AC and a general update
Like a bunch of other people, I haven’t updated this in too long. I guess I don’t find the day-to-day stuff really post worthy for me to post anything up.
I haven’t taken time off, found a room or any other preparation for Anthrocon this year, so obviously at this point I won’t be going for the full duration of that con. Since I do live relatively close to it, I can make it a weekend trip. Again, I don’t have any preparations made so I may just end up skipping it entirely this year.
At this point I think the only con I’m sure I’ll be aiming to get to is MWFF, not sure of any other con. We’ll just see what happens and play it by ear, I guess. Much like I’ll see how this weekend goes.
In other news, had a bit of stress with mortgage hunting as my mortgage matured this year and I needed to figure out what to do. Was worried about that for a while as I transitioned from one institution to another and that doesn’t always tend to go smoothly for the usual reasons. Now that it’s complete I’m good, though I’ve committed to a 5 year term, which with the rates right now is something I wanted to lock into. Won’t be moving anywhere for a while, should I choose.
It’s been a much more…. regular weather pattern we’ve been having this year, with more even amounts of rain and sunshine. Means I’m not getting out on the bike quite as much, but I’m still using the motorcycle quite often. I'll use that over the car when I can.
Lately I’ve been on the hunt for good tools and buying them when on sale. It kind of stems from doing maintenance on one of my bikes recently (checking the valves clearance) and realizing how painfully slow some mundane task can take if you don’t have good tools. That kind of poked me into looking around for good tools that I know I’ll probably need, at good prices. I figured with a lot of them, they should outlast me, if my father’s work bench is any indication. Good tools really do make a difference, and I’m hoping to have a good set before I have to deal with anything that would need them. You really don’t want to buy them when you really need them and they’re at full price, especially when you know how cheap they go on sale.
As for fursuit stuff, I’m working on it, extremely slowly. Granted I’m experimenting too, but it’s been slow. A lot of that is simply procrastination and lack of drive. This is why I’m not taking any commission at the moment, for those that might be wondering. I don’t think the best time to make anything is when you have no motivation to do it. Still I’m going to try to have it ready for MWFF. I hope I can at least do that. Time does feel like it’s flying. I mean, look, we’re already half way through the year!
Anyhow, I’ll leave it at that for now. Not sure when I’m going to post next and I’m not going to keep any promises since I can’t guarantee I will post soon, or that there will be anything news worthy to post, but until then, take care all!
I haven’t taken time off, found a room or any other preparation for Anthrocon this year, so obviously at this point I won’t be going for the full duration of that con. Since I do live relatively close to it, I can make it a weekend trip. Again, I don’t have any preparations made so I may just end up skipping it entirely this year.
At this point I think the only con I’m sure I’ll be aiming to get to is MWFF, not sure of any other con. We’ll just see what happens and play it by ear, I guess. Much like I’ll see how this weekend goes.
In other news, had a bit of stress with mortgage hunting as my mortgage matured this year and I needed to figure out what to do. Was worried about that for a while as I transitioned from one institution to another and that doesn’t always tend to go smoothly for the usual reasons. Now that it’s complete I’m good, though I’ve committed to a 5 year term, which with the rates right now is something I wanted to lock into. Won’t be moving anywhere for a while, should I choose.
It’s been a much more…. regular weather pattern we’ve been having this year, with more even amounts of rain and sunshine. Means I’m not getting out on the bike quite as much, but I’m still using the motorcycle quite often. I'll use that over the car when I can.
Lately I’ve been on the hunt for good tools and buying them when on sale. It kind of stems from doing maintenance on one of my bikes recently (checking the valves clearance) and realizing how painfully slow some mundane task can take if you don’t have good tools. That kind of poked me into looking around for good tools that I know I’ll probably need, at good prices. I figured with a lot of them, they should outlast me, if my father’s work bench is any indication. Good tools really do make a difference, and I’m hoping to have a good set before I have to deal with anything that would need them. You really don’t want to buy them when you really need them and they’re at full price, especially when you know how cheap they go on sale.
As for fursuit stuff, I’m working on it, extremely slowly. Granted I’m experimenting too, but it’s been slow. A lot of that is simply procrastination and lack of drive. This is why I’m not taking any commission at the moment, for those that might be wondering. I don’t think the best time to make anything is when you have no motivation to do it. Still I’m going to try to have it ready for MWFF. I hope I can at least do that. Time does feel like it’s flying. I mean, look, we’re already half way through the year!
Anyhow, I’ll leave it at that for now. Not sure when I’m going to post next and I’m not going to keep any promises since I can’t guarantee I will post soon, or that there will be anything news worthy to post, but until then, take care all!