07-12-25 trip work
I was at Deb’s by 10 and worked until 1 with her in our trip itinerary. My ChatGPT turned out to be very similar to what she had researched on YouTube and other sources. In the end, while we wait to know if Wendy and Bev are joining us, all we did was book a car rental for the last stop in Tenerife. We do have a skeleton plan that looks amazing though!
I took my rings in to Delamonts for repair as I have missed wearing them since last October.
Came home after a car wash to put my decals on my car (pics tomorrow), do a bit of my chores, had a visit with Tracey, and then settled down to finish my R2-D2.
I stopped to make some dinner which was delicious and then continued on. I tested it with the lights and sound and it was incredible and then I undid a wire and it turns out it must’ve been some kind of a ballast because the board started to smoke and only two of the lights come on now. I will have to order a new part, boo. At least it’s all together now and looks great and the sound and lights were pretty fantastic with a remote control that made them flash and change and it made all of the cool droid sounds. I don’t plan to do any more of the older ones with lights. The directions are very unclear, the parts weren’t what was shown in the pictures for the lighting system, etc. so I was just glad that it all worked in the end. It still looks pretty cool for now though so I’ll put it up on my shelf and wait for the part to come.
It was interesting, researching the observatory in Tenerife, as I knew that my dad had a bad injury, installing the doors for the observatory in the Canary Islands that caused him to ultimately have his ankle fused. It turns out it’s on a different island than the one that we are going out to, but it’s still pretty cool that we are going to the largest solar observatory on the planet. We will be able to see some flares, etc., and learn a lot about astrophysics, which is what both of the Wyatt boys are getting their PhD in. It will be fun to be there with their parents.
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