Day 3682

 I woke up at 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Then it was time to leave for Ellen's doctor appointment.

Loop 1 was backed up from a little past William Cannon almost to the river.  It wasn't terrible though.  We got to the office just in time.  Abby and I sat in the car while Ellen went inside.  When she was done I decided to drive to Hobby Town.  We were already there.

We had fun at the store.  I picked up some paint for the Corvair.  Ellen got some pin striping tape and a present for her sister (Christmas or birthday).  We stopped at the post office on the way home to pick up an Aliexpress package.  I also dropped off my ring at the jewelry store to be repaired.  They'll send me an estimate in a few days.  The last stops were Circle C and HEB.  Abby had a good time at the park.  It was 55 degrees and she met a coupe of GSP's.  Unfortunately it was at the end of our walk and she was a little tired.

We had lunch went we got home.  After that I went through my closet and discarded some things that I won't wear any more.  I also found some good things that I'd forgotten I had.  With that done I started to work on the Mecrob Spider.

I finished putting parts on it.  Then I tightened up some parts that had come loose.  Finally I posed it the way the instructions said to.  I thought I was finished.  Hah.  There was a box B.  It had about the same number of parts as box X.  It basically contains the head.  The assembly is a bunch of small parts.  Some of it is really difficult to put together physically.  I managed to get through 13 of the 29 steps.  It's going to be neat though.  The "eyes" are three battery powered lights.

Finally I went through the stuff from China and put it away.  I now have everything that I need to build five kits: Audi, Dirt Cross, CAPO, Opel, and Corvair.  I'll probably be building the Opel this weekend.  The temperature on Saturday and Sunday isn't supposed to get above freezing.

Ellen fixed baked potatoes with brisket.  It was good.  The potatoes were from Amazon along with the Caesar salad that we added. 

After dinner I did a little more organizing of RC parts.  That led to a long Aliexpress shopping session.  I didn't buy anything this time though.