While back home and saving money, I've been advertising my very modest handyman skills to find some work during my free time. I've been working for a guy who owns 8 apartment buildings and 25 units, as well as several private homeowners, doing a wide range of maintenance and construction: rough carpentry, drywall gutting and hanging, painting, trash hauling, doorknob installing, and leaky faucet fixing. And occasionally helping a lady get her printer up and running. This work is quickly eclipsing the amount of money I make food running at two different restaurants.

I'm always afraid that I'll run into something I have no idea how to handle. So I'm very quick to tell people that I am an amateur, though what I lack for in knowledge, I make up for in diligence and hard work. It's kind of thrilling, if all a bit stressful (I have no contractor's license nor is any of my income reported).

Today I'm buying some tools. Like this Bosch 2-speed drill after researching it for a few hours now. And it's funny to me because, when I was younger, I never understood the fascination with tools. But now, I can't wait to get this Bosch.