I drove Ruby to the grocery store today and there were no lights on the dashboard
ruby drove fine there and back. I got an appointment at Automedic for this Friday 02/24/2023 the
part that is going to be installed will arrive to me Thursday 02/24/2023.
So I will be able to earn from Uber this weekend, so that is s good thing. I was planning that I would
not be able to earn from Uber until next Wednesday, which is the first of March 2023
Today is Sunday which is almost always a good driving day for Uber.
Ruby (my car) is still down and will be down until the part arrives
eBay estimated it will be in my possession 02-23-2023 02-25-2023 which means
the part will arrive next Thursday – Saturday. So I only drive Ruby on mandatory
missions, for example, tomorrow is Grocery Shopping day, so I will go straight to
Walmart and then straight home, I will park Ruby and will not drive her again until
I take her to Automedic.I went to Surterra today (which is my Favorite dispensary)
I also went to the Dollar Twenty-Five Tree and Chipotle (Chipotle is my favorite
place to eat, I eat there pretty much every day before I drive) (critical mission)
I estimated my days home here to be 9 days in total. So I got 9 days of snacks for myself from the
Dollar Twenty-Five Tree. I got what should last me for 5 days of Marijuana from
Surterra. Just one of the things that are so awesome about Surterra
(other than their mini pre-rolls) is that they allow the stacking of discounts
on top of other discounts. I am on all of the Dispensaries’ email lists.
so when they have a sale, I stock up. When I first got my medical license,
my threshold for deals was at least 30 percent. So I wouldn’t even go into a Dispensary
unless they were extending at least a 30 Percent discount. There is no
sales tax in Florida on Medicine and they treat Cannabis as medicine.
A grower from Colorado told me they tax the shit out of Growers.
So in the instance, they are offering a BOGO deal, I look at the normal price
and the price that I would be paying, and if there was not at least a 30 Percent
discount, I do not even go there. Now my threshold is 40 Percent. Surterra has a
loyalty point program. Before I went there today, I had 912 points, when you get to
$500.00 they give you a 10 percent discount. I love their “Theragels” because they make me fall
right to sleep and they’re pretty much the only thing that does that. Icebaths work too
but I have never had to take one. A cold shower for about 45 seconds does the same thing
for me that Ice baths do for Tim Ferris. Anyway, “Theragels” are expensive, normally they are
$75.00 for 40 of them. I take them two at a time to sleep, so for a 1 month’s supply, I have
to get at least 2 packs of 40. Surterra has been out of Theragels for several months.
So in preparation for the next 9 days at most, I got from
Surterra 1 package of mini prerolls the .. 25-gram ones, and then a 5 pack of the slightly
bigger prerolls .50 ones were like 17.5 after 40 Percent off, and 1 40 pack of theragels.
With my loyalty discount that made my discount 50 Percent off which is pretty good, I think anyway.
The thing about Marijuana is that it grows from the ground AND it is a consumable product.
So if they give good discounts, they can easily replenish them with no problem. When I was a teenager
there were no discounts and the only time you had good pot was when the person you got it from
had good pot, if they had bad pot, you got bad pot and that was it. These dispensaries are all VERY
modern and very nice too. They make money hand over fist and I love them and so do their customers.
Owning a dispensary chain is very lucrative.
The Uber app says I completed 4 trips today. I earned a little over $155.00. I picked up this dude from the St. Petersburg Pier today and on the way to Tampa International Airport he told me Frontier airlines “Nickel and Dime” their passengers to death. He said Frontier charges $50.00 USD for each carry-on piece of luggage, carry-on not checked baggage and they charge you for picking your seat too. He said all the seats are priced differently. I know now, I will never fly Frontier.
Today, I decided that I am not going to drive tomorrow. I am waiting for some car parts
(sway bar links) that was supposed to arrive today from Amazon but Amazon emailed me
and advised they will not arrive until tomorrow. The ones that are in there now were replaced
already but are making noise and I am really sure they are the cause of that noise. A rider Sunday
gave me a 1-star rating I am sure because of that noise, I also borrowed from Peter and have
all of the bills paid for the month of February so not earning from driving tomorrow won’t hurt me as bad as it usually would. I will spend most of the day after I repair Ruby adding pages and writing my ridesharing ebook. There is plenty to
do, that is for sure.
Update: The parts came on 02/15/2023 from Amazon and I installed them on Ruby with success. That completely resolved the noise
issue that I am pretty sure got me a 1 star
rating last Saturday 02/11/2023. This is what I learned: I installed these in 2020 and I followed the same video, I watched a lot of
other videos but this is the main one I used to swap the part. I also used the actual parts from 1AAuto. This time, I used sway bar links from “suspension dudes” the 1AAuto ones you absolutely have to put on with a wrench and a #6 Allen key to “counter hold” the post with threads on it. I used “suspension dudes”
this time and I will now every time going forward because I can do the entire job with my electric impact wrench. There is no need to “counter hold” anything, which was awesome because I couldn’t find my number 6 Allen key.
if I needed that, I would of had to wait on one to be delivered from Amazon. Ruby is our only vehicle and it was down because I removed the old ones with my impact wrench and needle nose pliers. When I changed them in 2020, I used the flat tire Jack in the back of Ruby, I didn’t have a floor Jack yet. When just a single tire is lifted, it puts pressure on the sway bar. I was able to struggle and get the links on, but that struggle knocked my front end alignment way off and my front tires started wearing right away.
- The Uber app says I completed 5 trips today. I earned a little over $117.00. It was a $400.00 weekend! I don’t remember a $400.00 weekend happening and at all in 2022, but maybe. It’s Sunday night my favorite night of the week and I am starving. There are 2 New York strips in the fridge waiting for me to broil them. I prefer rib-eye’s but there was no grass fed ribeye’s. I probably should have looked at the U.S. DUH section. Well off to ride the Peloton. Oh, I got some mini-Pre-rolls from Surterra today they were 40 percent off. So $25.20 for 10 of them all I need is one!
I drove my ass off today! The Uber app says I completed 7 trips and I earned a little over $180.00. I also got 1 starred today. So my 4.97 rating that I just got back that is shown on the front page is now back down to a 4.96! I am pretty certain it was because of noise caused by torn sway bar links that I am going to repair Monday anyway. I have already replaced them once but they’re torn again so I will replace them again also today for the first time ever the slow speed on the windshield wipers doesn’t work unless I put them on high speed first. So I will source a new motor tonight and hopefully that will resolve the issue. I am now off to ride the Peloton.
The Uber app says I completed 4 trips today. I earned a little over $90.00. February is a fasting month for me. I ate at Saki last week I love Sushi so I eat there once a month. Tonight will be the last solid meal that I eat for 3 days. I drink R.O. Water only for 3 days straight. I do it because it is VERY good for the human body. Because I pay “child support” and cannot afford health insurance, I have to do other things that are good for me.
Update: I also take several vitamins and ride the Peloton Bike Plus 2 X a day and drink a tablespoon of high grade Extra Virgin Olive Oil each day. It seems to be working so I just keep doing it.