Released From Sickbay

I spent the weekend sick. Not really bad sick, but sick nonetheless. A lot of the time was spent prepping my son's Pinewood Derby car for Cub Scouts. He used the band saw to cut the block and still has 10 fingers! I hacksawed some steel bar stock to use as weights, and he helped file the ends to smoothness. I've been trying to follow some of the tips on some of the "how to win at Pinewood Derby" websites. We're now up to needing to paint. I'm trying to decide if adding another weight will be useful or a waste of time. Last year, to get to maximum weight, I put about 15 screws into the bottom. I'd prefer to use fewer this year, but have had to do a lot of work machining weights.

Meanwhile, on the training front, I blew off Sat and Sun using illness as the excuse. I have to say excuse as I could have gotten out there - it was cold AND windy and frankly, I wimped out. I need a drill sergeant chewing my ear off - No exuse, Sir! I'm feeling better today, but will probably do the mill thing tonight.