Day 239

I decided to go out to the garage this morning and build the 6.5 upper.  Things started out well.  I had a little trouble getting the barrel nut lined up, but that was it.  Then I ran into a problem with the gas block.  The set screws that came with it weren't pointed.  That meant tat I couldn't line it up on the dimple.  So I went off to Lowes.  Ellen stayed home because she was feeling pretty bad.  I told her to monitor her temperature.

The mistake was going to Lowe's.  I had to wait for 3 cycles of the light at Slaughter.  When I got there they didn't have the right size.  Neither did Home Depot (surprise, surprise).  Lucy was acting funny.  At both places she just laid in the back seat when we stopped.  I don't think she wanted to run today.

I finally wised up and went to McCoy's.  They had what I needed (a metric set screw).  I should have gone there first.  It would have been a much shorter trip in both time and distance.  I stopped next door at Sonic for lunch.  I ate outside with the dog.  The carhop gave her a cup filled with doggy cookies.

When I got hoe I continued the build.  I screwed up installing the gas tube pin.  The tube shifted while I was pounding it in.  The pin doesn't go all the way through the gas block, but it seems solid.

The muzzle break I bought needs to be timed.  It doesn't line up well with the crush washer that came with it.  I'm either going to have to buy some shims, or use the breaker bar to tighten it.  I'm not sure I want to put that much torque on the receiver.

When I got finished Ellen was still feeling bad.  I surfed a little and then ate dinner.  After dinner Ellen called the doctor.  The nurse said wait until the temperature was 100.5.  Ellen called again when her temp got over 100.  The nurse said better come in.

So it was off to Emergency.  They stuck us in a room, hooked Ellen up to IV's and a heart monitor, and had us wait for a CT scan.  The results showed no problem with the abscess, but the "almost a doctor" said there were indications of a colon infection.  They are keeping her overnight.  Since tomorrow is Sunday, I bet she doesn't get out of there until Tuesday.  I left after that while she was still in Emergency.  I bet she spends all night there.