ROW80 2021 Round 3 End

Do you ever feel like you're exactly where you're meant to be? It's quite rare for me, but that was Friday. After retrieving my skates from Farrhaven, I spent the night catching up on punk bands. It felt like what I really needed. When I don't suck so much at guitar, I'd like to be in a punk band. I can't do power chords yet, so it'll be a minute... I also played around with learning GIMP. I've been wanting to have skills in this area for a long time, and I'm working toward that.

This is the part of the sandwich when I say it was martial arts I've left behind indefinitely. Though I enjoyed swinging my sword the other day, I need time away to focus on the things I'm more passionate about. Thankfully, the community has been accepting of this and that's a weight off my shoulders. I was worried I would lose some friends over it as silly as that may sound.

Saturday brought sleeping in, more punk catch up, and working on Sparks. I really need to get this chapter done! Previously, I was spending a lot of time making decisions about how to turn a sport into a futuristic version without destroying it altogether. I hope I'm accomplishing that. I'm about halfway through the chapter now and should be done it soon. I also got an adorable video invite to a friend's house from a little girl who just turned 5

On Sunday, I refreshed my hair dye and met up with friends in Minecraft to start a group build. We're building a battle arena for fun. We tend to do for fun builds in creative mode because they don't involve profiting on resources and such. The rest of my Sunday plans included visiting my friends early to see said adorable 5-year-old girl and her big brother before the adults engaged in B-Movie night. It was our first with an in-person option since the pandemic started!

This round of ROW80 has wrapped up, but I'm going to continue working on my goals.

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