08/19/2026
I’ve been self employed for 4 weeks now, and I’m starting to think I picked one hell of a month to do this.
Two months ago my stepmom passed away, so I’ve been trying to help Dad through losing his wife. He's doing alright, but there's moments where it hits him...
Then Lucy, our puppy, started having massive seizures and had to be put on medication. She had a major cluster one night. We thought that we were going to lose her...
Dad and I have also been fighting with his diesel mower, and every time we fix one thing, something else decides to break. Right now, it's alternator issues. Not sure if it's the excite circuit, or the alternator losing ground to the battery somehow.
Then the inverter in the Ship Shop blew out, which put production down for a while and got me toying with the idea of changing the whole shop over to a different voltage. Got the new inverter in and working for now.
At the same time, I’ve been insulating the Ship Shop and getting it finished enough that I can actually work out there. Been like an oven in there.
Welded and installed the door frame. Fought Hornets to do so...
Did manage to get the solar awning up and gain some power though.
It has rained constantly... Big storms too.
I’ve been selling out of products about as fast as I can make them. I'm counting this as a good thing. 😁
And today I’m fighting a clogged drain. Don't know why it clogged... I guess it saw everything else getting attention and got jealous.
So yeah... I don’t really know if I’ve actually experienced normal self employment yet.
It’s mostly been
"Run the business whenever the rest of life stops catching fire for five minutes."
But, I will say this.
I love my new Job.
