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It’s the longest you’ve waited for a Kickstarter fulfillment, so far…

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I once went in on a very expensive doll for my now oldest daughter, who was many moons away from being born, and then my second child was born two and a half years later (also a daughter) before that particular campaign was finally fulfilled. So now it sits hidden in my closet because I only have the one. Also it was expensive, and not that many comparatively were made. And if I give it to one of them now, they’ll fight over it, and likely break/lose pieces to an expensive art piece. So in my office it shall remain, boxed up, in mint condition. Untouched. And out of the sun.

I say all this because I am now two years plus, deep into waiting on nearly two hundred D&D minis from Blacklist Games, and their Lasting Tales Kickstarter from April of 2021. I have held off buying any additional mini figures to paint & base while I wait for this massive box of bits to arrive. Well, I say that. But I did buy a small jar full of 3d printed minis so that my kids could paint up some on their own on a rainy day. I took half of the jars worth, and split the other matching half between the two kids. And no, we have not painted them yet. That’s like a Nov – April kind of hobby. Same with my Resin kit. Can’t be a hermit during the summer. Fine to hide away during the winter, but not when it’s blue skies and warm out.

Some people however have not had to wait in excess of three or more years for an item to go through production, and then a prolonged distribution phase. And it shows. I get it, waiting sucks. But for many this is their first kick at the world wide mass production can, and shit gets scrambled, lines crossed, language barriers abound, and shipping prices fluctuate, as world wide pandemics hit. Fun times I imagine. I wasn’t hoping to run a big game so I’m fine to wait another six months to a year. After a while you sort of give up on it, and if it comes in you think, hope restored! Otherwise you carry on and try to do better research on who you trust with $100.00 USD. Live and learn.

Or you move over to Gamefound, or some other such private crowd source firm, and buy your games there, as they have a better track record for successful completions on new IP. Awaken Realms runs off of Gamefound, and they have been very reliable. The Nemesis game, Lock-Down, and Kings of Ruin all went off trouble free. There were more than those three but that’s all I can recall off of the top of my head. Plus their games are super well packaged for international shipping, and I’ve had to issues with my stuff. I realize my experience is anecdotal at best, but I have one more game coming from them around Christmas of this year, I think. They update us all the time, so I’m not concerned about the shipping date. I appreciate the transparency, and the community involvement in designing portions of the game/characters.

Welcome to Saturday. Week three is officially completed. Nearly halfway through summer break. Days are flying by. Crazy! Have a great weekend! Ciao Bella!

The “TIME” change.

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I was going to avoid writing about this but given how tired I am all ready because of it, I figured that meant it was fair game. The kids you see, they don’t respect the time change, so they get up at the old seven am, but still want to stay up until the new 8:00pm, which usually means closer to nine, after teeth brushing, hair brushing, repeat bathroom trips, stories and cuddles etc… which means I’m now very tired as a matter of course. (Chronic Fatigue sufferer). So while it isn’t a major shift, like timezones across the country, it is enough to put me off my game, so that I want to crash around 2:00pm every day. I will eventually get over it, obviously. Just one more hassle to come to terms with. Ugh.

On the up side I do not commute, so I’m not dragging ass about town behind the wheel of a vehicle for extended periods of time. 5 mins to school, then back, then bam! I can eat some breakfast and then start my work day.

Except today, car trouble. Could be a baring, a brake caliper, or the rotor again. Who knows. I’m sure it’ll cost us a good sum to have it looked after this week though. Puts us down to one vehicle, and multiple extra curriculars tonight too. Going to be a fascinating game of hot potato with the kids to get us all where we need to be. Or call it a night and forget both. I don’t see that going over well, when both kids seem to really enjoy their separate things. Other people do it constantly, we just need to get creative. May involve a fair chunk of sitting and waiting for stuff to start/finish, but it could be worse – right? Exactly. We did it with swimming lessons, and we can do it this evening, just this one time.

I’ll grab our wagon out of the shed, and we’ll walk home from school for a change. Or I’ll carry the backpacks in the wagon as the kids take turns helping to push/pull it home. Could be in for a long day. Again – glad I don’t commute. The car mess would have been so unhelpful.

We definitely started the frosty car window morning routine this week. Two days in a row with it being scraped clean. Will have to start using the auto start feature to clear the windows in another couple of weeks. That, and adding boots, snow pants, heavy coats, scarves, hats & mitts in the mix will mean we need to start getting ready even earlier. So much fun to look forward to over the next five months or so. A solid 26 weeks of icy cold bleak grey weather. But no major snakes, or nasty spiders here. It’s the price we pay to keep vermin like that away from our lives. Just have to keep reminding ourselves of that, and we’ll all make it through the late days of autumn and then all of winter too.