Well, it's 1:50 a.m. I would have been home probably an hour and a half ago had I not had to deal with more poorly-manufactured parts. I spend probably an hour and a half or two hours trying to modify the new radiator and the old fan on this last job to get them to … Continue reading 2021-08-24 — ‘Nother Dragger Down, ‘Nother IdeaPad

Been rough. Back to being extremely quick to anger. Wasting my life on TV. Discouraged. Broken. One car today. A million people who want help. At least I did that one. Another old one down. They've been waiting since my 4:30 a.m. return day with Cory over a week ago. Done now, though. Ugh. Life. … Continue reading 2021-08-23 — Another Down

All day in my room. If there's a bright side, it's a little cleaner. Hopefully, that's something. Body feeling mostly better. Next days are going to be miserable weather wise. Not... looking forward to it. Very hot. Oh well. Good night. Lift the World. ~ stephen

Exhausted. Haven't even gone out today. Not feeling well. Throat has been a little sore for a week ish now. Not bad, but I am straight up exhausted. Exhausted. Eyes closing. Only 7 p.m. Good night. Lift the World. ~ stephen

Was just plain worn out today. Just couldn't get going. Was out most of the day, but I only did one job. I'm still worn out. Quasi fixed the lawn mower. Mowed the longest of the grass in the yard. Hot and muggy. Tired. Busy day tomorrow. Hoping to get the last of the cars … Continue reading 2021-08-20 — Beat

Man, I've been tired lately. 😴 You'd think I work a lot or something. Yup, I'm ready to fall over after another long day. Working on tax stuff right now after getting home around 9:30 ish? Time is flying so quickly. August is 2/3rds over, and I already find myself thinking about working on cars … Continue reading 2021-08-19 — Um… That Shouldn’t Be Like That

Eyes are closing again. Smoother day today, gratefully. 7ish cars. First one... weird no start, no communication with the computer. Was lucky on that one. Did a bunch of testing, thought I wasn't going to figure anything out, but all of the sudden, boom, I jumped a relay (one that I already knew was working), … Continue reading 2021-08-18 — Learning, Bit by Bit

Feel like I've slid 100 miles. Was back to angry and frustrated today--patience being an almost unknown quality. I'm struggling. A lot. Things why sideways again and again today, and I had nothing left in the tank and just... tantrummed. Multiple times. Again and again and again. 😕 I'm realizing I'm not who I hoped … Continue reading 2021-08-17 — Ugh

Didn't really do much in the way of work for my business today. Got up. Ate breakfast, and then helped Cory with his Suburban a little bit. He was having issues with the ignition lock cylinder, the seemingly ubiquitous problem with general motors vehicles.. so many of them seem to have key cylinder lock issues. … Continue reading 2021-08-16 — Goodbye Cory

It wasn't the number of cars fixed in a week. It wasn't the amount of money made in a day. It wasn't the number of days free from TV. No... it was ticks! My record for the largest number of ticks pulled off of me in a single day is, I believe, 53. Dwarfed. Shattered. … Continue reading 2021-08-15 — Shattered Record