UPDATE!!!
After some consideration, I've decided to ditch the serial port.
I figured if I need one that bad ill put it on an add-on card.
my main issue now is routing the PCB. included below are the files for the ENTIRE project in KICAD.
please, as always feel free to give feedback and point out any oopsie on my part!
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File comment: Kicad 6.0
Tinderbox.zip [9.32 MiB]
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***NOTE: The extra pin headers on the CPU and PROP page ARE intentional, I just couldn't get them to work on another hierarchical page
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Thanks a million to all those who have been helpful as possible whilst putting up with my goofiness and schematic tomfoolery!