Yes, variable order, in particular, can have a dramatic impact on size. With just 5 nodes per day, I think this may be hard to make smaller. I got lucky with

Yes, variable order, in particular, can have a dramatic impact on size. With just 5 nodes per day, I think this may be hard to make smaller. I got lucky with not having to reduce this one after I create it. Got a lot of feedback yesterday, but house was without power, so couldn't update post before we left. Will try to get some updates in when I'm back home in a few days. Biggest one is to more clearly label this as a toy problem.