So my soldering station arrived and I'm ready to get to it. I spread everything out on my work surface, checked that the soldring iron works, which it does, and start looking over the schematic developing a game plan.
That's about when I realize that I'm missing several resistors from the kits I ordered. Well that sucks, but maybe I can get something done anyway. Following Marc's advice of generally working from the middle of the PCB out I realize that most of the mising resistors are the ones that belong in the middle of the board.
I'm guessing that this is par for the coarse, and that my frustration is not singular, but still it's damned annoying.
Unfortunately I don't have a Frys near by, or the equivalent. I'd really rather not have to wait on the kit seller to re-ship the parts to me. Does RadioShack carry a decent volume of common resistors?