Today the parts I worked on allowed too much time in my head. Never good. I needed to put down the shovel. So I picked up a spoon and had the Espresso Chip frozen custard (double scoop).

Lathe is out of alignment. I get tapered parts. Wider the further from the head stock. About a .001 per inch from the head. The lathe should hold better than that. Boss knows. Just have to get time to correct it. One of the parts I was working on had a tolerance of 0.0005 in three inches. This must be measured with a 0-1 inch micrometer that will measure ten thousandths of an inch. I have such a micrometer (Thanks Dad. I have his tools) The other guys in the machine shop do as well but the receiving guys... eh... not so much. Yeah... if they wanted to try for an ISO 9000 qualification there would be a huge amount of work needed first.

To be honest everyone. I'm still scared about a future without her. I don't know how I will react if the judge grants this. I'm pretty sure I was (still am?) depressed about my parents. Loosing her this way is magnitudes worse. Like logarithmic scale worse. Yeah... not helpful, counter productive.

H (me) 56 ; W 54 ; M 32 ; D 32 ; D 30 ; S 21 ; Grandkids: 12, 11, 10, 8, 1