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title: "The End of July"
description: "Lake house fishing, C++ and math homework, Minecraft, The Lion King, and Victoria Justice's new song."
date: "2019-08-01"
---

So July has come to an end. It's been a quite normal month — I haven't done anything particularly special.

I spent last week at the lake house with my family. I didn't bring a computer, so instead I took a book about C++ programming and my math notebook, calculator, and pencil case — because my math teacher sent me an email with 4 PDF files full of exercises about quadratic functions. I knew the day would come when my teacher would email me homework during vacation. And sadly it did. Actually, I was surprised that I still remembered how to solve those exercises and still had the equations down.

The lake house was near an actual lake, so I wanted to try fishing a little. I didn't have a fishing rod, so I made one myself. It was a really satisfying experience. I managed to catch 3 fish.

When I got back, I spent most of the week playing Minecraft and coding a game in C++. I'm really glad that Minecraft got popular again and that I actually have fun playing it. I feel like I'm 10 again.

Also, an amazing thing happened this week: Victoria Justice posted on Instagram that she's recording a brand new song! I'm so happy — I had literally just started listening to her songs and was thinking "I wonder when she'll make a new song," and then BANG, a new one is coming.

Oh, and I almost forgot — I went to see *The Lion King* twice! I was skeptical before seeing it, but after I watched it I changed my mind. I really liked the remake, although the original is still the best.

So that wraps up my recent activities. As you can see, nothing too crazy happened — maybe except for the Victoria thing.
