Well, the best news of the day is that the junkyard in Oklahoma gave me a full refund for the engine that I bought. I brought it back this morning after a bit of a fight trying to get it loaded into my work van. I was unsuccessful getting it into the work van, which … Continue reading 2022-06-17 — 0 for 2

Once again, I was up super super late, and then I just wake up... earlier than what you'd think my body would need with sleep. I think I went to bed around... 5? And I got up before 10, I think, and I felt fine. I swear I have the weirdest body rhythms. It's been … Continue reading 2022-06-16 — Crossing Fingers

Really rough day. Really struggling. I keep trying to move forward with the significant other area of my life after the mess of the last 12 years, but I can't. It's like it's not in my DNA to be able to move forward without answers. I trusted what I thought was right so much... and … Continue reading 2022-06-15 — Under the Piles

Hola, folkses. 🙂 Happy... Tuesday? I think it's Tuesday. Was up late again... I think? Gosh... it's all flowing together. I seriously thought about taking the day off. I actually made a small effort to do that, having only one job I'd promised for today, but I was so worn out (I think the heat … Continue reading 2022-06-14 — More Than I Thought

Hola, folks! After being up until after five with my internal gas production machine running well past overdrive (sometimes, it felt like I single handedly could reduce energy costs in the US if they'd just tap into my wonderful Apricot goodness. 😬 Feeling much better now, gratefully. No more apricots for me, thank you very … Continue reading 2022-06-13 — Engine Out

So... I ate a whole bunch of tried apricots right before bed... and now... here we are hours later, and my bowels are still quite unhappy with me. ...and heart burn. It's 4:15 a.m. Ugh. 😬 Not the smartest choices. 🙃 Gonna be a hot... at least couple of weeks. Today was brutal. Tomorrow will … Continue reading 2022-06-12 — Too Many Apricots

Another journal entry being dictated as I head home. It's been a really long, frustrating day. The first job went just fine. It was just a bad battery, so I replaced that, and all was great. The next job stood me up, so that was annoying, especially since I'd already done all the quotes and … Continue reading 2022-06-11 — Brake Nightmare

Hola, folks. 🙂 Happy Friday! I was supposed to have my alarm wake me up at 6:30, or something like that, but it never went off. I even had backup alarms set a little later, but... none of them went off, so I slept until like 7:30 or so. I was trying to get up … Continue reading 2022-06-10 — Get Your Motor Runnin’

Life was a lot more straightforward when I solidly believed in God and what I thought I knew about life and eternity and whatnot. It's not so straightforward now. I don't really believe or disbelieve anything that I used to believe, I just have pretty much everything up in the air, and in the midst … Continue reading 2022-06-09 — Pensive

Forgot to publish this last night. Internet went out, so here's what I wrote last night: Hola, folks. Happy... Tuesday? Wait, no, Wednesday! Replaced the alternator in a 2009 Honda Pilot this morning with a good Denso one. Started raining pretty good toward the end, but I had my popup tent thingy, so I set … Continue reading 2022-06-08 — Alternado