Day 2194

 I woke up at 7:30, turned over and went back to sleep until a little past 8.  Then it was some game playing before getting up for pet stuff and breakfast.

It was much warmer today and after breakfast I went out to the garage to work on the rifle.  It was depressing.  The rifle is totally trashed.  Even if I do get it completely cleaned up it won't look great.  I used a brass brush on the Dremel to clean off a little rust.  It comes from the screws in the receiver.  Every screw head has been trashed.

After working on the outside of the rifle for a while it occurred to me that all that work is pointless if the rifle no longer works.  It's locked up solid, and the rust on the screws means that it's impossible to get apart.  I gave up on the cosmetics and worked to free up the inside.  I loaded the inside with penetrating oil.  Then I used the heat gun to heat it up and put in more.  I'm going to let it sit and see if it frees up anything tomorrow.  It was encouraging that the hammer loosened up a little while I was applying the oil.

I went back inside and did a little surfing.  I was going to die of boredom if I did that all day, so I decided to go to Costco.  There were a couple of items on sale that we wanted.  The parking lot was crowded, but we got a space up front.  When we checked out there was only one person in front of us in line.  All in all a great Costco stop.

We ate lunch at Fireman's.  I wanted to stop there once more before Burger King ruins them.  We went to the cookie store for dessert.

When we got home I measured the pins on the gate actuator.  Then I went inside and ordered bearings that fit them.  I'm hoping the they will install easily and the gate will open smoother.

That was it for the day.  When I went back inside Ellen was on a chick flick marathon.  I think she spent 8 hours or more watching them.  I surfed and later on watched videos.  Dinner was leftover turkey and mashed potatoes.  It was really good.  The Traeger is great.