Today I went to Walmart, I called them first to make sure they had one in stock because 1 year I made an appointment and they had them in stock, I didn’t prepay for them though and when I got there like 2 days later and they sold them and they said something about getting them delivered in 3 days. I like to do things as planned, like I need to get these tires replaced, right now. That lady said she would give me $25.00 off and that discount beat the sales that at the time so I was like “sold” so instead of Goodyear tires, that time thisthis happened and I just like Goodyear tires only now, we’ll Michelin tires are better but they are also more money but definitely worth it. Anyway, I went there today and got 1 new tire, I guess they had me in their DB because I pad only $32.95 for that tire. I didn’t act surprised and I showed no emotion at all. I went all the way home about 5 miles or so and I got up to like 50 MPH and Ruby showed no signs of rim damage. The tech did mark that he saw “Rim Damage” but it drove fine there is cosmetic damage on the rim that can be plainly seen so maybe that was it, I am not sure. Anyway, while they were working on that tire, I went to Subway. I worked at Subway when I was 15 or so. I got 1 foot long sub and a small drink, that lady told me the total was $15.60! A lot has changed since I was 15 but damn what I got used to cost like 6 bux. So the entire ordeal cost me $15.60 + $32.95 for that tire and that is awesome! So tomorrow I can go and earn a little something anyway.
I made zero dollars driving for Uber today and I completed no trips.
I was going out to St. Pete Beach and I heard some noise and I checked
under Ruby and saw that one of my brand new tires was flat, the front right tire.
I just replaced all 4 tires on 05/30/2023 so I am going to chat with Walmart about
this. They will probably say something like, I should have gotten road hazard on them
and there is nothing they can do. That road hazard insurance is only for 12,000 miles
not the life of the tire. It just adds cost basically. I was able to put air in it
and make it home to Ellenton. I am pretty tired, I am going to smoke my medicine
and go str8 to sleep. I will deal with Walmart tomorrow. I will probably end up paying
for a new tire but the rim may be bent. This is the first time a Goodyear tire has ever
failed on me. I guess if you go through as many tires as I do, it is inevitable that
one of them will be defective, eventually. So I got Ruby home and jacked her up again
and put the maypop tire on there for the trip to Wally World tomorrow. I learned today that
I probably should not drive to Pinellas when I drive. Ruby has too many miles on her and
even though Pinellas County is way more familiar to me, I will just stick around the
house I suppose.
I forgot to blog again last night. I did 3 total rides and earned just over $35.00. It was another bad day driving for Uber. I did get an email from a doctors office and was told that they haven’t received payment yet from Intact insurance but she said that her payments are now processing which is good news after going on 3 months after the car accident. The Uber “driver insurance” is actually going to pay something I think. Today is an “oil change Friday” and the car wash down the street has been closed for two days so I gotta get that done this morning too. It’s almost 8 AM now.
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Today I completed a single trip for Uber and
I made a little over $9.00 in total. It was a slow day and I declined several large trips. At about 5pm I noticed that it was slow and I was wishing that I didn’t decline a lot of the previous trips. Wishing never works though and once I decline trips they’re gone forever. I just finished my midnight snack of carrot stix and broccoli that I dip into great value Chipotle Ranch salad dressing that I love and Chic Filet Polynesian sauce which I also get from Walmart and I was like umm I forgot to blog today so I am doing that now. It is 1:42 in the morning. I like to get as much info as possible at a glance so I use this clock that has the day of the week, the actual time in AM or PM the ambient temperature, the month, the day, and the year. I plug it in but it also takes batteries and when we lose power in the house, I have to manually reset all of those settings. It’s a P.I.T.A. But I like it you can see it on my YouTube trailer that is set to a cover song of Eddie Van Galen’s song “JUMP” i
You should be able to find it by searching for “Rideshare Sean” on YouTube.
Today I completed 2 trips for Uber and I earned just over $85.00. I got home at around 5.30 PM took my vitamins, rhode the peloton and ate my first Wagyu steak (it was a ribeye). It was pretty good but damn it was expensive. I have been getting 2 grass fed ribeye steak’s every week. I broil them and they come out perfectly every time (I learned this method on YouTube so now I am an expert lol) On Youtube, the always do the C.Y.A. thing and tell you to cook them for 8 minutes on each side. Umm, I like my flesh a little rare in the middle. So I cook mine on 1 side for 5 minutes and then I pull it out of the oven and flip it and then it gets 5 more minutes on the other side. They come out perfect every time. I also had a pretty big salad too. I was done with everything at like 7:30PM which is pretty good. I have been in my room ever since. I took my medicine a couple times, I went out to the fridge and grazed a couple times. I have been watching YouTube videos of Max Lugavere the Genius Food guy. He is pretty cool. I like him a lot.
Right now I am at Isla Del Sol about to start driving for the day. Yesterday was very slow. I completed 1 trip and earned a little over $26.00 dollars. I am going to go online right after I complete this blog post. Today, the highest per gallon that showed on Upside was .24 cents. I got there and all of the pumps were bagged off. While I was deciding where to go next this guy came and took the bag of the pump that was close to me. That has never happened. So I checked in on upside and filled up my tank. Then I went to Chipotle and I am now ready to start driving.
The Uber app says I completed 2 trips today, I earned a little over $60.00. Today marks the first day of the 2023 hurricane/rainy season, Ruby has 4 new tires, New brake pads all the way around and o s new windshield wiper from Maher collision. I just noticed one of my windshield wiper’s says Trico on it and the one on my left side says nothing.
I came home to Ellenton today at 6:30PM. I swapped out the blinker bulb In Ruby. Using a Jack and Jack stands they are a P.I.T.A. I have wanted a lift since 2020 but I got no place to put one. I saw this one that would work for my application, but I would also need a large. Compressor because it used compressed air to function. I gotta look again. Now I just can’t afford it, but it won’t be long (hopefully) until I can afford it. I am so tired after working on my car and then riding the Peloton. I took all my vitamins as soon as I got home and drank a couple tablespoons of evoo. So after I eat these ribeyes (I do this every Sunday) I am going straight to bed and I am not even touching that computer tonight.