diff --git a/01week/rockPaperScissors.js b/01week/rockPaperScissors.js
index 72f0f1a89..69bef2a5c 100644
--- a/01week/rockPaperScissors.js
+++ b/01week/rockPaperScissors.js
@@ -11,13 +11,45 @@ const rl = readline.createInterface({
   output: process.stdout
 });
 
+
 // the function that will be called by the unit test below
 const rockPaperScissors = (hand1, hand2) => {
+  // create hands than correct is it has lowercase or whitespace
+  // need to get white space away as well as lowercase the word
+  let scrubHand1 = hand1.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+let scrubHand2 = hand2.toLowerCase().trim();
+
+//need to compare hand1 to hand2 and if its the same its a tie
+//I tried to replicate the whiteboading video but for some reason i wasn't able to achieve 
+if (scrubHand1 === scrubHand2){
+  return "It's a tie!"
+    }
+if (scrubHand1 === "rock" && scrubHand2 === "paper"){
+  return 'Hand two wins!'
+}
 
-  // Write code here
-  // Use the unit test to see what is expected
+if (scrubHand1 === "rock" && scrubHand2 === "scissors"){
+  return 'Hand one wins!'
+}
 
+if (scrubHand1 === "paper" && scrubHand2 === "rock"){
+  return "Hand one wins!"
+}
+if (scrubHand1 === "paper" && scrubHand2 === "scissors"){
+  return 'Hand two wins!'
 }
+if (scrubHand1 === "scissors" && scrubHand2 === "rock"){
+  return "Hand two wins!"
+}
+if (scrubHand1 === "scissors" && scrubHand2 === "paper"){
+  return "Hand one wins!"
+}
+}
+
+ 
+
+
 
 // the first function called in the program to get an input from the user
 // to run the function use the command: node main.js
diff --git a/02week/pigLatin.js b/02week/pigLatin.js
index 7f2b58a8a..c3fdd085c 100644
--- a/02week/pigLatin.js
+++ b/02week/pigLatin.js
@@ -7,10 +7,29 @@ const rl = readline.createInterface({
   output: process.stdout
 });
 
-
 const pigLatin = (word)  => {
+//this function will take in a word and returns the position of the first vowel
+//if the word has no vowel, it return -1 
+function firstVowel(word){
+  //loops thru whatever word is chosen to get translated
+  for(let i = 0; i < word.length; i++){
+    //needed to find a way to go thru every individual letter
+    let letter = word[i];
+    //needed to create the answer. this tells us wether it has a vowel or not 
+    let answer = vowels.includes(letter);
+    //console.log(letter, " ", answer);
+    console.log(i , " ", answer);
+    //if our answer is = to true it would return our i.
+    if(answer === true){
+      return i;
+    }//is this letter a vowel
+  }
+  //if you get to this point
+  //what does it mean? is it done running the loop, and did not return
+  //which means it did not find a vowel
+      return -1;
+}
 
-  // Your code here
 
 }
 
diff --git a/02week/practice.js b/02week/practice.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5328b5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/02week/practice.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+'use strict'
+
+let word = "elephant";
+let vowels = "aeiou";
+
+
+
+function firstVowel(word){
+  //loops thru whatever word is chosen to get translated
+  for(let i = 0; i < word.length; i++){
+    //needed to find a way to go thru every individual letter
+    let letter = word[i];
+    //needed to create the answer. this tells us wether it has a vowel or not 
+    let answer = vowels.includes(letter);
+    //console.log(letter, " ", answer);
+    console.log(i , " ", answer);
+    if(answer === true){
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+let position = firstVowel("christopher");
+console.log("position of the first vowel", position);
+
+
+
+
+
+
+// Pig Latin
+//  1. find the first vowel
+//  if the first letter is a vowel, then you add "yay" to the end
+//  example: egg -> eggyay
+//  if the first vowel is in the middle of the word ,
+//  then you split the word , and swap the halves, and add yay to the end
+//  fox -> f ox -> oxf -> oxfay
+//  if the word does not have a vowel, you can make something up
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