A young man that I mentor sent me a text late last night asking me for money because he was going to get of the graveyard shift job he just started working and had no ride home. He seemed genuinely not stoked.
So I told him I would pick him up when he got of and drive him home, intending to get back home and sleep for a couple hours before going to my own work. I was not stoked on this but wanted to help the kid.
I had eaten a Big Mac and had a little bit of bubbleguts but it was no big deal (stoke level: ambivalent)
So, I got about 3 hours of sleep and then woke up at 5am, picked him up in DTLA and dropped him of in what used to be known as South Central. He went into his place and it seemed like we were both stoked on that.
Then I hit a huge pothole on my way back to my own home and blew my tire out. Defintely not stoked on that.
Luckily I have Triple A (stoke!). But Triple A told me that, due to Covid, I could not ride in the tow truck driver's cab and would have to arrange my own transportation to the tire shop (not stoked!). This basically meant I would have to skate 5 miles to the tire shop, which I was prepared to do but not stoked on.
Stranded, I also had to go to the bathroom (number 2) really badly by this point and it was too early for anything to be open. The 7/11 next door didn't have public restrooms (not stoked) and the CVS nearby didn't open for an hour or so (also not stoked).
I was desperate so I took a roll of TP I keep in the trunk and headed over to what looked like an abandoned bldg (it had an "AVAILABLE" sign outside) across the street, intending on jumping the fence and dooking behind the bldg in relative privacy (not really stoked on that).
Literally as soon as I jumped over the front gate and started scoping out places to take a dump, by happenstance a car pulled up to the gate (not stoked). Then it became clear she was not just pulling a u-turn when she actually got out to open the gate and had just seen me jump their gate (way not stoked).
I decided to abandon the public dooking and I just waited for her to open the gate so I could walk out it without having to jump the gate again (kinda stoked I didn't have to jump it again). She gave me an evil eye as I walked out, but she didn't say anything. I mumbled, "Sorry, I went into the wrong place." So, I was not stoked that I still had to go number 2 really badly but very, very stoked that some lady didn't walk up on me in the middle of me dooking in the back of her store.
I slept in my car for an hour (kinda stoked) and the number two brewing in my belly somewhat subsided (stoked). When I woke up, I walked over to CVS and had a very satisfying dook on a proper toilet in a proper restroom (very, very stoked!).
Thankfully, when the tow truck finally arrived, the driver was a skateboarder and he said he really dgaf if I ride in the cab with him, he wasn't gonna leave me behind. It was a pleasant drive. We stayed masked up and shot the shit about skateboarding.
So, he got me and my car to the tire shop safe and sound. I was stoked on that.
Then the guy at the tire shop told me it would be $300 for a new tire and a wheel alignment. I was not stoked on that but still kind of stoked on the fact that I would be getting home soon.
tl;dr:
Things I am stoked on: getting the young man home safely, dooking in a real bathroom and not being caught dooking by a female while trespassing on her property, meeting a fellow skateboarder who wouldn't leave me stranded, avoiding a 5 mile skate, getting myself home safely.
Things I am not stoked on: hitting a pothole, being stranded, missing work, paying $300.
Overall: Stoked