Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
On my way home from work today, my car started to make a horrible sqealing/grinding/screeching noise. Then my engine temp redlined very quickly. Then when I pulled over, all of my coolant bled out onto the side of the breakdown lane.
While I sat and sulked, HathOriginal came and picked me up while AAA towed my car the 40 miles back home. I'm sitting by the phone right now, waiting for the mechanic to call me to let me know what is up. I'm praying (not really, I'm an atheist) that it is something relatively cheap...but I have a dread feeling in my guts that it won't be. I haven't had any overtime in a long time, and life has been very paycheck to paycheck lately. This could be very bad.
On a positive note, I saw my doctor about the injured arm (badly sprained MCL), and he was surprised and very happy with how fast I'm healing. So I have that at least.
Edit: It turns out to be the water pump, and the timing belt, and something else too (I didn't take the call). Estimated cost between $700-750. Money we don't have right now. Looks like we are a 1 car family until we can save up for a bit. I'll probably have to push my car home tomorrow (It's only a 1 block away).
On my way home from work today, my car started to make a horrible sqealing/grinding/screeching noise. Then my engine temp redlined very quickly. Then when I pulled over, all of my coolant bled out onto the side of the breakdown lane.
While I sat and sulked, HathOriginal came and picked me up while AAA towed my car the 40 miles back home. I'm sitting by the phone right now, waiting for the mechanic to call me to let me know what is up. I'm praying (not really, I'm an atheist) that it is something relatively cheap...but I have a dread feeling in my guts that it won't be. I haven't had any overtime in a long time, and life has been very paycheck to paycheck lately. This could be very bad.
On a positive note, I saw my doctor about the injured arm (badly sprained MCL), and he was surprised and very happy with how fast I'm healing. So I have that at least.
Edit: It turns out to be the water pump, and the timing belt, and something else too (I didn't take the call). Estimated cost between $700-750. Money we don't have right now. Looks like we are a 1 car family until we can save up for a bit. I'll probably have to push my car home tomorrow (It's only a 1 block away).
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paulnikon:
Thanks for the journal comment.
morrigan:
Internet ftw!!!