Surprising Reactions

When I entered this course two weeks ago I truly felt like I was one of the reasons they write the "Computer's for Dummies" books. Everything was challenging and a bit confusing and if I couldn't figure a command out in creating my web page I would just throw in the towel and wait till class the next day.
Things have changed quite a bit in a mere two weeks!
While editing some of my pages this weekend I realized how much quicker I move compared to when I was first constructing the page. I also have taken initiative to educate myself on commands or procedures with sound editing and image editing that I am not familiar with. I've learned there is a web/instructions page for almost everything!
I am really quite proud of myself for two reasons. First, I have started my movie about Sailing this weekend. That may not sound like such a major thing. However I have started my movie using "Movie Maker" on Windows without any instruction from my class. The lesson on "movie maker" is tomorrow! I took it upon myself to open up the program, read how to edit images and thumbnails and put in transition filters between images. I say this honestly, two weeks ago I would not have taken on this task.
The second reason I am proud of myself is because of my Dad's reaction to my website. Let me preface this by saying that my father who is a writer used a type writer up until about 10 years ago and even now he still types with one finger on each hand! Regardless when I showed him my homepage in all of it's grandeur he simply said, "Wow, I didn't know you could do all that. It's pretty cool!"
To myself I thought the same thing!