(written on the 9th)
Struggling a bit still.
Normal, I guess.
My spine issues are just constant, and it just takes such a toll on my psyche.
I dread going to bed every night because I know I’m just going to toss and turn, every position causing some issue or another. Trying to fall asleep while in pain and/or discomfort. Waking and readjusting myself.
I tried to spend a decent chunk of the day being productive. I still haven’t done much work at all for JustAnswer this week. I need to do that tomorrow, or I might get bumped down again. 😕
I think I’ve only answered three questions this week, and only those because they were returning customers, and I didn’t want them waiting for help.
I got my Mom’s key fob to work that had stopped working. I got her printer working that had stopped working remotely. I got her USB port on her computer working again.
There wasn’t really anything that I could point to that I did that actually fixed anything. It took my mom’s key fob apart, bent a little prong that looked like it was slightly bent, but didn’t do anything that I would have expected would have actually made a difference, but it started working again just fine after having taken it apart.
🤷
Similar story with the mouse on her computer. Her mouse wasn’t working after she dropped it, I got two batteries from her, gave it a little smack on the end, and it started working just fine again. 🙃
Then I put her little USB mouse dealie in her laptop and it started working just fine, which was a double miracle because that USB port hasn’t worked on her computer for who knows how long. 🙃
Finally, I uninstalled and reinstalled her printer stuff, and that fixed everything. The funny thing is she’s done that before, and it hasn’t fixed it.
It’s sort of a running joke at this point that all I have to do is touch something that is broken or not working of hers, and it starts working again.
🙃
Wish I could do that to my spine. 😅
Started going through bins of my stuff in the basement of my mom’s house to thin out and get moving on stuff so that I’m not leaving stuff in her basement, both taking up space that she could be putting her stuff in, and not wanting to leave it out east when I am living out west.
Spent most of the day on that.
Well, actually probably most of the time on the phone watching YouTube videos, but… As far as the productive time of the day, that’s what I was doing.
Also spent some time looking for places to live out west. Everything is just… so expensive. So so expensive.
Everywhere. Even in podunk little towns because now that so many of us can get online jobs and work anywhere, everywhere has become a place to live, so parity seems to be a thing… at least out west.
Small Midwestern towns are still pretty darn cheap, but… Then there’s that… climate issue. 😅
Anyway, I’m working on pulling the trigger to get rid of things that need to be gotten rid of in order to simplify and reduce.
Oh! As of today, I have filled out all the paperwork, paid all the fees, and scheduled the ultimate demise of my auto repair business.
My last legal day of existence as a business will be December 31st.
But for all intents and purposes, it’s already shut down. I hired myself out to JustAnswer as my company and not just as me, but that’ll change in January as well.
I let my one accountant no. Still need to tell my other one.
I need to find a pool.
Sorry, non sequitur.
My spine is kicking my butt right now, and I think a pool might be the only place where I might be able to get relief.
Did I mention that I finally bought my plane ticket for Alaska? I’ll be heading out there in January for the wedding, and my buddy asked me to be one of his groomsmen, so I need to get myself a light gray suit. He’s talking about renting me one, having me go down to the local place here to get measured and then rent one and have it shipped to Alaska.
That sounds… expensive.
So I’m going to try and see if I can keep the cost down somehow.
I’m… tired.
Lift the world.
~ stephen
Lift the World 