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+  <p>Sitting after a long day, I'm thinking of the long, ever-growing list of things I want and/or need to do. Some sooner than later. Money management is a real thing, and I have yet to come up with a solid plan that maximizes the amount of stuff I get done with it. It's very easy to make a laundry list of car repairs that totals my summer income. But there are other priorities than the car.</p>
+  <p>I think the only thing I care about on the car at this point is rust treatment and prevention. The transmission still has me with my hands in the air. It is absolutely due for service, and I don't want the throw-out bearing to explode. On the other hand, if I do that job, I'll be deep into the car, and it would be best to get the other jobs done at the same time. A/C, wheel bearing, engine seals, belt and tensioner. If I don't, I'll just need to cope and tear the car apart again to do the other jobs. Not awesome or ideal. At the very least, I think I plan to do the work in the Fall. Besides the rust. The rust really needs to be handled this weekend even if it is just covered in primer and a bad paint job. Paint can be corrected pretty easily. Metal, not so much for me. It's times like these that I wish I had a spare car and a proper shop.</p>
+  <p>My computer situation is more pride wounding than anything else. I haven't had the courage to attempt a repair on the MacBook, nor the stomach to send it out for repair. My desktop and mini server sit idle in my basement, holding all my important files hostage while I'm away. My daily is my Precision 5540, and I use the backup instance of my file server that is up-to-date with everything up to the last couple months of school. The Precision is quickly running out of space, and needs to be backed up so I can clear things as well as start sorting through my piles of data. The X58 project is on hold until I can get the 3D printers set up and a cost-effective plan for custom cable sleeving. Time is more the issue than anything with that project.</p>
+  <p>My bicycles have been abandoned in the basement. It's too hot for me to ride them to the train station for work, less I end up in a puddle of sweat. Joy rides aren't really a thing either. Back home, I have nowhere to go.</p>
+  <p>The Harley, XS, Ruckus, and every other two-wheeled motorized vehicle in the garage are all screaming for attention. I'd love to give it. Unfortunately, I've been filling the weekend with other mostly productive things. Can't work all the time... That said, I need to put together a better wiring loom plan for the XS, design an under-seat electronics pan, and buy a battery. There are numerous other things of course. I'll put together a post on that in the near future. The Harley needs the heads pulled, and I refuse to do that until I get the XS set as a daily rider. The Ruckus needs a bonded title application and some inspection. Maybe some parts from the spare engine from the original one I had. It should run, though. The big end goal with the garage projects is to get as many out of the work shop as possible. As many meaning ALL. The big question mark is the RX 50. There are some very Spanish electrical issues with it at the moment, and I haven't had any kind of motivation or time to dig into it. Other than the XS, it's the most pulled apart bike in the garage. Getting it running would free up a lot of space.</p>
+  <p>That leads to the garage. I want to re-work the shop space, refurbish the life-threatening tools &lpar;and there are many&rpar;, and make it a proper space for fab work.</p>
+  <p>The CJ7 is very close to being drivable. I have a new muffler to replace the seed filled one &lpar;another post&rpar;, and all that's left is to trace the ignition issue so I don't have to run a sketchy bypass wire. I would have had this ready last weekend, but I went to the Harley-Davidson Homecoming instead... Remember what I said about work earlier?</p>
+  <p>There are many other small projects I've wanted to get done, but the above are the main focus. The "only" other thing I want to do is organize everything, and start thinning out my collection of things. This is an enormous task. I could probably spend the year doing that as a full-time job. It's been very hard to get motivated. I did start this project a bit when I first moved back and made great progress. Of course, it was all tossed out the window as soon as my college stuff came into my room. There's always something.</p>
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