It’s time! Well, almost… Still got a few hours to go. In the meantime, now that I have everything ready, I’m exercising, working on art, and gaming, just passing the time and getting too excited.

Yesterday I got most of my packing done. Kotoko already knew what was up…

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I was up so early and did so many chores and got so much art progress done, that finally in the afternoon I treated myself to an (admittedly rather frustrating) hour or so of this:

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I found it really hard just as my friend Nate said the first one was. But I can’t give up on it, I will try again. I waited so long for this game and still expect it to be something I play on-and-off for a couple of years, as soon as I get past the learning curve.

Yesterday was date night. Christopher and I relaxed together, went out to have to a nice Tijuana Flats dinner, and then walked around Best Buy and Target. I got a new Switch case just for this trip:

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It has Daisy on it, but no Bowser Jr. 😑 It’s super cute though (Christopher, if you’re reading this I haven’t forgotten to pay you for it, I promise! 😖) I’ve really been into Mario stuff recently because of making good memories related to the games. I even put a whole Daisy-themed punkish outfit together that I’ll wear and take a photo of sometime soon. 🌼

Anyway… I’ll wrap it up here, it’s almost time to go. I’ll be sure to blog about our trip when I get back!