Back from halfway across the world, Like a Ninja, Happy Birthday

I forgot to mention that my Prusa MK3S returned from it’s second trip to and back from the Czech Republic for repairs Tuesday.  I was happy to see they did find and fix problems with both the filament sensor and heated bed.  Since that printer returned I was now officially out of top bench real estate.  Last night I lowered the bottom shelf as much as possible to give more clearance for bigger printers.  After doing so I was able to slide my Anycubic Mega X down there with room for up to two more printers.  It’s a good thing because I have a Creality CR6-SE that will be showing up in a month or so.  I also have another Prusa Mini on back order that I hope to get before Halloween.

Cindy picked up Sadie yesterday.  Most of last night both dogs were glued to our sides because of the intense storms that came through.  At 4AM I had an unwelcome alarm clock, the sound of Sadie getting ready to barf.  All of a sudden my left knee pain disappeared and I shot out of bed like a ninja, pushing Sadie towards a hard surface before she let loose.  It turned out that she kept it down mostly but Cindy and I were already wide awake.  I took both dogs outside as a precaution before returning to bed.  I awoke at 6AM very much wishing I had another hour or two before the alarm went off.

The last couple nights the intense knee pain while laying in bed has subsided mostly which is good news.  Maybe the hanging upside down is helping, who knows.

I have a three day weekend the next two weeks as I have taken off consecutive Fridays to use up the remainder of my vacation days prior to my calendar rollover.  I have already been adding to last weekends uncompleted list items to give me plenty to keep busy with over the upcoming three days.

Today is my niece Caroline’s 16th birthday.  It seems unfathomable that she is now old enough to drive.  The acceleration of the passage of time as you age is amazing.