2020-03-31 — Some Days… Ugh.

Remember that whole thing yesterday about sometimes having my vocabulary dumbed down to an average of 4.5 letters per word?

Yeah. 😦

Regression.

Ugh. Today was rough. I spent a good chunk of the day today trying to get the huge job done that’s been getting postponed for weeks and weeks because of problems getting parts. I worked and worked and worked. Then I screwed something up with it. I’m also concerned about another part of the repair not taking like I’d hoped, and I shot the rest of the day because of it and also because my tech messed up the last job I had him scheduled for today. On top of that, I’m concerned about the way my new tech does jobs. I’m a totally by-the-book person. If it says torque to 118, I’m gonna torque. I don’t like mechanic work where the “torque wrench” is just an impact wrench, and bolts are impacted on. Perhaps it’s okay and there’s no harm done. He’s been working on cars for 20 years. Perhaps I’m just naive, and it really doesn’t matter, but I’ve seen too many people screw things up, and there are torque specs for a reason, and they are specific for a reason, no? I don’t know.

What a day.

I feel buried right now. I’ve got a whole ton of people wanting my help, and I’m swamped. I’ve got one customer who needs a job done tomorrow that I don’t know if I can even do because I don’t know if my equipment is working. It’s a huge job as well. I’ve got this massive one still hanging over my head. I’ve got another customer for whom I recently did the entire rear braking system, and it looks like one of the calipers was bad out of the box, so I have to go back and do that job–and it’s waaaaaaaaaaaay out in the middle of nowhere. Super bad timing. And on and on…

Needless to say, I’m stressed. I want space to breathe, and I could easily get it for myself  a few days from now by saying “no” to some jobs, but… I have an employee depending on me for his livelihood, and I haven’t been able to say “no” to people when I should anyway. I just keep saying yes and yes and yes and stressing myself out over it. You’d think I’d learn, but…

I’m a slow learner sometimes.

I didn’t want to write today. It’s almost 10:30, and I still have quotes that I need to get out to customers. But… I was once upon a time able to never miss a day no matter how it went, so… I can do it again.

So… to all of you out there who might be reading, sorry for a less-than-cheerful post.

On the bright side, the weather was beautiful, and I was finally (after three days?) able to get out whatever has been stuck up in my eyeball shredding my eye while I’m sleeping.

That was nice. 🙂

Good night, Neverland. 🙂