So… my computer is still down, but gratefully, when I hooked up my computer to the big-screen TV that’s been sitting in my room unused for who knows how long, I was happy to learn that I’d set my computer to make the second screen the main screen, so my absolutely smashed laptop screen that can’t do…. anything… was completely bypassed, and here I am writing on this massive TV screen a couple feet away from my face with my computer hooked up to it.
Yay! 🙂
Let’s see… started the day late. Every time I woke up, I was like… no… not yet; and by the time I actually got up, it was 11:30 ish. 😶 But I got up, ate breakfast… I think? and then I headed out to work, doing four cars. The first was a diagnosis of 2012 Toyota 4Runner. Turned out to have a bad fuel pump. The second needed an alternator replacement (2005 Toyota Rav4). The third needed a battery (2017 Ram 1500), and the last one… tested fine, but she wanted the alternator replaced anyway (1998 Chevrolet C1500 pickup), so I replaced her alternator and her mostly disintegrated belt. That last one was a little sketchy because whoever replaced the alternator last hemanned down the alternator bolts so tightly that they broke the spacers, stripped the bracket threads (yes, another car with stripped alternator bracket threads), and… an entire mounting bracket was missing. 😶
I’m a huge DIY supporter, but… be sure you have good info to pull from when you DIY. 🙃
So… I did the best I could. Let her know of the issues, and it’ll probably be okay, but… yeah… don’t like leaving cars like that.
After that, I stopped off at the CNG fill station to fill up my van (prices went up. It’s $1.69/gge (gallon of gas equivalent). Was $1.39. Not sure why prices went up so much so fast, but it’s still $1/gallon cheaper than regular gas, and it burns cleaner, so… that’s something.
Anyway, came home and made a little progress on the home front (specifically getting this screen set up so that I can use it with my computer). I also cleaned my filthy room a little bit, and did some laundry).
#1. I’m grateful for my work van. It’s so so so nice to have a vehicle this big to work out of. I have so much space. And I’m even short on space because of all of the CNG stuff that takes up a huge portion of the cargo area, but it’s doing great, and I’m grateful. I just have to keep the tank more than half full, and I’ve been able to do that without much inconvenience since I realized the issue (that I’m assuming is related to a faulty pressure regulator… or something.
#2. I’m grateful to have this TV screen. I know I said that already, but I’m grateful that my computer recognizes it and chooses it as my primary right away. That’s… sooooo nice right now.
#3. I’m grateful that the cars today were relatively easy. None of them gave me major issues, not even the last one.
#4. I’m grateful that I’m learning to not stress over situations that aren’t my fault (like the last job). I just do what I can do. In the past, I’d be so worried they’d be mad at me that I’d spend hours of my time to try and make sure they wouldn’t be mad at me, but that… killed me. Now I just tell people how it is, and I don’t eat it. It just is what it is. I tell them. I let them make the choices they want to make, and it’s done. Less stress. Tons less wasted time. More productivity. More people helped, etc.
#5. I’m grateful that I haven’t been way over the edge for a while. Even with the weather super hot at times, I’ve done well. I’ve been much better at taking care of myself, so that’s a big thing, and I’ve got those migraine pills that I’m still not sure if it’s those or my taking better care of myself or both that has allowed me to be over-the-edge free for a while now.
Well… another day in the books. I’m trying to get my focus back. I’ve been… off for a little while now. Since that relapse that spiraled out of control for several days. I’m making progress, slowly. I want to get back to where I was last spring when I was first starting to write daily, and I was making so much progress and doing so well. I’ve not done really well since. Granted, life has been amazingly challenging for the last year, and given that, I’ve done fairly well, I think, but I want to get back to that place where I feel like I’m making steady growth, instead of this roller coaster I’ve been on for a good while now.
I’m grateful to know who I am, what the core of me is. I just have to let him out–stop being so afraid all the time. But I’m making progress there, too. I guess I shouldn’t say I’m not making steady progress. I am. It’s just that things have been so hard for a good, long time now, that it’s hard to see the progress sometimes.
Well, folks. Hope your good days were filled with peace and light and love.
Loves to all.
Lift the World
~ stephen

Lift the World 
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