Working towards As while learning C(++)

Diary,

Classes have really been eating into my research time.  I successfully ran the codes that Lucas told me about.  I've decided to pick up on code while I learn what it means to maximize my working time.  They say that it's better to start working on something right away than read a lot of literature first.  That's because you can be productive while you pick up the finer points of the research.

The group likes to use C++, but my background is in Fortran.  There seem to be a lot of online sampler programs and books in the library that I want to use to learn C++.