diff --git a/input_sources/day2.txt b/input_sources/day2.txt
index b6501d3..876d2a0 100644
--- a/input_sources/day2.txt
+++ b/input_sources/day2.txt
@@ -98,4 +98,3 @@ Game 97: 5 green, 13 red, 7 blue; 2 blue, 12 red, 6 green; 10 blue, 11 red, 3 gr
 Game 98: 3 blue, 1 red; 4 blue; 2 green, 1 blue; 2 green, 1 red, 5 blue
 Game 99: 4 green, 3 blue, 9 red; 6 blue, 5 red, 3 green; 2 green, 4 blue, 7 red; 8 red, 4 blue; 2 green, 15 red; 4 red, 5 blue, 3 green
 Game 100: 8 red, 4 blue, 4 green; 10 blue, 3 red, 4 green; 10 green, 4 red; 18 red, 9 blue, 2 green; 12 red, 4 green, 2 blue
-
diff --git a/input_sources/day2short.txt b/input_sources/day2short.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..295c36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/input_sources/day2short.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Game 1: 3 blue, 4 red; 1 red, 2 green, 6 blue; 2 green
+Game 2: 1 blue, 2 green; 3 green, 4 blue, 1 red; 1 green, 1 blue
+Game 3: 8 green, 6 blue, 20 red; 5 blue, 4 red, 13 green; 5 green, 1 red
+Game 4: 1 green, 3 red, 6 blue; 3 green, 6 red; 3 green, 15 blue, 14 red
+Game 5: 6 red, 1 blue, 3 green; 2 blue, 1 red, 2 green
diff --git a/src/day1/mod.rs b/src/day1/mod.rs
index 430c39d..ef75d19 100644
--- a/src/day1/mod.rs
+++ b/src/day1/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufRead};
-use std::path::Path;
+use crate::utils::read_lines;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 pub fn process() -> u32 {
@@ -108,13 +106,6 @@ fn process_line(input_line: String) -> u32 {
     String::from(first_number.to_owned() + &last_number).trim().parse::<u32>().unwrap()
 }
 
-
-fn read_lines<P>(filename: P) -> io::Result<io::Lines<io::BufReader<File>>>
-where P: AsRef<Path>, {
-    let file = File::open(filename)?;
-    Ok(io::BufReader::new(file).lines())
-}
-
 fn extract_numbers_from_string(input: String) -> u32 {
     let mut nums_in_string: Vec<char> = vec![];
     for char in input.chars() {
diff --git a/src/day2/mod.rs b/src/day2/mod.rs
index 42557d8..538d19d 100644
--- a/src/day2/mod.rs
+++ b/src/day2/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,68 @@
-pub fn process() {
-    println!("Hello from Day 2!");
+use crate::utils::read_lines;
+
+const RED_MAX: u32 = 12;
+const GREEN_MAX: u32 = 13;
+const BLUE_MAX: u32 = 14;
+
+static mut RED_MIN: u32 = 0;
+static mut GREEN_MIN: u32 = 0;
+static mut BLUE_MIN: u32 = 0;
+
+pub fn process() -> u32 {
+    let file_path = "./input_sources/day2short.txt";
+    let mut total: u32 = 0;
+    if let Ok(lines) = read_lines(file_path) {
+        for game in lines.flatten() {
+            check_if_game_is_valid(game.clone());
+            // println!("{:?}", is_game_valid);
+            if is_game_valid {
+                let game_id: u32 = get_game_id(game.clone());
+                total = total + game_id;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    total
 }
+
+
+fn get_game_id(input_line: String) -> u32 {
+    let game_section: Vec<&str> = input_line.split(":").collect();
+    let game_section_split: Vec<&str> = game_section[0].split(" ").collect();
+    game_section_split[1].trim().parse().unwrap()
+}
+
+fn check_if_game_is_valid(game: String) -> bool {
+    let split_on_colon: Vec<&str> = game.split(":").collect();
+    let game_results: Vec<&str> = split_on_colon[1].split(";").collect();
+    let mut valid_game: bool = true;
+
+    for game_result in game_results {
+        let selections: Vec<&str> = game_result.split(",").collect();
+        for selection in selections {
+            let split_selection: Vec<&str> = selection.trim().split(" ").collect();
+            let num_selected: u32 = split_selection[0].trim().parse().unwrap();
+            let color_selected: &str = split_selection[1].trim();
+
+            match color_selected {
+                "green" => {
+                    if num_selected > GREEN_MIN {
+                        GREEN_MIN = num_selected;
+                    }
+                },
+                "blue" => {
+                    if num_selected > BLUE_MIN {
+                        BLUE_MIN = num_selected;
+                    }
+                },
+                "red" => {
+                    if num_selected > RED_MIN {
+                        RED_MIN = num_selected;
+                    }
+                },
+                &_ => todo!()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    valid_game
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b4da477..8c0f4b5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #![allow(warnings)]
 mod day1;
 mod day2;
+mod utils;
+
 fn main() {
+
     let day1_results = day1::process();
     let day2_results = day2::process();
 
-    println!("The Answer to Day 1 is: {:?}", day1_results)
+    println!("The Answer to Day 1 is: {:?}", day1_results);
+    println!("The Answer to Day 2 is: {:?}", day2_results);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72f5153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{self, BufRead};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub fn read_lines<P>(filename: P) -> io::Result<io::Lines<io::BufReader<File>>>
+where P: AsRef<Path>, {
+    let file = File::open(filename)?;
+    Ok(io::BufReader::new(file).lines())
+}
+