Sorry you are having a such a bad day or a couple of bad days. But the new venture sounds exciting. My dad used to run a service station. He loved being a mechanic and still does all the family's work on his own. Once they had 6 kids he couldn't quite make enough so he had to take a suit & tie job in labor relations but his heart has always been a mechanic.
Alana -- thanks for the laughs -- there was so much truth to that. I am thankful to have lived through such an exciting time. So MANY changes! My kids have no idea! I tell them about record players and rotary phones (even a party line when I was really young)! Bet there are not many here that remember a party line!! You actually shared the line with another family. If they were on it, you could hear them when you picked up and had to wait til they were done. A time of no cell phones, no microwaves, no OnStar, no DVDs, no XBox/Wii/PS (but we had Pong!), no flat screen tvs, no Starbucks (typed as I sipped the last of my Gingerbread Latte), no computers, no internet, and lots and lots of time for talking, sledding, camping, cuddling, and board games. There were good things about the lack of technology too.