Update time! My contract is back on again this month, and goes through mid-October... I should just start making plans for Halloween right now. On the bright side, my goal of animating Daisy is getting closer & closer to happening - currently there are only 3 major items on my to-do list, and her rig is essentially finished!
Something else I'm working on, is a rough 3D model of one of the sets from Disneyland's old America Sings attraction. This may be an unnecessary distraction, but to be honest I've needed a new one lately... the good part is that the attraction's sets were fairly simple - mostly just flat, painted plywood - so this may not be a huge time-sink. Whether I go any further and try to model & rig some of the characters mainly depends on how well Daisy's rig works, and how much time I'll have once this contract is truly finished...