Hiya, Peeps! Happy end of regular weekend and beginning of long weekend (for all who are taking the day off tomorrow. I... am not)! Are you surprised? I didn't even take today off, really (Not that I really ever do. I take calls and make schedules on Sundays, so my mechanic and I have work … Continue reading 2020-05-24 — Cross Your Fingers

It's 1:43 a.m. I'm just now leaving the last job of the day. I spent 4 hours trying to swap the starter out of a 1992 Nissan Pathfinder. First, I had to diagnose the issue. Then the first starter I got was bad out of the box, so we had to get a second one. … Continue reading 2020-05-23 — Bad Parts

I finally got to bed around 3 o'clock this morning after coming upon a hopeful solution to my cell phone case problem. I found a web site that would let me search cell phone dimensions as part of my filtering criteria, so I started searching for phones that were roughly the same size, in the … Continue reading 2020-05-22 — Old Fears

Well, not quite lollygagging, but I said no to working too hard today. 😇 I put my phone on vibrate last night, ignored the first two calls, and stayed in bed until 8 something, I think. 😴 I didn't go out on my first job until about 11, bringing my nephew with me for the … Continue reading 2020-05-21 — Lollygagging

Hiya, folks. 🙂 I think the plain truth is that I’m not quite ready to do that morning meditation thing yet. Not that it’s not super super super important… It may well turn out to be one of the most important things I ever get in the habit of doing. However, there are some other … Continue reading 2020-05-20 — Easing Up On the Throttle

Today I reached the end of my rope ...and then just fell off. I ended up having pretty much a complete and total meltdown during my last job. It's 12:54 a.m., and I just finished it, and it was an absolute nightmare. I'm dictating on the drive home--again Intellectually, I understand that it's all good … Continue reading 2020-05-19 — Meltdown

Hi, my lovely peeps, Happy Monday 🤗 I just came back in from an 18-minute run because, well, I'm up to 18 minutes on my daily exercise, and I didn't exercise this morning, so I did just now--coming through by the skin of my teeth before the end of the day. 😁 I swear my … Continue reading 2020-05-18 — Skin of My Teeth

I don't know what it is, but I've just felt down today. Not quite full blown depression, but like a depressive cloud is hanging around me or a depressive weight pushing down on me. It's weird. I'm not sure when it started. I haven't felt it all day. But it really is heavy--sapping my spirits … Continue reading 2020-05-17 — Well, Stephen. What do we have here?

Some people will say that I am what I do (a type of "actions speak louder than words" argument). I agree, to a point, but I believe stopping there leaves the story incomplete and opens the door to sweeping generalizations that can paint a false narrative on the much deeper but still fairly simple reality … Continue reading Morning Meditations: Who Am I, and What Do I Want Most? (Thought Dump #1)

There was a period of time today when I got I think something like 10 calls in a single hour from people wanting help with their cars. And twice during that hour I had people on hold on one line, while talking to a second person on the other line, when a third call came … Continue reading 2020-05-16 — Slowing Down