Lot of steps, Modified

I started off my Saturday with another pickleball session. It was my third day in a row so I was a little hesitant to push it. I seemed to get through play without a major issue however. I was undefeated in the six games I played with different sets of people including one “let’s play it back” scenario which I enjoyed. I was hoping to play in another mini-tournament this upcoming weekend but the three people I asked to play were unavailable for various reasons so I might just take a pass on it.

Saturday afternoon I went over to the east coast to do some shopping with my girlfriend, taking the Tesla to minimize fuel costs. Both malls we visited during the trip were absolutely slammed with people. I thought malls were supposed to be dying? I went and charged the Tesla during one of the sessions. The supercharger I went to had terrible speed of only 50kw because most if not all of the chargers were occupied. I sat there for over an hour. I am used to a big charge taking 20-30 minutes, this was like watching paint dry. By the time we got home it was after 9PM, a very long day of driving and walking. My knees and hips were not happy with me but I held up better than expected. I figured it was good training for our potential upcoming road trip.

Sunday was a very low energy day, perhaps because Saturday was a long grind. I got the necessary tasks handled as well as modifying my bench I originally built for my Bambu Lab A1. It was built to reside under one of my other workbenches however now I wanted it to be at near normal bench height to make it easier to work with my incoming Flashforge Creator 5 Pro printer.

Modifying the stand involved simply adding some 4×4″ legs to it. While I was at it I added a shelf to store filament as well as a front brace to increase overall rigidity. The bench weighs a ton as I used 2×6″ for most of it. I think it will work out well. All I need is the printer to verify it.