A long time ago ... (since my last post)

I was pretty excited back in September at receiving two shipments that I thought would allow me to finish up through step 60. Step 60 is important because that is the point that the set goes from looking like a big blob of bricks to looking like Millennium Falcon:

Step 60: Outer Frame Done

Step 56: Blob of Bricks

Turns out that at some point that I miscounted a piece I needed for step 60. As in I had 30 fewer than I thought. 30?! Ug. I have no idea how I screwed up that badly.

"No problem" I thought, "I'll just pick up the missing part in October's order and wait until then to post the update."

It was a great idea, right up until the "Great Daycare Plague" of 2016 (official name, look it up) hit my house and wrecked the chances of me doing anything for a month. If I wasn't sick myself, I was tending to a sick wife and toddler.

Anyway, November rolled in and I decided to just combine Oct and Nov orders not realizing the effects on shipping the impending holidays would cause. Of the 3 orders I placed on Thanksgiving weekend, I have received 2, with promises by USPS that number 3 may arrive today.

Yup. 3 weeks. It is nearly time to make December's order I am still waiting for the last of Oct/Nov.

The good news is that the shipment I got yesterday contained the part I missed counted in September! If all goes well I will finally have pictures of a completed step 60 by lunch!