Day 2187

 Last night was uncomfortable.  I had to sleep mainly on my back because of the sleep study apparatus.  The tube in my nose kept waking me up every time I moved.  I have to do it again tonight.

I woke up a little after 8 and played games for about an hour.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast I tackled a group of 6 small tasks that needed doing.  Things like replacing a temperature sensor battery and improving the trailer hatch lock.  I was feeling good having done all that when .....

Ellen came in.  She'd opened the safe in the guest apartment.  She said all of the guns were rusty.  FUCK.  I went outside to look.  There had definitely been water in the safe.  I started to survey the damage.  Of the many pistols, five had significant damage.  The Astra Sig clone is a complete loss.  It can probably be made to shoot, but it looks like crap.  The one that hurt the most is one of the Colt clones.  It doesn't have much damage, but what it has has completely ruined its value.

The long guns were a lot worse.  One model 97 was significantly damaged.  About half the other guns have at least a little noticeable cosmetic damage.  The worst gun by far was the Legendary Lawmen commemorative.  It's now a significantly damaged shooter if it can be made to shoot at all.

I only tried to make three guns operation.  The first was a Savage .17.  I worked forever to get it to function.  It's working fine now though.  The second was Ellen's 20 ga. sxs.  It mainly works and I suspect by tomorrow it will be fine.  The third was a Marlin lever action.  It's locked open right now and I have no idea why.  I'm hoping the penetrating oil will loosen it up by tomorrow.

I still have a lot of work to do.  I'm going to be cleaning 25 barrels or so.  I also need to make sure that all of those guns still operate.  FUCK.

Ellen worked beside me on all of this, which was great. We worked until after 6.  She's got a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning.  We'll go to that and then start work on the guns again.

We took showers when we were done and threw our gun oil stained clothes in the wash.  We wpent what was left of the evening watching TV.

Today definitely sucked.