#k8-t3

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Looks like Katie strayed from the lesson plans yesterday and instead of discussing general maintenance of First Order ships, she decided to teach my students how to hot-wire an AT-M6.

Well, at least they'll know how to start one in an emergency, I guess?

Anyway, I should probably make sure I can properly cover all of my classes for the foreseeable future before she teaches them how to become a gang of space pirates or something.

[trooperst-3v3]

Asked K8-T3 to tell me a bedtime story tonight so I could fall asleep faster.

She asked, "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?"

I said, "No."

She said, "Well, I haven't, either. Go to bed." Then she shut down for the night.

Okay, then.

[trooperst-3v3]

First day of trying to fix my sleep schedule was. . . halfway successful?

Had an easier time waking up with the help of those sun lamps. That was kind of nice.

Now I have to figure out how to make myself go to bed at a reasonable hour.

Katie kindly offered to to help, but some of her suggestions for forcing me to go to bed included words like "sleeper hold" and "blunt force," so I politely declined her services.

I think I should try chamomile tea first.

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Between my students, the clones, and me we managed to get almost every First Order droid cleaned and maintained. Including the Laundry Droid, because even droids who are assholes deserve care.

Which is one reason why, for our next class, the "final exam" of this lesson will be K8-T3.

Sure, she loves a good spa day as much as any other droid, but she's not going to let them know that.

I've already spoken with the security guys about taking bets on how many students it's going to take to wrangle her into the oil bath.

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I gave K8-T3 her new step stool today. She was confused until I explained what it was for.

I told her I'd have preferred to upgrade her with some cool extendable legs, but I was worried that would really mess with her balance since she was already so tall. This was the best alternative I could come up with.

She loved it.

Now, I don't like to make generalizations based on gender, but between Katie's love for being taller and Deej's appreciation for our Val'enteen's gift, I'm beginning to think females really like stuff you can climb.

Maybe I'll get Captain Phasma a really nice ladder for Life Day.

[trooperst-3v3]

Had K8-T3 substitute teach my classes for most of the day.

We were disusing ships in the First Order fleet and I managed to refer to Dreadnoughts as "Ugnaughts" no less than three times before the lunch bell rang. I decided that meant I was not in a state to be teaching other people today.

Went back home and took a long nap. Nothing resets the brain quite like turning it off and on again.

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Rough day.

The Laundry Droid's massive lint trap got really clogged, so I spent an hour digging dusty fluff out of the the thing with a long-ass vent brush. My allergies are a mess.

Then I managed to drop the stupid brush into the bottom of the trap.

So the Laundry Droid got to laugh at me while I struggled for another hour using my only other tool on hand (a slightly longer vent brush) to fish it out.

Don't judge me for being unprepared: it was Katie's turn to use the Good Toolbox today.

I took the rest of the day off.

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I thought about Katie being sad when she wasn't the tallest female in the room, so I decided to do something about it.

I'm making her a step stool, like I did for Deej and me on Val'enteen's Day.

Hers will have to be considerably larger, if she is to stand above the Nautolan clones, but that should be easy enough.

Anything to make my girl happy :)