I got the corona virus again, the second time for me. Previous infection was in August 2022, and then it was really bad. I had a terrible headache and very, very sore throat for two weeks. Couldn’t event swallow saliva without much pain, even though I ate the max amount of over-the-counter pain killers.
This time was not as bad but still quite bad. Partly the same symptoms but now it was more like a really bad flu with almost as bad headache and sore throat as last time. It’s almost three weeks since I got the first symptoms and it is still not over.
Anyways, I did have the energy to solve Advent of Code days 10 and 11 during this time, when I wasn’t yet feeling too bad. Just didn’t have the energy to write anything about the solutions here. Also managed to solve part 1 of day 12. Since then, nothing.
I still have cough, sneezing every now and then, a feeling of having a flu and am also very tired. The whole Xmas break, as well as new year, and all the days in-between and after was spent just being sick. Didn’t see any family or the kids and their families during the break, to avoid infecting them.
We had great plans to rest and recuperate after the busy work period from September to December; just rest mentally, go skiing and running, eat good food, go sauna, meet the family, etc. So that we’d be well rested when teaching begins next week.
Instead, we are just tired, consumed by this fucking virus. Hopefully no long covid comes out of this, that’d be too much.
Let’s see if I bother to write about the solved AoC puzzles and/or continue to solve the remaining puzzles later on. Because it seems that I have more student projects to supervise than last year, with larger groups. That seems to be a trend nowadays, each year more students, less resources (teachers and hours) to do the work, actually teaching students stuff. This is so bullshit but hey, what can you do.
The student projects start next week, when I am supposed to contact them all and kick them off. Also, next week I need to start grading the Data structures and algorithms course projects, as well as prepare the final exam for that course. That’s already a lot of work to do, in this shape I currently am. Going to take it easy…