Day 2992

 I woke up at 7 and couldn't go back to sleep.  I played games for about an hour and then got up for breakfast.  Ellen got up a little earlier.  I thought she was coming back to bed, but she got up instead.

After breakfast and a little surfing I went out to the garage.  I finished painting the bridge obstacle.  Then I went back to work on the flex obstacle.  I installed the first 6 boards on the top of the triangles, two per triangle.  That involved cutting the boards, finding the right screws, and pilot holes to avoid splitting the wood.

When that was done I started installing the rest of the boards.  That's when the trouble started.  It just l wasn't going to work with the nail gun.  The nails didn't hold or they split the wood, or both.  I finally decided to go buy some screws to use instead.  I didn't help that the tablet wouldn't work in the garage, so I couldn't reference the YouTube video.

I decided to cut some large "dowels", actually pieces of closet rod, to add more difficulty to the bridge obstacle.  They should work out well, but I needed some angle braces.  I went back to the house and reviewed the flex obstacle video.  It turns out I was using the nail gun incorrectly, so hopefully no screws will be necessary.

Ellen had gone to archery, so I loaded Abby into the truck and we went to ACE.  I got what I needed including some more 3/16 dowels.  Then I took Abby to Tomlinson's and bought her a duck foot.  That's the last time for one of those.  She didn't eat it in the truck, and when she got home she played with it for a long time before eating it.

When I got home I fixed lunch.  After that I was too disgusted to work on obstacles any more.  I took Abby for a walk through the woods instead.  She went zooming all over as I walked.  She always came back to check every couple of minutes though.  I only had to call her once.  I cut a couple of dead branches for future obstacles while we walked.

I did a little surfing after the walk.  Ellen came home and I continued surfing.  The electronics I'd ordered from Amain came just before Grant called at 4.  He and Ellen spent about an hour setting up the investment reporting app.  Ellen missed a couple of things, so there will need to be another short session.  I just watched.

When the call was finished I started to install the electronics on the Traaxas.  I got the motor installed.  I couldn't install the ESC and receiver because I'm going to have to do a little work with the Dremel.  I started watching videos.  Ellen fixed sausage and hash browns for dinner.  After dinner it was more videos.