Day 3728

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast we got in the car.  We planned to got to the Best Buy by I35 and then take the dog to Circle C.  We got as far as the stop sign.  Ellen found that they no longer had the computer I wanted at the store, or any other in Austin.  We turned around and went home.

 I went for a walk around the property with Abby running around while I did.  I sprinkled lightly a couple of times, but nothing that got me even thinking of stopping.  When I finished I went to the garage to work on the trailer.  Abby stayed with me for a while, but then she got bored and wanted to go back to the house. 

 I started on the top part of the jack.  It's a short piece of tubing with nuts jammed into both ends.  The nuts didn't seat tightly, so I "glued" them in with red lock tight.  We'll see how that works tomorrow.  Then I tried to figure out how long the bottom tube for the jack has to be.  I did a whole lot of calculations and then just tried to work it out using the tubing and the 5mm threaded rod.  I'm just not good at envisioning this type of thing.  I finally worked out what I think it should be.  I'm going to wait until I have the 3mm rod before I cut anything though. 

That effort took until a little after noon.  I went back inside and had a brisket sandwich for lunch.  I'd picked up a FedEx package yesterday, put it on the flat bed, and forgot to bring it in.  When I opened it today it was Ellen's Wells Cargo card.  Mine hasn't showed up.  I'll have to call the bank on Monday.

Then I did some surfing and video watching.  I got a message saying that there was a package at the post office, so we went and got it.  I has the remainder of the parts that I need to complete the trailer.

The videos convinced me that I wanted a mini-Kraton.  I already have the ESC and receiver for it and the motor seems to be usable.  I thought I had a $20 off coupon from Hobby Town.  That's $5 more off than I would have gotten from Amain.  Unfortunately it expires today.  I found that out too late in the day to go there.  Crap.

Ellen fixed gumbo for dinner.  After dinner was a lot more videos.