all our lonely kicks are getting harder to find

M, Boycritter, & I went down for the local-enough Gunpla Builders World Cup event, which was about an hour away. Getting there was fairly straightforward, and we had time to look around the hobby store it was being held at. (And will be returning to, they had many things!)

Lots of fun conversations in the car (it has been awhile), and the actual Gundam models on display were all fantastic. (We actually got asked to help judge if we wanted to but there was no way - I thought they all had something truly great about them.) Aside from the modelers, the audience was the three of us + one other guy who knew the modelers, but we were delightfully enthusiastic and the store owners were great, too. A lot of fun. There were extra Participant pins, so we each were given one. (I'm also fairly sure I promised to bring an entry next year, so I guess I have four months to plan something and another eight to make it? Or something like that?)

We left and had to take a somewhat meandering route back, because road construction, and also having to cross Woodward on Dream Cruise weekend. But we did get to see a lot of cool cars at various points, including a Datsun, a yellow VW Beetle, a VW Bus, etc. Lots of yellow cars, which made for a lively game of Yellow Car. We also saw a Cybertruck and all burst out laughing because nothing could make that design salvageable.

Stopped at... a conveyor sushi restaurant! AMAZING! I had no idea there was one in reasonable distance (possibly that there were any in the US, tbh) and we had a blast. Ate ourselves stuffed because there were so many things we wanted to try. A++ would do it again when properly budgeted for.

All around fantastic day, though we didn't get back til ~3pm and I didn't get to sleep til after 4pm. Definitely going to have to do some mad science to get back on schedule.

I ended up snagging 00 Gundam + XN Raiser which I heartily debated on until 'weird 00 sidestory shit' won out. Also a 30MM Spinatio, HG Command Quanta, and MG Shenlong because that kit has been following me around for weeks now. And some accessories including a pack of little metal HO-Scale gravestones that will need some work and me learning how to trim up metal. ;_;

Yesterday was apparently an economic blackout day in the US, which I at least found out about in time. I didn't have anything planned anyway; I am so very exhausted of doing things and being around people. Last week was A Lot.

The quick version:
- new toolboxen!
- new chair for the male parent!
- work was A Lot!
- old toolboxen in my garage!
- hmm why does my back hurt?!

Old toolboxen got a rinse at the car wash hose at the other end of the complex; while I moved it once a year to sweep and dust, the bottom and wheels were impressively grody after more than a decade. But it's back together in my garage and I've started moving some extra tools and utility room tools into it. Plan is basically to have a shoebox of basics in here and the rest in the garage as needed. This will give me at least a bit of space back in the utility room; a full transfer will probably wait til my traditional Tokyo Game Show Dead Zone Utility Room Cleanout.

Got about 3/5 of stuff done that I wanted to do; I'll take it.