2020-04-07 — Lighter Days

Even’n, folkses. 😊

Happy Tuesday. 😊

Let’s see… Today was a good day! Well, of course it was, right? I mean… every day is a good day: It’s just good in different ways. 😊

(I used to say that regularly…, but it’s been a while since I’ve had the courage to admit that. Life has gotten so challenging, and it seems like I’ve been in the dumps for so long that it’s been hard to hang on to my old standby mottos, like that one, or “bring it on,” or “come what may,” etc. It’s just been so… soul crushing… for sooooooo long, but I’m determined to move past all those painful events, challenging experiences, and to let go of the fight, the anger, the fear, the… all that stuff. I’ve felt for so long like I’ve been underwater, and I need a breath of air and not another wave sending me yet again deep underwater, lungs burning, hoping for respite and sweet… air, but then it’s just another wave. And another, and another, and I’m drowning. That’s how I’ve often felt. But… I’m gonna bust my butt and do the hard work and let go of those things that are holding me down and focus on the fact that every day is a good day. It’s just good in different ways. And I’ll choose to be grateful for everything. And I’ll relax and forget about wanting everything to go right and just accept that whatever happens, as long as I gave my worthy effort, is just fine for today. I’ll bust my butt for a better world and let go of all  my expecations, but I’ll choose to be grateful and happy for everything. One baby step at a time. 😊)

Okay okay, let’s hear you say it.

tangent.

Ahem… A little louder, please.

TANGENT!!!

Thanks. 😊

Anyway, it really has been nice to have things slow down a bit, to not have stressful jobs hanging over my head, to be getting other things done besides my car business work. I got the rocks picked out of the clover that’s all over the yard now and several inches tall (the clover). I got most everything out of the way so my nephew could mow while I was gone for the day.

I had three easy peasy relatively stress free jobs today, and my contract worker did a fourth for me (I did a tire repair, freed some stuck/stripped screws on a motorcycle, and diagnosed the cause of an RV fire and got him back hooked up properly and whatnot. My worker, David, put in a ball joint for me.

I also spent some time hanging out at Miguel’s shop for a while, talking to him, Koven (his partner), and Jose (his employee). It was nice to have a little social interaction outside my own work. 😊

His business is going well, and that’s awesome. He’s been working super hard, and it’s been stressful for him, but it’s starting to come together. Bit by bit.

My sister Heather spent a bunch of time trying to help out my other contract worker who’s going through massive financial issues with the Covid-19 stuff going on. She managed to find a way for them to save boatloads on cell service (they have no service at all right now) and other things as well.

I forgot to stop by his place on my way home to let him know what she found, so I headed back out to let him know, and we chatted for a bit. I learned that his tax refund is coming in shortly, so he’s not gonna need all the helps to stay afloat for now. He should buy enough time with that and with the stimulus money he’ll get to stave off the worst of the financial catastrophes that were staring him and his family in the face.

Anyway, I chatted with Heather for a while, talked to my mom for a while, and found what I hope is a fun Hungarian movie for Heather to watch on Amazon Prime (she speaks Hungarian because she learned to speak it while serving a mission there for the LDS church).

Well, that’s that. Buuuuuut!

GRATITUDE!!! 😊😊😊

1. I’m grateful to my nephew today for mowing the lawn. It was his first time using a riding lawnmower, I think, and he did a wonderul job. It was really nice to have him do that, and it turned into a bit of an impromptu thing because I was just going to remind him how to use the lawnmower before I left for work for the day, but we had trouble getting it started, and I had to jump the starter for it to work. Without me there to start it, he couldn’t turn it off, so he was a trooper and dropped what he was doing in order to mow the lawn right then and there. THANK YOU, MY MAN!!!
2. I’m grateful for lighter days at work, but to be making good money still.
3. I’m grateful for how grass looks and smells after it’s been cut. 😊
4. I’m grateful I was able to find a Hungarian movie for Heather. Warms the heart. 😊
5. I’m grateful that gas is $1.43 a gallon!!! Just filled up a 20 gallon tank for under $30!!! Nice!!!

Well, my lovely people. Smile. Remember that every day is a good day. It’s just good in different ways. I’ll try to take my own advice on that, and here’s a hug from me to you.

jó éjszakát 😊

(don’t ask me how to pronounce that. haven’t a clue).

~ s