Getting old sucks . You don’t realize that all the dumb ass things you did to your body in the past will catch with you . Hence the aches and pains of arthritis in various joints . One minute you can balance on a kitchen chair and stretch up to change a lightbulb , the next you hurt bending over to slip on your shoes . But at least being retired you have time to get all those figures painted and kits built , if you feel motivated to do so. I go through phases were I’ll be at my hobby bench from breakfast to bedtime pretty much 3 – 4 weeks straight , then all on a sudden its on the sofa watching a TV show box set or two . I find the trick is to have more than one interest so you don’t get bored . I mostly build 28mm Russians with some Canadians and Germans for variety of color .  I also have a variety of different kits of tanks , planes , boats , fantasy figures in various scales if I need a change of pace . Hell I’ve even got some foot tall resin garden gnomes from the Dollar Store to paint up for my Daughter’s garden .   If I want to avoid the hobby bench , I’ve got a ton of DVD movies and box sets to waste my time on . Plus , I’ve got a stack of CDs that I’ve bought over the last year to listen to , and a ton of reference books to page through .  Just received that massive 800 page KV book from Tankograd that is going to show me all the things I forgot to add to the3 KV kits I built .

I do have family close by , 4 kids with their spouses and kids within 200 miles . We don’t have to see each other every week , in fact one daughter I only see 2 -3 times a year , but everybody’s doing well . I hate clingy families , your grown up , get on with your life .  You can visit me on my birthday and I’ll buy you lunch . LOL

I do have a group of guys in my age range ( 40 – 70 ) who get together for lunch every Saturday to bitch about the world in general and how it was so much better when we were younger . All are involved in the hobby scene in some way ( GW , Trains , RPGs , model kits ) so we have common language . So we talk about new kits , washes , hobby tools etc . And once in a while we’ll carpool to hobby/ train /RPG  show in Edmonton or Calgary hitting various hobby shops on the way . I figure I’ll never finish building all the kits I have ( got 2 plastic & 3 resin on order at the moment )  and I told my kids that getting rid of the almost 200 tanks I’ve got built when I die is their problem .  Not true , actually I’ve made a list of which books to give to which guys and one of my friends will coordinate the whole deal . No reason to have all your books and hobby stuff tossed in the bin once you’re gone because your family has no idea who would want them or their value . Always sad to see some old guys lifelong collection of trains thrown in a box at a yard sale for $20.

Old ? My smart watch told me that I’ve got the body of a 45 year old.

I think it’s the simple fact that I’ve been cycling to work for the past month. Getting up early when it’s dark still sucks, but I am feeling better so I guess my watch isn’t lying.

First sign of getting old is realizing you need glasses to read. OTOH … for some reason companies think that a 3pt font is readable by anyone, but in reality magnifying glasses and good light help everyone with decoding that kind of stuff.

I’ve got the week off and have made it my goal to finally finish that 1:1 scale terrain I was doing. I think I underestimated how little time I had during regular weekends. Anyways … less procrastinating and more doing. I also got a smart doorbell to install, which should be ‘easy’.

If I can all of this done I might even get some actual hobby in, but I suspect I will spend time packing hobby related stuff so I can finally call the movers and get that part done and dusted. But first I gots to paint 2 more walls. I’ve managed to prep one wall today. If my motivation holds I will finish painting it tomorrow.

Music … and what’s better than this ?

I just love that intro guitar pattern …

@pagan8th it’s 9 years younger than I am, so it should be good 😀

I do wonder how they calculate this metric, but otoh I don’t feel bad so it must be somewhat ok. 😀

Quick update on Sunday’s One Ring game… it went very badly! Two of the party and recurring NPC dead. Last party member fled with the hobbit scholar while the monster under Fornost munched on their companions.

The game continues with new characters for two players, but they are not foolish enough to go back and get revenge until they have proved their worth in battle and upped their skills…

So… this weeks pledge has changed to writing a new campaign arc… moving the story to Wilderland for a bit.

Also need to paint some miniatures to replace the ones that were eaten…

I cast my minis out of chocolate… dwarves are a bit hairy though so I’m glad his character didn’t die.

Obviosuly the minis did not get eaten, but you can’t use the same miniature for the next character, that’s like adding a number 2 to the name of your character after it’s been killed and having exactly the same PC.