Well, the day wasn't quite... Yeah. I had more than one car on the schedule, but I only got one car done. I think I ended up spending 10 hours? On one brake job. They had driven until they had ground through their pads, their rotor until it ejected the pad, and all the way … Continue reading 2023-05-02 — Bleed the Brakes, Repeat, Repeat…

Took it relatively easy. I was drowning in the morning, and drowning for probably the first half of the day, but I finally managed to start to feel better once I started helping people-- getting out there and working. I kept it easy. Just three cars. 2014 Toyota RAV4 that needed a serious case of … Continue reading 2023-05-01 — A Tad Lighter

I'm embarrassed. I'm discouraged. I'm devastated. The failures just seem to keep building. Nearly two full days off, and I don't make even an ounce of progress in things that are going to matter for my life. I needed to make progress. I'm barely hanging on. ...And now it's Monday I'm going out to work … Continue reading 2023-05-01 — Mayday, Mayday

My brain's not working right now. Can't remember... Ate breakfast. Took a long nap because I was exhausted. Got a response back from somebody who was selling some land fairly nearby for a great price, but then Google maps had an aneurysm and kept sending me to the wrong places and wrong ways to get … Continue reading 2023-04-30 — Whatever

Hey, folks. 🙂 Well, the day often go quite as planned. I went and helped the hill family with the Saturday morning gardening instead of being out working on cars. I think today was the first day of regular Saturday morning garden stuff. Then I tried to fix that dumb leaf blower, But it's still … Continue reading 2023-04-29 — 40 Trees

I guess I forgot to write my post yesterday? Huh. Well, here goes... Yesterday I struggled a good bit again. I was the same zombie faced, depressed, whatever that I was the day before. But I didn't want to push my customers back another day, even if it was going to rain again. To be … Continue reading 2023-04-28 — Pulling Out

Today was one of those days where I just... I'm tired of life. 😞 I've been hoping somehow that maybe getting the non-profit stuff going might give me something to hold on to, but I think it might be too late. There's no more excitement in it anymore. Just stress, pressure, and fear. And I've … Continue reading 2023-04-27 — Now What?

I don't think any part of today went according to plan. And the best part was last, but we'll get to that... Or maybe I'm not allowed to say that if I didn't really have a plan. 🙃 Maybe it would be more accurate to say that I never expected what I got from today. … Continue reading 2023-04-26 — The Most Valuable Currency

Super tired. Ready to crash. It's just after 10:30, but I want to get this post written before bed. I was a little slower going this morning, getting out later than normal. The first job I was going to go to decided they didn't want me after all because I wasn't ASE certified. Good luck … Continue reading 2023-04-25 — God in the Rain

Brain not working so well... Let's see... First car was going back to that 2005 Chevy 2500 from a couple of weeks ago or so that he wanted brake work done on but had no oil pressure reading on the gauge, and a gazillion other things wrong with it. So I couldn't even test the … Continue reading 2023-04-24 — Blur