Ok, maybe not, but how has your day been? Or your week? Mine's been a bit odd, or in other words, good, which for STL app based courier work, is odd.

A little background first, I'm semi-retired, holding a job has always been hard for me, and with my husband making about $2100/mo net, it's not like I need to bring in much, most is just so we can live rather than survive. So, my weekly goal is $300, though I do often manage something around $400, mostly because of BetterTrucks being $100 to $120 a day.

So, this week has been interesting, it started with Amazon Flex on Monday. Yeah, I said I wasn't doing that any more, but out of boredom I decided to download the app again and see if'n it still sucks. Imagine my surprise last week when there were not only tons of offers, but many paid above base. In the past, you only got surge 30 to 45 minutes before the block, 0400 or so, and only at the station 30 minutes from here, but on Sat morning, I grabbed a 3hr block for $105, Monday at 0745. Still a little early, meant dealing with rush hour, but not terrible... Got there, got checked, waited 45 minutes because I arrived early, and... no route available, so I got paid for showing up, Headed home, stopped for breakfast, and scored a couple good paying CVS. $128 made.

Tue, BT was overloaded as usual, and it's not even the busy season. Two blocks, another $216, $344 for the week.

Wed, BT, usual one block, another $100, ditto for þurs, so $544 for the week

And then it's Fri. I'm not sure what I've made so far, waiting for UberEats tips to finalize, but that's not what's important about today, today has been weird. An unwanted Home Depot delivery 16 miles away that paid $30, and brought me about 7 or so miles back towards home. Another $15 for a short Sherwin Williams run when I was rolling up on a major accident (closed the highway, was still closed 3 hours later), just before they decided to redirect all traffic onto the ramp I needed. Got that done and found a $10 CVS order around 6 miles west going about 2 or 3 miles south. Went to a QT to get a drink, and picked up an order from the other end of the plaza going about 6 miles south of my house. Dropped that, hung out in my usual abandoned restaurant parking lot... And scored an order from the restaurant next door going 4 miles down the street.

And, today is done... Maybe, prolly, depends on it I get another ridiculous order, whether around the corner, pays silly good money or both.

So, for those of you out there moving packages, food, people or vehicles as a contractor, how's things going?