Officially shrinking, In the Mall

Yesterday I had my blood draw and measurements taken on campus to meet our insurance requirements.  I have now started to officially shrink.  For my entire adult like I have claimed my height was somewhere between 6’3″ and 6’4″.  When I was younger I was officially measured at 6′ 3 1/2″.  Yesterday I came in at 6′ 2 1/2″ inches, meaning I have lost a full inch off my frame.  I could have dismissed this as being spotty measurement but during one of my doctor appointments this year I was also pegged at the same height, which I dismissed as a spotty measurement, so I guess I am actually shrinking.  It’s not like I needed anything else to make me feel poorly about the realities of descending into old age.

We have our first product ever being displayed in a mall.  The custom skateboard stands got set up at our local mall yesterday.  I designed/printed the stands and Cindy painted the logo part of them in a contrasting color.  It was very cool to see our work out in the wild like that.  I’m not sure if it will lead to more similar projects or be a once and done sort of thing.

I spent a lot of time yesterday gathering knowledge about the MMU2S and the myriad of things that can potentially go wrong.  Last night I got the printer up and running with a single color print at least.  I am hoping this weekend I get time to dig in to do some more thorough trouble shooting.

We are forecast to have four or five days in a row with high temps not leaving the 70’s which I am absolutely thrilled about.  Of course we have plenty of things to keep us busy but at least the amount of sweat generated by doing so should be considerably less.  I am just glad that the debilitating lower back pain I had last week has subsided, allowing me to kick the Advil habit.