Miscellaneous Update
This morning was the end of my fabulous 2-week Valentine’s vacation. Dobie and I returned from Pittsburgh early this morning, and he unfortunately had to turn right around to get back to Florida ASAP due to a scheduling oversight, but the trip was fun, and I kinda miss him already.
Today was also the first I’ve driven the Rover since before we left for PA on Wednesday, and I’m rather disappointed. While in PA, I received a phone call from my mom that she picked up the truck from our local mechanic (we let them put in a new alternator for a tiny fraction of what the dealership wanted for it), and the guy working on it had repaired the frozen transfer case linkage. So, I was quite eager to see if it was indeed working properly. Big suprise, it’s not. He did clean and lube one of the transfer case linkages, but he did the wrong one. There are two, one that moves front to back to select low & high gear, and one that moves side to side to select all-wheel drive or lock in the differentials for 4-wheel drive. The two move independantly, and he seems to have overlooked the side-to-side linkage (or he did a really crappy job of cleaning it and it rusted up again while sitting still for a week). So, I’ll go tomorrow to figure out what happened.
I did some decorating in the house here, put up some amateur radio posters that Dobie gave me, things like band plans, grid maps, callsign prefixes by country, etc. I also got my license framed & mounted finally. I might be able to get my first radio before Megaplex too, a Kenwood HT. I just need to get the guy who’s allegedly selling it to respond to my messages. Speaking of which…
My federal tax refund was deposited this weekend, so the veil of uncertainty surrounding my trip down there has been lifted, and I will definitely be going down for the con. Woohoo! I missed pre-reg, but I’ll be there, and that’s the important thing.
And, last but not least, Dobie and I mounted some amber LED flashers in my Integra, and they are uber-cool. I’m working on getting Amateur Radio callsign plates on the car too, I need to ask the DMV about a couple details on that. I’m getting tired of my current plates on it, and while the “Scenic - Mountain to Seashore” plates are much prettier than the Amateur Radio plates, I want something unique 
I think that’s about all I have to say for now, time for bed
