Car Problems!! Frustrations!!!!!!

Well last Saturday when I was taking Joey to work our cars check engine light came on a started flashing. Then the engine started running really rough. That put both Joey and I in a panic and stressed out mode. It is our only car we depend on it to get us both to our jobs and other things that we need to do!! I had to drive home to wait for the dealership to open to call the to see if I could bring the car in to find out what was wrong with it and if they had a loaner car!!!! I took it to Lewisville around 9:00 and dropped it off and was put in a 2009 VW Jetta to use till our car was finished being fixed. (It was fun to drive a new car for a little while!!!) I had time to stop and see Kelli, Danielle and Tristan before I had to be at the church to coach the YW in their two basketball games. (We won both games!!!)

We were both hoping that our extended warranty would cover the repairs, because we do not have any extra money. I still have not found a teaching job and I haven't had hardly any Subbing jobs due to the start of the state testing. The dealership said they may not be able to get to it on Saturday. They did not call until Monday to tell us that an ignition coil, and the electric fan motor were broken. Also that the two oil leaks that they told us about in December had gotten worse. They had faxed over a estimate to the warranty company and were waiting on what would be covered. We already new the oil leaks wouldn't be covered and would cost almost $500 to fix. After much back and forth between the warranty company and the dealership and us we finally told them to fix all the problems including the oil leaks. The warranty company wouldn't cover all the labor because they do not cover diagnostic time so we would have to pay for that. All total out of pocket we had to pay $773. This was a big headache and very stressful. I was fighting to get as much paid between the dealership and the warranty company. We got our car back on Wednesday. Hopefully we won't have to do anything else to the car for a long time!!!!

Since we don't have any extra money I have been looking for things around the house to sell on craigslist. So far I am selling my WII Fit and an old 19" tv/dvd combo. I hate to sell my Fit but I haven't used it very much and we can always get it later if I really want to when we have the money. This will help us pay on the credit card that we had to charge it to. I have also rolled all the coins that were in our coin mug. It isn't much but it will help out. I hate charging things to credit cards when I know I can't pay the balance off when the bill comes!!!

It seems like Joey and I have the worst luck. When we have figured out how to get everything paid off and start saving money for an emergency like this or for a house something always happens. Hopefully we will get this taken care of fast before anything else happens again. I just hope we get some good luck soon!!!!!! So if you hear of any teaching positions for me or good jobs for Joey let me know!!!!!