And by "this" I mean shop for another car. We just bought that 3000GT 2 years ago. But our trusted mechanic says it will be $2,000 to repair Charlie Murphy and it will take a week. We paid $2500 for it and have put at least another $3-4K into repairs, tires, maintenance and bullshit for it already. Not to mention you "have" to use Premium Fucking Gasoline in it.
I have had it with that car.
So we're looking b/c I believe we can get a decent used car for around $4,000. This will just be to get me to Job #1, Job #2, and home. It will just tide us over until S gets a job. S says he can somehow figure out a way to tow Charlie Murphy up to his mom's house to store it until he can get a new engine for it someday. So now we're also fighting about what kind of car to get. And I'm still wondering if we should just pay our mechanic the $2K and try to clunk along in Charlie Murphy a little while longer. But a $4K car would be a little more dependable, in my opinion. Charlie just keeps aggravating me and needs a major repair every quarter, it seems. Still, $2K is a much more manageable figure than $4K, for the time being. $4K would definitely make an impact on our budget.
In the meantime, I have to rent a car for tomorrow b/c S is going to be at the all-day testing for a local police agency, and I begin Job #4, my summer skin care classes at the public libraries (Job #3 I consider to be my sheriff's duties). And yes, I'm getting the el-cheapo economy and using a 10% coupon besides! We return the car Thursday morning since there's no point in paying for a day we don't need, then pick it up again on Friday morning since we'll again be commuting separately for S's job search appointments and my Job #1 and Job #2 commitments. Then the rental goes back again Saturday morning since we don't need it for the weekend. And hopefully we won't need it anymore after that.
Are you there, God? It's me, Adela! Please cut me a break!
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