Day 1562

We woke up about 7 and played games until the alarm went off at 7:30.  Then it was pet stuff and leave for Dripping Springs.  I had to fill up the Audi's tire before we could leave.  It had lost 15 psi over night.

It seemed we had to stop at every stop light until we got to Dripping Springs.  Then it was smooth sailing to Malone Diesel.  When I got there I asked if they fixed tires.  They said they did so I told them to fix the Audi's tire.  Unfortunately they came back to say it was a nail i the sidewall.  So I had them order a tire.  They thought it would be in in the afternoon.

They put the spare on the Audi, so we went to breakfast in Dripping Springs.  About the time we finished they called and said that the truck already has a pre-turbo EGT.  That's a first for GM.  So they didn't install the probe.  Instead we took the Audi back and took the truck.

We went to the post office because we didn't have anything else to do.  Then we went home.  I went out to the garage and finished painting the new kitchen shelf.  Then I started searching through the foot locker to find an antenna connection for the new kitchen radio.  That turned into a massive cleanup.  I took everything out of the locker.  I sorted out the duplicates, obsolete stuff, and the stuff I'll never use.  When I was done I'd put about half the contents in a big garbage bag for Goodwill.  I did find some things that should allow me to connect the antenna.

By then it was after 1.  I went in to have lunch.  I made a ham sandwich.  All three animals like ham, so I have to play referee when I hand out their tributes.  After that it was time to put the hitch in the truck.  Putting it in was actually pretty easy.  The worst part was squeezing through the half open truck door when the truck was backed all the way into the garage.

The bad part was the new hitch is at least 5 inches too high.  I'm going to see if I can raise the pin box, but that won't completely correct the problem.  I'll probably end up getting a Pullrite when it finally comes out.

I cleaned up the garage and put away everything.  That was the end of work for the day.  I surfed until a little before 5.  I called Malone Diesel.  They didn't get the tire.  They said they thought it would be in in the morning.  I hope so.

Dinner was a HEB salad.  After dinner was surfing and TV.