Hi Salman!
I hope you're having a wonderful trip and enjoying some fantastic family time. I'm having just a tad of breakthrough today, as I think I've begun to finally, FINALLY, get a bit of shade in my downstrokes. Of course, it's at the expense of some letter spacing and consistency, and woefully missing the baseline at times, but I'm still giddy with excitement having made a big leap into SHADE! I can really see some improvement in that much-needed area. Until now, my letterforms have been so thin, weak and spindly. I'm okay with losing a bit of consistency in other areas, as I know it will return once I'm not concentrating so hard on making shade.
And speaking of "shade," I'm a bit miffed that the slang phrase "throwing shade" is usurping our calligraphic definition in social media. Hah! Even if we don't "Throw" it.
'Tis the Season to be Jolly -- and I'm having a jolly good time in Group3, and though VERY challenging, it's new and exciting! I can see why you "threw shade" by saying Group 3 "is where the fun begins." And we thought Group 1 and 2 were challenging! This really is a whole new ballgame. No home runs for me yet, but I'm happy to be sliding into first base.