Programming Blues

So, as I have said before, I will be graduating in April 2008 with a bachelor degree in Information Systems and Business Management. I have taken a few classes on learning how to program in Java. In one of my current classes, I am having to program a very large ongoing project. When it works, it is like the heavens open and smile down upon me. When it doesn't work, it seems that the gates of hell open up to bring me down into a gulf of misery and endless woe. Most of the time that's where I reside (in my programming abilities). I am struggling, but with that struggle comes success. More to come later...