Ok, so as bad as things sounded with Red, it isn't disastrous. I've gotta couple questions, so I'm going to just answer directly. Yes, I'm desperate for a car. No, we aren't stranded. It is a stinky situation...literally.
Basically, what it boils down to is this: we own(ed) two cars. One, my beloved cranky Red; the other is John's car (called Jade). Jade and I have an agreement...we each agree to despise the other and get on with life. The same day Red died we were actually buying a For Sale sign to post in the window of Jade as I'd finally succeeded in convincing John that we didn't actually want to keep the lousy thing, it would give us some badly needed money, and save us money on gas and insurance. Well, I was right. Apparently we really needed to narrow things down to one car for a little while. God just picked the one I didn't want. So now we are using Jade to putt around town for necessary errands and late appointments, and praying that our clothes and hair don't stink too badly as the exhaust in the car is having a few problems. To quote John, "Do you know, we really do putt around town...see! Putt, putt, putt..." I just hope that we don't hear a boom at the end of that!
Fortunately, there is a white light ahead. As luck would have it, my parents are selling their van. They are in the middle of a move from Illinois to Nevada and thus can't get the van to us for a few weeks at least, but then I'll finally have my sought after van. Something that all the kids (and a few friends) will be able to fit into at the same time. I know the van isn't the newest thing out there, but it will be able to get us through the next little bit while I look for a anxiously hoped for job and pay down some debts (gotta love student loans!!!), not to mention saving money to buy a new vehicle. And then, look out! I'm going car shopping with money in my pocket and stars in my eyes! (I just hope I'm not going to hit a cow pie...)
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