Frustration
So the new truck is running well and I enjoy driving it. I'm taking it to the dealership 3 days from now to get it serviced. It may not need it, but since I bought it used I want to get a "clean bill of health" for it before I go much further. I'm learning how to use all the neat features it has, of which there are many, and so far I have no complaints except for the birds that crapped on it. I'll be washing and detailing it this coming weekend if I can find the time. I took it to Half Moon Bay this last weekend and was there for about 6 hours. I went for a walk on the beach and also took a walk in a state park I like to go to when I'm there, plus got a yummy "Jersey style" cheeseburger and fries at a local restaurant. Fun times. The new Django/React book has been a bit of a disappointment. I've found some typos in it, and there are some steps that the author must have assumed I'd know how to do already (which isn't the case), and because of that I looked up the reviews on Amazon. There were quite a few bad reviews of this book that complained of the same stuff I've found in it so far. But I'm slogging through it. I did have to backup and restart from the beginning, and yesterday I got very frustrated with the problems I kept running into. I have to remember to put it down when I get frustrated with it and leave it until the next day. Today I was able to figure some things out and I'm making progress again. I've learned 2 things: don't buy a first-edition coding book, and always read the reviews before you buy it. So far I'm at the beginning of Chapter 3, and hopefully it won't get to be too frustrating for me to handle going forward. I'm dreading the part where I get to the React section. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully I won't feel the need to launch the book across the room like I did yesterday.