the dynamic nature of most circuits, and even now I probably couldn't trace an electronic circuit and tell you what it does. Electrical one-line diagrams and P&ID layouts I can usually comprehend, but anything more dynamic than that is still a black box to me.
I've noticed similarities that should allow a universality of study, imho. I really believe, at least within the hard sciences and strict branches of mathematics, all could be nearly completely unified in language and formula. Oh, but that would put half of the education and certification double talkers out of business. Why, gee, anyone could go do just about anything! That would be as horrible as open available cheap travel, freedom of speech, freedom (duty?) to bear arms, and a few other things.
ReplyDeleteOk, so a few other things can make me grumpy. Ha.