It is just four in the morning. I checked the DoorDash app, and there is work to be done down in the city right now. I would imagine the volume is low. But it is there. I kind of wish I could go down now, but disappearing off this time of day might not go down well, and it might not leave me the energy for later then I know the volume should be higher. I got shorted last night because I was getting a lot of noise off the brakes telling me it was time to change the pads, and I did not want to have to replace the rotors, too. So I called it and get some pads then came home and changed them. Had about 1/8th of an inch on the right-side front, and a little more on the left. My youngest helped me with the change, and she learned along the way. The test proved we had done the job well. So I will be able to go to work later today and try to top the week up with enough to get through it.
I learned recently that last weekend one of my classmates from high school passed away. In the same breath, I learned that he and his wife were no longer together, though they had been high school sweethearts, more or less. So, it was a double stun. I was surprised on both accounts. It was a guy I had nothing to do with, which in that school is a very positive thing. I got hell from so many people there, and for anyone to not be doing anything at all practically makes them my best friend! I do remember him laughing at a joke I made in a class we finally had together towards the last year. I did not know I had it in me to make him laugh. I was kind of proud of that. Anyway, now he is gone, and I feel a bit surprised as he was one of those guys who worked out a lot, and along with that I associate health. Now their daughter has lost her father, and mother has had her own scare that put her close to death in the recent years. Oh, mother is a lady I have always respected. Damn decent human being right there. We worked together at the grocery store in those days. She was a very beautiful lady, though for whatever reason, I never fancied her in the way. I always just saw her as a friend, and really appreciated her, even if it was also for not being one of the people who liked to kick.
Right, all that sadness out of the way, I am going to have to try to get back to sleep here. It is coming up to 4:30 in the morning, and I need to make up for lost time earning my pennies today. That brake job cost me about $50 to $75 in earnings last night on top of the parts I had to buy, which turned out in the end to be around $90 for pads and the bolts I may have broke and stretched out with the impact wrench. Har har! Don’t I feel dumb! I thought I could use it to get through the inevitable rust, and in the end, I had better luck doing that with the breaker bar. And putting it back together is where the trouble occurred. Best do that all by hand in the future. I also had the typical trouble with the stupid socket being interfered with by a nearby flange of metal that got in the way while working a bolt. Ain’t that just about right?
It is normal, anyway.