2020-06-16 — Didn’t Miss A Beat

Hola, peeps! 😊

Happy Tuesday. 😁

Guess what? I think I’m three straight days, not just with no premeditated cursing, but none period. That’s pretty good, if I do say so myself, given some of the things that have happened over the last few days (my gloomy, discouraging Sunday, T-Mobile’s face palm yesterday, and the last starter job of the evening [had to remove the whole exhaust system to get the starter out, making the 1.5-hour job take nearly 4 hours on a back road in Farmington, AR with the road chewing my back into ribbons]).

So… I think that’s pretty awesome (the no cursing progress). 😊

Not only that, but today showed that there was no need for me to be concerned about the workload this week. Though we lost who knows how many jobs yesterday with T-Mobile down, today was swarming with people and calls. We did 8 cars today. My tech did 3 (one really big one), and I did 5 (mostly smaller jobs), and in addition to those 8, we’ve got another… I think 8-10 more on the schedule for tomorrow already. We’ve even got a few for Friday and one for Saturday already, so we’re back to being super busy. And things could get crazy, depending on how tomorrow goes (waiting to hear back on one bigger job [he’s price shopping]).

You know, I didn’t get home until after 10 tonight, nearly 11, but I did make some progress today in saying “no.” I told people I didn’t have time, that we were booked up, and that it would have to be tomorrow, and I actually didn’t lose too many jobs because of that today. Most people went ahead and scheduled for tomorrow, so that was great. So, though it seems like a step back because of the hour, it was actually a step forward. The last job I did was actually supposed to be David’s, but there were some complications, so I ended up doing it. There would have been one more for me, a begging woman that I relented on, but that job got bumped to tomorrow anyway, despite my relenting earlier, because I didn’t get done with that crazy starter job until after 10, I think it was.

Anyway, so… progress: No cursing and more effective job scheduling with customers. Lots of good stuff there. 😊

Unfortunately with the good comes a little bit of not as good. I hammered my body today, not eating or drinking enough. I tried. I drank over a gallon of water, but it still wasn’t enough in the hot summer heat. I only had a couple of cans of Spaghetti-o’s, so that was just straight neglect, there. I was fine until that last job, but that one kicked my but hardcore. I should have stopped to eat first.

My dehydration and lack of nutrition were bad enough that I am substituting today’s run for Saturday (I did go out last night after all, so I’m still able to defer until then). Let’s see… after I got home, I ate a bowl of granola and plain yogurt and a pound of strawberries (yes, I’m tempting fate. Apparently, my mom is allergic to strawberries and gets a rash on the inside of her elbows when she eats them. I ate two pounds of them the other day and ended up with a nasty rash on the inside of my elbows, so I’m thinking… genetics bites again. We’ll see. I ate one pound today, so I’ll be on the lookout to see how it affects me.

Drove all over creation today. Out by Beaver Lake (front-end diagnosis), then up into Seligman, MO (no start diagnosis that turned into my inaugural use of my battery charger and replacing an alternator in a 97 Lexus LS400). Then Rogers (2007 Hyundai Entourage overheating because of cracked radiator), then Springdale (belt replacement), then Farmington (no start diagnosis, starter replacement), then home (dinner, journal, bed).

Mucho drivingo.

But I got a good bit done today, and it was a very good money day. Yesterday was even a decent money day, even with being a short day.

Well… it’s nearly 12:30, and It’s gonna be a busy day tomorrow, so I’d better settle off to bed.

#1. I’m grateful that I was able to finish the belt job in Springdale just as the clouds split and the storm came gushing down.

#2. I’m grateful that the rain was ended by the time I got to the starter job in Farmington. It was already a nasty nasty job, so all the nicer that it was dry.

#3. I’m grateful to have a full cupboard/pantry again. Nice to have the various food options.

#4. I’m grateful it was a really good money day today.

#5. I’m grateful that what seemed like it might be a come-back job was actually a different problem, and we were able to get them squared away quite quickly (I arranging things on the phone, and my tech getting it all taken care of rather easily).

Well, my peeps. I’m gonna go to bed now. I’m wiped.

Lift the World.

~ stephen