I'm not quite sure how my day went. Yes, I was there for the entire thing, but I'm just not sure how to call it. I got stuff done but considering the time involved in doing it, and also factoring in the quality of what was accomplished, I am at a loss.
I didn't get much sleep, and so was barely able to focus in my Metrology class. (We spent most of the class reviewing material and observing our instructor demonstrate how to use a mill tool that almost everyone in the class has already used.) I got some assignments done for Interpreting Engineering Drawings but lost some points on a few, and spent over half an hour on a single drawing. (In my defense, it was very complicated, and I was trying to get full credit - which I did.) I attended the first Machinist Club meeting and just sat there for most of it. During the lab portion of Machine Tool, I finished trimming down my anchor pin to .610". After that, I spent what was probably over an hour trying to trim a chamfer on one end. I finally managed, though I don't think the method I used was entirely sound (my hands were awfully close to the lathe chuck). In retrospect, I should have been approaching from the other side, but was so fed up that I just went ahead with it.
It all cancels out. The ups and downs negate each other. At the end of it all, I feel...empty.
It really wasn't a good day, nor was it really a bad day. It simply was.
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