Transformers Bunny Farm

Well, I checked out the Blokees model kits that my officemate gave me. Did five of them. I'm not sure if I'll do the others or give them to my niblings or what. The kits are pretty satisfying to put together and the final models are cute. I just don't really have a spot for most of them. I can only keep so many on my desk, after all.

I did the Starscream and Thundercracker alt mode kits because they're only like six pieces and I'm considering turning them into keychains or charms. I've been brainstorming itabag ideas and a seeker-themed bag is on my list of maybes; they could work for that. She also gave me two versions of Wheeljack; one robot mode and one alt. I've got a Wheeljack on my desk from her already but it's a larger scale than these. The alt mode would made for a good keychain or bag charm, too, I think. The 'bot mode model would be cute but I'd be worried about the integrity of it unless I glued a couple pieces, which I'd rather not. Though I guess whenever they get around to releasing corresponding Ratchets-- they've done Ironhide in this scale, so it's surely only a matter of time-- I can add them to the WheelRatch shelf display I'm going to put together. The last kit I did was Long Haul at the larger scale. I'm not sure what compelled me, tbh. I do love the G1 Constructicon colors, though, and he is, strictly speaking, my second favorite of the group. I'm tempted to finish off the team, just I'm not sure what I'd do with them then.

I'm a little concerned that I'll fail to get up for work in the morning. You'd think I'd be over this particular concern by now. After all, I worry about it every time I come back from a long-ish vacation and, so far, it's never actually been an issue. I'm not even sure I can blame my anxiety. I don't feel anxious, really, just nervous.

Regardless, I can't honestly say I'm excited to go back. Who knows what work has been like in my absence and what I might be returning to. That's to say nothing of the fact that I had stuff I wanted to do with this time that I just didn't get around to for one reason or another. I guess that's always gonna be the case, though. Better to focus on what went right and what I was able to enjoy.

Okay, so! My vacation!

I'll add pics later, btw, I'm having Issues again :,)

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Didn't even think about Wip Wednesday, lol. I'm still on my way home and so not really in an easy position to make my post, so I'll edit this tomorrow.

Alright, here we go. Fingers crossed this'll be the last time I have to backtrack like this. Anyhow, the prompt I got last week was "quest" and I thought I had a bunch of hits but it turned out that I was getting false positives from the word "question"! The only two actual hits, in fact, have been previously wip-clipped. I wasn't sure how I was going to use the prompt word at first but then I remembered (another, yes, I know) long-forgotten piece and did a little bit of work on that. The excerpt includes a little bit that I've posted for the game before because that bit of added context made it flow better, so don't worry if you think you recognize the first few paragraphs:

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Last day of TFcon had some minor disappointments but was overall a good way to wrap up the weekend! I've got one more night in LA and then I'll be catching my bus home tomorrow afternoon. I think I'll try to write my wrap-up post in the morning before leaving but it may have to wait until I'm home on Wednesday. We'll see. Looking forward to sharing and showing off!

I considered just skipping my curriculum post this week but I know that it would annoy me in the future, lol. Still, this is gonna be very short and I'm not gonna bother with the usual format.

Clarinet: Well, I was getting the hang of the longer practice times. I was not able to bring my clarinet with me to practice because the walls at my cousin's apartment are quite thin-- and, tbh, I didn't love the idea of traveling with it anyway. I did bring my clarinet book to read, though.

Korean: Phil isn't really in any condition to be downloading and running the 90 Day Korean app, so I only did the Duolingo course during the bus trip and I'm not super concerned with catching up with 90DK until I get home. I do wish there was something that functioned a little like both of them, ngl. The 90 Day course is clearly the better structure but the DL gamification method, especially in the highly repetitive early stages, is useful in its own right.

Coding: I'm treating my trip as a vacation from this course. It's only a few days and this one will be easy to jump back into, since I was about to move on to the next section anyway.

Algebra: Same for this one, more or less. I haven't had a lot of time to go over notes for the last lesson I did and didn't bother with any homework, so I don't think I'd get much out of taking my usual Saturday quiz. I'm not sure yet whether I'll wait until I get home to get caught up or if I'll just take some time to review and then find a quiz before leaving for the bus station on Monday.

A highly irregular week, to be sure! Having a break like this has its pros and cons. Like, I really don't love going a full week without clarinet practice, especially so close to the end of the quarter. On the other hand, it's been nice to have permission from myself to not stress about every class. And then again, maintaining even modified Korean studies throughout has made me feel very accomplished. I'll need to think further ahead for breaks taken during future curricula!