I can't say that I'm sad to be leaving August behind. It was a brutally hot August. 🥵 I was talking with a customer yesterday who was from Phoenix, where it's regularly 115° or whatever, and he was like, the heat there has nothing on the heat here. And though we are not completely out … Continue reading 2023-08-31 — Goodbye August 🥵

Eight car work day today. Started super early, getting to my first job way down in Springdale just after 7:00 a.m. First car was a 2016 Chevy Cruze, returning customer, with all sorts of lights popping up on the dash, as well as a badly shaking engine. The code scan revealed misfire on cylinder 2, … Continue reading 2023-08-30 — Last Work Day… Sike!

I know I'm not totally done with working for now, as I have some leftovers, but there are lots of things going through my brain right now as I prepare to transition. The prospect of zero income and only outgo, even though I have saved up a decent amount of money, is not a fun … Continue reading 2023-08-29 — Change Is In the Air

It was only a six car work day, but it netted 12.3 billible hours, so that was good. Reached the goal for the day, and almost enough to make up for what I was short the Friday before. The first car was a 2001 Chevrolet 3500 passenger minibus kind of thing. It was a diesel … Continue reading 2023-08-28 — Lift A Little

Saturday... Wasn't the day off I wanted. 😅 Since one of my customers on Friday said it was too late for me to come back to finish the job that night, I ended up pushing it back to Saturday. I could have pushed it back to Monday, but he said he much preferred Friday, and … Continue reading 2023-08-27 — Try, Try Again

Ah... Frenetic Friday. What might be a stories of the day? Turned out to be only a five-car day, and the first time I haven't reached my billable hours goal in a good while. I mean, I did work 10 plus billable hours, but one of the jobs didn't get finished, so I won't actually … Continue reading 2023-08-25 — Less Frenetic Friday

Like many of the other days, I don't remember much of what happened from the 22nd through the 24th. I struggled a lot. I do remember that. Fighting off negativity and mild depression. I don't think I really got much of anything done. I just felt overwhelmed mostly, drowning with so much pressing down... But, … Continue reading 2023-08-24 — Some Wins, Some Losses

For the life of me, I couldn't tell you what I did on the 19th and the 20th, other than that I'm pretty sure I mowed the lawn on the 20th. 🙃 There's the usual stuff. Poke around the garden a tiny bit with my mom here and there to see what all is out … Continue reading 2023-08-21 — She Blew A Gasket

Whoops! Sorry!!! I keep forgetting to write. I'd even missed a couple of work days. 😬 Of course, work days have been a good bit crazier lately than usual, and having long ago broken my once nearly perfect habit of writing every night before I went to bed, I just seem to keep... slipping. So, … Continue reading 2023-08-18 — Ford Day.

Yes. Yes, I did. Today, I took my revenge. Granted, it needed to be done anyway, but after dealing with some pretty intense pain last night, and with the stings still hurting, though not badly, this morning, I rolled my little butt out of bed, well out of my recliner, that is, and I set … Continue reading 2023-08-17 — Revenge