Getting the Point

What a drain it has been these past few days. I am finding out that just because I am sober and attempting to live a more spiritual life, not everyone is doing the same thing. I have been trying to be nice to people and allow them extra time to do things that they say they are going to do, but this is going to start coming to an end.
I like to spend spare time working on small engines and other people are starting to notice. The problem with this is that people start to want you to work on their mowers and such and then next thing you know you are knee deep in a pile of crap. I had a "buddy" of mine drop off a mower for me to fix up and for the past two weeks his mower has been fixed. I have been going round and round with him about getting paid and having him pick it up. Finally, I told him that he was going to start being charged a storage fee for the item and then all of a sudden he was ready to come pick it up the night before I was going to add the ten extra dollars. This would have been perfectly fine, but it was almost nine o'clock at night when he wanted to come by.
This stirred up a whole new type of argument between us then because he wasn't happy when I told him he had to wait until tomorrow. I do not understand why people think I should fix their stuff and then wait on them hand and foot while they piddle around with my money. Long story boring, I told him as kindly as possible that he would not be allowed to come by that late at night and that I would see him the next day. He finally got someone to come by and pick up the mower and paid me the money because he knew that he was not going to get anywhere by telling me what he was going to pay and when he would come pick it up.
I believe that I am going to reconsider this working on other people's equipment, but who really knows because I've said this before and I am still doing it.
Small engine equals small money but HUGE headache. The important part is that I didn't decide to kill anyone or get drunk over it. All in all it was a positive experience and one less person to ask me to work on their equipment. On to the next chapter of this crazy journey called life.
Jason B. Sober in Recovery since September 12, 2011.