Day 2242

 I woke up abut 7:30 and played games for about an hour.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was 41 degrees with a 20 mph wind outside.  It wasn't a day to do anything.  I did a little surfing and then decided to start the Ryft.

I got out the tools and the first bag of parts.  I worked through the bag and ended up with three differentials.  I got out the next set and started working on the front axle.  John came over about 10 to go to a estate sale we'd seen.  I put the build on hold and we left.

It was still cold and windy when we got there.  There was a long line of people even though the sale had started 2 hours earlier.  We stood in line for 15 or 20 minutes.  We got cold, and the line didn't move at all.  We decided to leave.  As a note, most of the people in line were wearing masks even though it was cold and the wind was blowing fairly hard.  One lady was carrying a face mask.  Idiots.

We stopped by the post office and the new HEB on the way home.  I also got a couple of pots at Goodwill to boil water in.  When we got home I realized that the fancy stove we have won't heat water in normal post.  Crap.

I went back to working on the Ryft and John went to the apartment.  The Ryft work didn't go well.  I had to build the steering links  I put the first link end on without a problem.  I couldn't get the second one on to save my life.  I even went to the garage to work on it.  Finally I discovered that that end was reverse threaded.  All the links are.  Things went better after that, but I put it away a little later because I was tired and disgusted.

I surfed for a little while and then John and Melissa came over.  John and I watched car auctions while Ellen and Melissa fixed dinner.  I fixed Melissa a mimosa using the wine we bought at Christmas time.

After dinner John and I continued watching auctions.  He left about 8:30.  I turned off the TV and got out the Ryft.  I finished the section I'd quit on.  That means I've finished sections A, B, and C.  There are 7 sections.  The next section is the transmission.  

After that was a little surfing and bed.