I made it into work today, though I was a few minutes late. I KNEW I should have gotten out of bed at 5:30, instead of snuggling under the blankets for that extra half-hour. I expected NASA to be closed, due to all of the snow, but they opened on a delayed schedule. It turned out my little truck made it's way through the snow with no problem. Well, there was one, small, problem. Last night, I noticed my driver's side, rear tire was low, so when I got home from work, I filled it with air. This morning, it was low again, so I filled it with air again, while I shoveled out the drive. I figured I'd take it to the gas station after work, to have it checked for leaks. Unfortunately, the snow just kept coming down, and NASA closed at noon. I was in such a hurry to shoot home (not really, I was shooting to the bar to have lunch and a beer with one of my friends), that I didn't check the tire for air pressure, and just hopped in the truck and drove off. I had no problems for the first mile or so, but then I noticed a definite shimmy, coming from the rear. There was so much snow on the road, that I didn't dare stop, for fear of getting stuck in the middle of the road, with no shovel to dig out with. So I just kept going.....right home. I finally did get stuck, right in front of my house. It turned out that I had a full flat, and by the time I got home, the tire was shredded. The other tire was doing all the work, and it just kept spinning out on the ice, as I tried to turn into my drive. As luck would have it, a couple of North Olmsted snow plows came down the street, and their drivers stopped to help push my truck into the drive. I was able to swap the bad tire for the spare, and luckily for me, the rim wasn't damaged (crosses-fingers) due to the amount of cushioning snow on the road. So for $135 bucks, I got a new tire put on, and I'm ready for work again tomorrow.
Good little truck! Junior has really gotten the hang of wiping the molten lead onto these solder-tight terminators. He'll do a few more, to really let the feel sink in, then I'm hoping that I'll get to do a few. We've got 12 left to do.
I spent Monday freezing my tail off, testing the cables. Junior was right with me the whole time, but while I tested, he worked on cleaning up the area, and getting us ready to move down to the next set of 6 terminations. The day started in single digits, but got up to a whopping 18 degrees that afternoon.
