Hola hola! Four cars today: The first one was a 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara XL7. Supposedly wouldn't start, but it started just fine for me. It did have a whole bunch of codes, all of them for O2 sensors, and after lots of troubleshooting and whatnot, I found a connector that was disconnected in the … Continue reading 2023-06-12 — Another Week Begins

Yikes! It's been a week. 😬 Sorry!!! I'm not in a good space. Haven't been for a while. I'm just burned out and overwhelmed, and my brain doesn't seem to be working properly to figure out what I'm doing. Not sure exactly what's going on. I'm not going to try and go back and write … Continue reading 2023-06-11 — Summary

So I purposely didn't schedule anything new for Monday, so I only had one job on the schedule. That was nice. 🙂 It was a lady who said her engine was shaking more than it usually did, and I went over there, and it was just a bad coil--just about the easiest possible fix it … Continue reading 2023-06-05 — Easy Monday 🙂

I had such big plans for Sunday. 🙃 I got good and important things done, just only like 25% of what I had hoped to get done. I started off by getting the AC recharged in my work then. Summer has hit, and it's hot and humid. The AC working simply by recharging the system … Continue reading 2023-06-04 — To-Do List

So I slept in a bit, I think. I've been so tired lately. So so tired. Only two cars on the schedule today because I've been saying no to everyone and clearing the schedule to try and get myself some breathing room. I didn't feel good about canceling the last two or farming them out, … Continue reading 2023-06-03 — Just One

Today... Was a mess. I was absolutely swamped morning to night, but my mental health was just not in a good place. I was completely exhausted physically, And that was definitely part of it all. A lot of it, though, is I'm just done being a mechanic. Just thinking about going to work everyday is … Continue reading 2023-06-02 — My Burnout Has Burned Out

Gosh, I've gotten so bad at this lately. 🙃 Sorry!!! Four cars on the 1st, and it was a bit of a sideways day. 😬 First car was a 2013 Hyundai Elantra in Bella Vista. I got there and was able to diagnose it pretty quickly, but the parts were the problem. My local AutoZone … Continue reading 2023-06-01 — Happy June!

Somehow, gratefully, I managed to wake up around 8:30 even though I had gone to bed at like 3:00 or 3:30 or something like that. I started in hot and heavy working on all my tax information stuff. I had five months of receipts I needed to go through because I haven't gone through any … Continue reading 2023-05-31 — Finished!!!

Tuesday was just a normal work day. First car was a 2008 Mazda tribute that he said was making an awful noise before it died and wouldn't restart. I checked the oil, and nothing was reading on the dipstick, so I started putting oil in it to make sure it was safe enough to start, … Continue reading 2023-05-30 — Taxes! 😬

Mama was sick today (memorial day), feeling absolutely awful. She's been sick for a few days. I know she's going to read this, so this is a little awkward to write, but it... was sobering to be doing even just the tiny bit that I was doing to try and take care of her. Seeing … Continue reading 2023-05-29 — Oh, Mama