I don't really have much to say today. I know, I know. Normally verbose Stephen is at a loss? Yup. Maybe I'll come up with something as I go. For the moment, though... I spent the first half of the day alternately down for no apparent reason or angry/frustrated at the taxes I have to … Continue reading 2020-05-30 — Meh

So yesterday, I mentioned that I'd started my work boundaries list but hadn't actually started following anything on it. Well... I did follow at least one of them today, and it started before I went to bed last night--No phone calls during sleeping hours. As I was lying down to go to bed last night, … Continue reading 2020-05-29 — Wait, It’s *How* Much?!?!

Let me start off by saying, "Hey, I'm making progress." I mean, I did start making a list of work boundaries today. I didn't apply any of them... but I did start making them. 🙃 And I didn't get a mouth full of pee today. Doesn't that all count for something? 😊 Just because I … Continue reading 2020-05-28 — I’m So Bad At This 🙃

That moment when... in the dark... driving home from your last job... you're almost home... you reach for your water bottle because you know you're about to go on your 28-minute run, and you need to hydrate a bit more before you go to take proper care of your body... when... suddenly... just a split-second … Continue reading 2020-05-27 — Well… That Wasn’t My Water

But I didn't eat it!!! Did I getcha? 😎 No, I bought ice cream bars for the peeps at the Bentonville Autozone today. They've been super awesome to me lately--lots of job referrals, and that's been nice. It was a tradition last summer at the Rogers store that, at the end of the day, I'd … Continue reading 2020-05-26 — I Bought Sugar Today…

Happy Monday, me peeps! 😊 Something doesn't quite feel right. It's 10:43 a.m., not 1:30 a.m., and I've already gone for my nightly run instead of still needing to go out! 🙃 We're currently on tornado watch, so my venturing out far away from home on the run got nixed, so about half the run … Continue reading 2020-05-25 — Slow and Steady

Hiya, Peeps! Happy end of regular weekend and beginning of long weekend (for all who are taking the day off tomorrow. I... am not)! Are you surprised? I didn't even take today off, really (Not that I really ever do. I take calls and make schedules on Sundays, so my mechanic and I have work … Continue reading 2020-05-24 — Cross Your Fingers

It's 1:43 a.m. I'm just now leaving the last job of the day. I spent 4 hours trying to swap the starter out of a 1992 Nissan Pathfinder. First, I had to diagnose the issue. Then the first starter I got was bad out of the box, so we had to get a second one. … Continue reading 2020-05-23 — Bad Parts

I finally got to bed around 3 o'clock this morning after coming upon a hopeful solution to my cell phone case problem. I found a web site that would let me search cell phone dimensions as part of my filtering criteria, so I started searching for phones that were roughly the same size, in the … Continue reading 2020-05-22 — Old Fears

Well, not quite lollygagging, but I said no to working too hard today. 😇 I put my phone on vibrate last night, ignored the first two calls, and stayed in bed until 8 something, I think. 😴 I didn't go out on my first job until about 11, bringing my nephew with me for the … Continue reading 2020-05-21 — Lollygagging