A lot of people tell me that every day that you and your family are healthy is a "good day".

Well......I have become calibrated to the extent that I expect MORE from a good day.

Today was a good day.

Got up......and determined to deal with the grass. It is HIGH...........REAL high.

My mower has not been started for over a year.

I thought the tires were ruined from rot..........but they held air.

The battery was shot, but they had one in stock locally.

I changed the oil and it started......I was able to mow my hayfield of a lawn.

When I went inside I had a message from my mechanic.

You see..........I ditched my jeep 50mi from home the other day because it sounded like someone was running a chainsaw in the engine compartment. Expensive tow......I figured an expensive repair too. I couldn't even open the hood because the latch failed.

Anyway........mechanic called.........car is ready.

I call him back to see what it was.

"Oh.........part of you exhaust was laying on top of the tranny and blah blah blah.........I welded up some brackets and got you squared away......fixed the hood latch too".

Oh ****........this sounded labor intensive.

I ask, "How much?"

"Oh.........how about twenty bucks?"

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone here honestly say that someone FIXED their car for $20????????????????

Now...........I have been tipping this guy 20% on vehicle inspections for years, but what a DEAL!!!!!!

I gave him $30. $40 would have been inappropriate.

So I got my car fixed for $30 and I mowed my lawn.

Good day.

hey AndyTv, Have I told you that I'm in Love ?

^yeah............but I thought that we agreed that ruining Ram's marriage was too great a cost for your unspeakable desire.

(his wife would never understand)

Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God

I don't know but today seems kinda odd

No barking from the dogs, no smog

And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog

I got my grub on, but didn't pig out

Finally got a call from a girl wanna dig out

Hooked it up on later as I hit the do'

Thinking will i live, another twenty-fo'

I gotta go cause I got me a drop top

And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop

Had to stop at a red light

Looking in my mirror not a jacker in sight

And everything is alright

I got a beep from Kim and she can f**k all night

Called up the homies and I'm askin y'all

Which park, are y'all playin basketball?

Get me on the court and I'm trouble

Last week f**ked around and got a triple double

Freaking niggaz everyway like M.J.

I can't believe, today was a good day

Drove to the pad and hit the showers

Didn't even get no static from the cowards

Cause just yesterday them fools tried to blast me

Saw the police and they rolled right past me

No flexin, didn't even look in a niggaz direction

as I ran the intersection

Went to $hort Dog's house, they was watchin Yo! MTV Raps

What's the haps on the craps

Shake em up, shake em up, shake em up, shake em

Roll em in a circle of niggaz and watch me break em

With the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven

Seven even back do' lil Joe I picked up the cash flow

Then we played bones, and I'm yellin domino.

Plus nobody I know got killed in South Central L.A.

Today was a good day

Left my niggaz house paid

Picked up a girl been tryin to f**k since the twelve grade

It's ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic

The Lakers beat the Supersonics I felt on the big fat fanny

Pulled out the jammy, and killed the punanny

And my ****** runs deep so deep so deep

put her ass to sleep

Woke her up around one

she didn't hesitate, to call Ice Cube the top gun

Drove her to the pad and I'm coasting

Took another sip of the potion hit the three-wheel motion

I was glad everything had worked out

Dropped her ass off, then I chirped out

Today was like one of those fly dreams

Didn't even see a berry flashing those high beams

No helicopter looking for a murder

Two in the morning got the fat burger

Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp

And it read Ice Cube's a pimp

Drunk as hell but no throwing up

Half way home and my pager still blowing up

Today I didn't even have to use my A.K.

I got to say it was a good day.

Hey wait, wait a minute Pooh

Stop the s**t

What the f**k am I thinking about?

Wow. That is a good day.

I don’t know, Andy..you seem to have a good handle on what is important, and what we should be grateful for. Prayers that you find a job again soon 🙂

Good luck with the job hunting Andy.

Ain't it great to have a mechanic you can trust like that? I had a similar experience recently with my wife's Saturn. Nothing like getting the repair bill and having it be a fraction of what you figured on, especially when money is tight! (I'm on disability rght now).