diff --git a/day_7/parser.y b/day_7/parser.y
index aa52c0a..a9b0f02 100644
--- a/day_7/parser.y
+++ b/day_7/parser.y
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     #include "parser.h"
     #include "lexer.h"
 
+    const unsigned long upper_bound = 100000;
+    const unsigned long fs_size = 70000000;
+    const unsigned long needed_space = 30000000;
+
     struct dirstack* dirstack_push(struct dirstack *stack, struct dirnode *item) {
         struct dirstack *head = calloc(1, sizeof(struct dirstack));
         if (!head) {
@@ -111,12 +115,7 @@ command
                                                 state->cur = state->stackptr->item;
                                             }
     | PROMPT CHDIR SPACE PATHSPEC NEWLINE   {
-                                                // TODO: CLEANUP
-                                                if (!state) {
-                                                    fprintf(stderr, "\033[91m[error] the fuck\033[0m\n");
-                                                } else {
-                                                    printf("searching in %s now for path %s\n", state->cur->name, $4);
-                                                }
+                                                // printf("searching in %s now for path %s\n", state->cur->name, $4);
                                                     
                                                 // move into the new directory (creating it if it doesn't exist is not necessary, LIST does that)
                                                 struct dirnode *cur_node = state->cur;
@@ -128,17 +127,18 @@ command
                                                     if (strcmp($4, cur_node->directories[i]->name) == 0) {
                                                         found = i;
                                                         c = 0;
-                                                        printf("equal: [%s] and [%s]\n", $4, cur_node->directories[i]->name);
+                                                        // printf("equal: [%s] and [%s]\n", $4, cur_node->directories[i]->name);
                                                     } else {
-                                                        printf("not equal: [%s] and [%s]\n", $4, cur_node->directories[i]->name);
+                                                        // printf("not equal: [%s] and [%s]\n", $4, cur_node->directories[i]->name);
                                                     }
                                                 }
+
                                                 if (c == -1) {
                                                     fprintf(stderr, "\033[91m[error] got no such directory lol\033[0m\n");
                                                     // TODO: error, directory not found
-                                                } else {
-                                                    printf("found it\n");
-                                                }
+                                                } // else {
+                                                    // printf("found it\n");
+                                                // }
 
                                                 struct dirnode *next = cur_node->directories[found];
 
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ listing
                                     item->name = $3;
 
                                     add_directory(state->cur, item);
-                                    printf("know about %zu dirs now!\n", state->cur->num_dirs);
                                 }
     | SIZE SPACE PATHSPEC       {
                                     struct filenode *item = calloc(1, sizeof(struct filenode));
@@ -183,13 +182,59 @@ listing
 %%
 
 
+unsigned long sum_and_count(struct dirnode *node) {
+    unsigned long total_sum = 0;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < node->num_files; i++) {
+        node->size += node->files[i]->size;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t j = 0; j < node->num_dirs; j++) {
+        // recursively call function on subdirectory to compute its size
+        total_sum += sum_and_count(node->directories[j]);
+        node->size += node->directories[j]->size;
+    }
+
+    if (node->size <= upper_bound) {
+        total_sum += node->size;
+    }
+
+    return total_sum;
+}
+
+
+struct dirnode* find_deletion_candidate(struct dirnode *cur, unsigned long needed_space) {
+    if (cur->size < needed_space) {
+        // abort recursion if directory sizes get too small
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    struct dirnode *best_candidate = cur;
+    unsigned long best_diff = best_candidate->size - needed_space;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < cur->num_dirs; i++) {
+        struct dirnode *candidate = find_deletion_candidate(cur->directories[i], needed_space);
+        // only proceed if there's an actual candidate
+        if (candidate) {
+            unsigned long delta = candidate->size - needed_space;
+            if (delta < best_diff) {
+                best_candidate = candidate;
+                best_diff = delta;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return best_candidate;
+}
+
+
 int main(void) {
     struct dirnode *root = calloc(1, sizeof(struct dirnode));
     if (!root) {
         fprintf(stderr, "\033[91m[error] Ran out of memory\033[0m\n");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
-    root->name = "\0";
+    root->name = "/\0";
 
     struct dirstack *stack_ptr = dirstack_push(NULL, root);
 
@@ -217,7 +262,25 @@ int main(void) {
 
     yylex_destroy(scanner);
 
-    // TODO: evaluation (bottom-up computation of sizes using a dirstack)
+    // task 1
+    unsigned long sum_of_sizes = sum_and_count(root);
+    printf("The sum of all directory sizes < %zu is: %zu\n", upper_bound, sum_of_sizes);
+
+    // task 2
+    unsigned long free_space = fs_size - root->size;
+    unsigned long to_clear = needed_space - free_space;
+
+    printf("------------------------------------------------\n");
+    printf("Total Disk Space Available: %zu\n", fs_size);
+    printf("Total Disk Space Used:      %zu\n", root->size);
+    printf("Free Disk Space:            %zu\n", free_space);
+    printf("Required Disk Space:        %zu\n", needed_space);
+    printf("------------------------------------------------\n\n");
+    printf("Looking to free %zu units\n", to_clear);
+
+    struct dirnode *closest_match = find_deletion_candidate(root, to_clear);
+
+    printf("Recommended deletion candidate: `%s` (size %zu)\n", closest_match->name, closest_match->size);
 
     return 0;
 }