Wow. It’s been quite a while and a crazy ride since I last posted here. To summarize without getting too detailed:
My previous job got insane. Did not have as much time for hobbies. The schedule was unpredictable.

I did, however, get to take at least some classes at the makerspace and make some minor things.

Moved and took a new job… weirdly not related to the craziness of the previous job.

I currently run a makerspace at a school… so that has been crazy in it’s own right, but it has it’s fun points. I have a decent(ish) 3D printer that I can run behind my desk all the time, I organize the parts and tools, and I teach kids to build robots (and other things). It’s been stressful… but fulfilling… at least once I got through my first semester and got the disaster of a room organized. Had to sort and organize thousands of robot parts, and figure out what things the previous teacher did or did not have for the classroom.

So… that’s the summary without getting too personal. I get to share my love of Making with the next generation… and putter around a classroom/workshop, sorting, organizing, tinkering, and learning with the materials available. I print a lot of models that I think are demonstrative of what 3D printing can do, as well as some signage to catch the eyes and some small objects related to franchises the kids are familiar with to make the room have more things they can immediately point to and find some point of contact with.

There is a llama piñata from a certain game on the printer right now.

I’d considered making some Five Nights at Freddy’s related things due to it’s popularity and the students’ familiarity with the franchise and it’s robotics… but that just doesn’t hit right… being an adult teacher of robotics to a bunch of kids…

At least I’m not an Afton.