Day 204

Last night was exciting.  A big thunderstorm hit about 2 AM.  The alarm radio went off twice.  Apparently Kyle got 60 mph gusts and quarter size hail.  We just got heavy wind and rain - over an inch.  I didn't have to get out of bed because I'd put the car in the garage before going to bed.

I got up in the morning wondering how to spend the day.  Texas decided that for me when I went out to get the paper.  The storm had wrecked the truck shelter.  One of the support lines had pulled up.  From there on upright pole and two roof poles buckled.  Fortunately the truck wasn't hurt. 

The damage meant a trip to Harbor Freight to get another shelter.  I only needed 6 parts from it to repair the shelter.  It took Ellen and I over an hour to do the repair.  It was definitely a two person job.  It was also hot and muggy while we were doing it.  I was soaked in sweat when I was finished.

I spent part of the afternoon recovering - reading and surfing.  Then I decided to look up suppressors.  There's a famous place in north Austin.  I looked at their website.  It had a recommended list of lawyers.  One has an office on Escarpment.  So I emailed him.  I'm really disappointed in Lee's friend.  The guy never got back to me.  The new guy called me about an hour later (it's Saturday).  He talked to me for about half and hour, answering all of my questions.  I gave him a credit card number and told him to go to work.  In a short time I had an email with the trust and instructions on how to fill it out.  We need a notary public to finish it.  I'm really happy with him.

The email had 8 documents.  It took quite awhile to print it out.  After that I was finished with doing things.  I just sat down and watched a movie.

I played a little Minions all day.  The Earthquake machine component I'm working on will take two days to build.  It requires 18 45minute items that depend on 18 other 45 minute items.  The party I finished yesterday totally changed the game.  I can no longer sell things (they just don't sell), I now have the maximum amount of storage allowed, prices on things in the market place are 3X what they were, and the 4th level Minion gold is now 2 pieces per appearance, not 10.  Progress is going to be a lot slower.