Day 2995

 I woke up about 8.  Ellen was already up and feeding the pets.  I got up and she went back to bed while  was brushing my teeth.  I decided to stay up.

I got an email for a HobbyTown coupon.  They didn't have the SCX10 iii kit in stock.  I checked Amain for the hell of it and they now have the kit on sale.  I ordered it and an ESC/motor combo.  I got $30 off with their coupon.

After breakfast I decided to start soldering.  I got 4 of the 12 wires soldered.  Then a suspension link fell off the FCX.  I thought it was a stripped mounting place.  I put blue locktite on it and went searching for a replacement axle.  I couldn't do anymore soldering because I needed to let the locktite set.

When I was cleaning up papers so there was a place to solder I found an add I'd cut out for a dog park.  It's 3 or 4 miles north of the Y.  We decided to take Abby there.  The park is really nice, but it's also really small.  The parking lot is huge though because it serves a church and an amphitheater.  I threw the bumper for Abby in the grassy areas there.

Before we left we drove to the far end.  There was a jogging trail there that wound through the woods.  We let Abby out and walked the trail.  It's at least a mile.  Abby did great again - always checking in and coming when we called.  Ellen is working on whistle training her.  The training is making good progress.

Both Abby and us were tired at the end of the walk.  We stopped for gas and then at Sonic for lunch.  Yo called and I told him to call back at 4:30.  It was just too hard to hear him over the traffic on 71.  After that we went home.

There were three parts for the Defender when we got home.  The first was a new servo.  It works MUCH better than the other one.  There was also a front bumper and some skid plates.  The skid plates went in easy, the bumper was somewhat of a challenge.

Yo called while I was working.  He's back living with Tony.  Tony is being an ass.  Who would have thought.  I let him vent.  I think he's really looking for my permission to throw Tony out, preferably with me taking responsibility for him.  Neither of those are going to happen.  I'd found some phone numbers for Medicare in the papers I'd cleaned up in the morning.  I texted him the numbers.

After that I finished the work on the Defender and then it was dinner time.  Ellen fixed Pad Thai.  When she got it out of the refrigerator she jammed a full glass bottle of juice against the refrigerator door.  When I opened the door it fell on the floor and broke.  I had to postpone dinner while I mopped up the juice and glass with paper towels.  It's amazing how far some of the glass flew.

After dinner was some surfing.  I got bored again and switched to surfing.