Tonight my partner and I worked on the first assignment. Eventually we reached a point in which we could get the graphic display to work, however we're having some glitches with moving the cheeses. When it was assigned we were told there was a small amount of code to be written, and that the largest amount of work we had to do for it was understanding. I understand that now, considering we have some very unusual errors and it means we need to look at the code we were given in order to solve the issues. Understanding someone else's code is much harder than writing my own (even though sea slugs don't have fingers)

Today was my second lab. As someone experienced with Java, I know quite a bit about classes and exceptions, however I'm not very good at writing code in Python's syntax. This leads me to be frustrated when trying to implement a class I can imagine in my head but I can't create in Python.

(I would liken this frustration to the experience of a sea slug trying to type on an computer, an experience I know all too well).

The web resources available are very helpful when looking up Python's syntax, and the different functions available to me (especially with Python's unique list operations). However, I worry where this will lead me when it comes to the first test.

I guess that it would be best for me to practice Python outside of the exercises and assignments so I can fully immerse myself in the new language. (I mean, it's not like sea slugs live a very busy life.)