Day 162

I'm pissed. I lost an auction tonight in the last 4 seconds. I submitted a bid with 10 seconds to go, and someone rebid with 6 seconds to go. Damn.

I took Ellen to the airport this morning. Traffic was just as bad as I thought it would be. I did learn a couple of things about how to negotiate the traffic. I also learned that we don't want to leave any later than 7.

I stopped at the Waffle House on the way back. It must have taken 15 or 20 minutes to get there. When I was finished I checked the traffic and found that I35 was clogged all the way to downtown. It turns out that the road the Waffle house is on goes all the way up to 19th roughly paralleling I35. 19th is where the football stadium is. So I went that way. There were some lights, but not much traffic. It sure beat sitting on I35.

I drove up to Fry's and got a soldering iron tip, some wire, and a couple of other things. Then I went to Harbor Freight and got a couple of tools. On the way home I stopped to run the dog. It wasn't hot, but she only did three retrieves before she quit.

When I got home I did train stuff. I made up an experimental retaining wall and some rocks. We'll see how they came out tomorrow. I also soldered some lead wires. The new soldering tip makes it pretty easy. Now I have to decide exactly how many of these I'm going to do.