2021-09-03 — Heather, Hans, and Half Day

Couldn’t sleep much last night. Brain going 90 miles an hour thinking about all the business stuff.

Got maybe 3 hours of sleep. The weird issue with my throat got about 50 times worse today. Don’t know if I’ve even mentioned it.

Starting maybe a couple months ago? if I swallowed a drink of water a certain way? it would feel like I was trying to swallow part of my throat. Like a fixed part of my throat would move and try to go down, but would sort of clunk and go back up, and I think it would hurt a little.

Then I started getting a sore throat, mostly at night. But it was like a damaged throat problem not a sick throat problem.

Today it got worse, and I also noticed my Adam’s apple is sore to the touch in a few places even with just barely touching it, like stroking a frog’s chin… Even that soft, it hurt, and *boy* did it aggravate the pain doing that. Left me feeling like I had strep really badly, but like physical damage, not raw throat.

I’m gonna go to the urgent care tomorrow. Will try some peppermint oil if I can find it.

First job stood me up yesterday, and then got super mad with me that I was 12 minutes late this morning and ghosted me after I got there.

Nice.

I’d left much earlier then normal so that I could get done earlier, so I could spend time with Heather and Hans who got into town last night. So it was a little annoying that he wasted my time 2 days in a row, but at the same time it made the day go a tad bit quicker, all that would have been really quick easy money.

Second job was a brake job, front pads and rear pads and rotors. Had a few hiccups that made it take a lot longer than it should have, but I got it done and headed to lunch with Heather, Hans, and mom.

Great to see them. Sad we live so far apart. Would be really cool to be close.

They’re moving, and likely closer, but still really far away from here.

I’m… wondering if it’s time for me to be on the move as well. I’m starting to consider it more. I’d probably travel around the world a bit… just… living life and trying to brighten eyes and lift hearts wherever I go.

I’m working hard on getting my taxes done. Then… I’m out. And I’ll be on… to change the world.

Went to a store with everyone after lunch. Then we were going to meet at another store, but I had a homeless customer of mine call stranded again, so I swung by quickly and got her car started. I thought I’d solved it. Got it started, and it was fine even I left, but I guess it died 20 minutes later.

I gave it a go, but with family in town, I already went to help when I said I couldn’t, and though it might feel harsh to leave someone in that situation…I can’t fix the whole world all the time.

Mowed half of the trails–east rim side. Had dinner with everyone, and now I’m here. Gonna take tomorrow mostly off. I think I cleared my schedule if all but one that was promised a week ago.

Bed time. Trying not to think about the business stuff right now. Easy to get riled up and discouraged.

Trying to focus on family and positive forward thinking.

Good night, all.

Lift the World

~ stephen