Day 131

I did more work on the control panel before the doctor.  I finished connecting all of the power switches to the direction switches.  That puts me at a decision point.  I can't do any more until I decide how I'm going to connect all of the remaining wires to some kind of external connection.  There are 40 switch control wires, 11 siding wires, and 14 block power wires that have to be connected to the layout.  There's also 4 wires that control the round table.  That's a lot of connections.  It also means I still have 69 connections to solder.

After the doctor I went to get a haircut.  Ellen stayed in the car with the dog.  The haircut was kind of normal for here - a little too short, but not bad.  There was a pizza/pasta place next door that wasn't there last time we were there.  We stopped in.  They have really good pizza and inexpensive beer.

After that it was a stop at the post office and then on to Dripping Springs to vote.  I stopped at the gun store on 290 along the way.  It's much changed from when we first went there.  They have a really good selection, and an amazing selection of powder.  I decided to buy a M&P there, chiefly to support them.

We stopped at Tractor Supply after voting to get some bird seed.  Then we took the dog to the park behind HEB.  She did 17 long retrieves before she called it quits.  That's pretty good considering it was in the high 70's and sunny.

When we got home I put the bird seed in the cans and took out the recycling and garbage.  After that it was reading, surfing, and Minions until dinner time.  Ellen spent the whole afternoon and evening watching her detective and fantasy shows.  I didn't object because anything that makes her feel good it OK right now.  I read and played Minions.  I made a big tactical error that I'm trying to recover from.  It will probably take me all of tomorrow to do so.