What to make of your time.

Gearing up for a family trip out west in a couple of weeks. Nothing too crazy, just an extended weekend, with flights to and from British Columbia. The end of this month, and the first week of June are going to be all sorts of hectic chaos, so I need to be both healthy, and in a good spot mentally to deal with all of what will be going on. Birthdays plural, prom, dance recitals, taekwondo tournament, the end of this session of Girl Guides for both age groups, and school spirit days leading into the end of the school term. The build up to summer break. Oh my it will be a lot. Trough in more than 14 hours of flights, and a brief cross country trek with my kids, and no wife or dog, and you have a recipe for some fun!

I both look forward to it, and fear for my safety. Ha. I’m not that worried. I took these kids to Florida for five days by myself, fed them, washed them, and saw that they slept a reasonable amount. We can do this! Traveling with kids is so much easier with two involved parents though. Especially when it comes to bathroom usage in public spaces. I worry.

Just the other day I cancelled an order for 195 minis that I tried to buy on Kickstarter in 2020. A different company bought out the IP license, moulds etc, and were set to deliver on it in early 2026, but it was going to cost more money to go ahead and buy the figures I had already bought, plus pay to ship them here via the US, and who knows what the tariff situation will be like then. I have mourned those minis a few times over the last five years. Not only that but the new owners altered the count, by replacing some unique figures with others from the same moulds. I’d rather not have them at this point. 75$ USD from 2020 isn’t too crazy a loss to take. Not if it’s going to cost me 3x that just to have them in hand next February. I’m sanguine about it because I know that the Dungeons and Lasers crowd sourcing I just backed is legit, and will provide me, and my kids with lots of cool things to both assemble, and paint. Now 2026 won’t be a total cluster of minis, but a reasonable quantity will show up. I’m good with that. We can paint for multiple afternoons, instead of months, and months. I’m good with that.