Day 777 - Happy Star Wars Day!

Day 777...

Yes it's that time of year when it is customary to wish one and all a 'Happy Star Wars Day' and watch the puzzlement on the faces of the 'non-geeks' among us!

So just to clarify, today is May the Fourth...May the Fourth Be With You...Happy Star Wars Day...get it?

We even had a special episode of the Disney Dream Girls podcast that I co-host drop today. We had a special guest who had recently visited the new Disney resort experience aboard the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser; he'd even adopted a persona for his 'visit' called 'Hank Lonely'!

And then before settling down to write this blog we were able to watch the trailer that had just dropped for the upcoming Disney + series...sorry limited event...Obi-Wan Kenobi, and boy does it look good. But then again anything with Ewan McGregor in will always look good in my eyes!!

But on with the mundaneness of the middle of the week, the hump of the week if you will. And it was another full day in work for me and involved yet more cash flow predictions as the day started off with a request from a parent which made a significant impact on the figures I'd calculated yesterday. But it was all good and by the end of the day I was pretty pleased with all that I'd achieved.

Back home and after a coffee I struggled to find the motivation to get going. But I did eventually and managed to sort a couple of things to do with my dad's estate. I've also been scouring the internet for something suitably Disney as a suggestion for my leaving present from my work colleagues. Initially I'd started looking at jewellery but had struggled to find anything suitable and so now I'm looking into whether I can find a figurine or ornament that would sit well in our new study/craft room.

But that's pretty much it for the day as the only thing left to do now is to watch the last episode of the Disney + series Moon Knight, and hope that we get the answers we've been looking and waiting for.

See you tomorrow.
xx

Day 47

Day 47...

And Happy Star Wars Day...May the 4th Be With You!

Sorry it had to be said and quite appropriate in this house today as most of Simon's day has been spent with the next stage of his Mandalorian helmet mold making process. He is now beginning to make the outer shell of the mold which is made from fibre glass but unfortunately he needs more fibre glass to complete the project so at the moment the outer shell is only half completed.

He's also been working on some of the detail work for the mouse droid by assembling some of the 3D printed parts.

It is five years since we got into this cosplay malarkey which all stemmed from plans for Simon's 50th birthday to go to Star Wars Celebration in July 2016. This resulted in a year spent making Mandalorian costumes for both us so that we could attend the event in style. As a result we became members of the Mandalorian Mercs and then as we attended more troops and met more like minded people we became members of Joker Squad and East Midlands Garrison.

Simon and I as Mandalorian's at Legoland Winsdor, May 2018

Over the past five years we have made lots of new friends, we have attended numerous conventions and events, we have trooped twice at Legoland Winsdor for their Star Wars Weekends, we have helped raise money for a number of charities, we have given out too many high-fives to count and made people smile. We even got to meet one of the creative forces behind the various Star Wars animation series, Dave Filoni - such a lovely guy, a fabulous experience and one that resulted in a new tattoo for me! See my post - My Disney Sleeve

Meeting Dave Filoni at Star Wars Celebration, July 2016

Star Wars tattoo inspired by meeting Dave Filoni

I now cosplay as one of the characters from his series Star Wars Rebels, Governor Pryce and Simon has fulfilled a life long ambition and is now a Stormtrooper.

Governor Pryce & Stormtrooper - December 2019

The Star Wars universe has opened up a whole new world to us, one where we have made new friends, helped charities and one that has become an integral part of our lives.

The rest of the day has been fairly quiet; a few odd jobs done around the house, a couple of work emails and phone calls and a little more jigsaw completed. We managed to squeeze in a quick two mile walk out this afternoon in between coats of resin and fibre glassing as well!

So all in all not a bad day...May The Force Be With You...

xx