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Comic-con complete!

- when I went to borrow the ancient rattly hand-cart from my father, he told me I could just store it in my garage from now on, which is basically saying it's mine.
- for the first time ever, evening load-in was not delayed by having to wait for the Ghostbusters car getting itself situated.
- more than made table back before load-in had finished.
- arrived a tiny smidge early day-of and had to wait for the Ghostbusters car to get itself situated. (I feel like this set the Universe back on track or something?)
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At some point in the coming week I'll get a post up to give away a bunch of stuff I don't want to store/keep hauling around. Now to try to catch up on everything else...

I am on vacation. This means I will probably be working twice as hard at everything. (I am not going anywhere - this is just a 'burn vacation hours + catch up a bit' vacation.) So far I've done a bunch of extra work at the 'rents, dug out boxes for the nerd convention next weekend, and started deep-cleaning the kitchen. At some point I'll probably stall out, but so far so good.

While helping with some errands, I got to visit an Aldi's for the first time. Prices are good and everything I bought has been fine. The main thing they have against them is that they open at 9AM. I suppose if I calibrate lists properly, I can make a quick trip in during the week when I'm out for other reasons. (I also want to go to the fancier grocery this week! But I also want to finally get to the Lebanese restaurant in the same plaza so that will be closer to a lunch-time trip. Maybe Wednesday.)

I am in the planning discord for a new online BL convention. The project came from a conversation on reddit about how a lot of virtual conventions are centered on daytime North America and aren't as accessible for Asian/Oceanian/European fans. (I had mentioned that I'm in NA but not on NA daytime hours, so different boat same river, or something? Anyway, if anyone would like an invite to the planning discord, LMK.)

I've mostly finished up Blade King, a SNAA model kit. He was certainly an adventure and while he certainly isn't perfect, I'm pleased with how he turned out. (He's also huge, though. I don't know where he's going!) I also mostly finished up HG Blue Frame 2nd, who I started earlier in the year and stalled out on. I've misplaced her markings, however. I know they'll turn up, so she can just go on the shelf as-is for now.

So far for the nerd convention, I've dug out some Transformers and some Monster High dolls. Need to match up accessories and cards and whatnot for them if I can. I just have way too many bins of this stuff. It'll be good to downsize... (Hopefully 2026 can be the year of doing a few more shows and getting rid of a few more things?)