Day 1230

We were up at 8:15 for pet stuff and breakfast followed by medicating Devon.  Then I went to the garage to work on the weather vane. 

I put the second coat of paint on the pole.  Then I started making up the brace I decided needed to be added.  That involved a lot of cutting with a hacksaw.  Then I had to fit everything together and carefully mark where to drill holes.  It took quite awhile to get it all planned out.

I decided to use the drill press to drill the holes.  It was a good choice.  Unfortunately the Sears drill press I bought a few months ago turned out to be a piece of shit.  It was expensive.  I managed to drill three holes with it and then the bit jammed.  After I unjammed it the motor wouldn't work anymore.  Crap.  Fortunately I still had the old Harbor Freight press.  I used it to complete the drilling.  It jammed several times, but continued to work.

Part of the way through this process it was time to take Devon to the vet in Round Rock.  It was 35 miles one way.  I took the Loop 1 toll both ways, but cut across on Parmer to avoid the 45 toll.

The vet looked Devon over and decided that he probably had a polyp.  There are two possible procedures depending on what type of polyp it is.  He needs a CAT scan to determine that.  Unfortunately their machine is broken.  We'll have to wait a week to have one done at the south office.

When we got home I went out to finish the brace on the weather vane.  When I was finished I put the tools away, but I still need to clean up the mess made by the cutting and drilling.  Then I did my exercises.

Ellen went to Hog Heaven.  I went back inside and had a shower.  Dinner was a frozen meal.  Ellen called to say that the tire pressure alarm had gone off.  One of the tires has lost quite a bit of air.  I told her to drive home.  When she got there I pumped up the tire.  I had just enough time to do that before leaving for the board meeting.

The board meeting was pretty standard.  Oak wilt may be back.  We're going to send out letters to the people that might be affected.

When I got home it was TV for the rest of the night.