So as I mentioned previously in my blog, my minivan decided to take a poop on me. It has a busted transmission and I do not have the money to fix it, nor do I have the patience to try and haggle my way to some cheaper fix. I am at a loss. I have had the car for less than a year and to have it already take a dump on me is just crazy.
So today in an effort to see what my options were I decided to post an ad on Craigslist, mostly thinking it was my last ditch effort and then thinking "maybe someone will bite and give me a couple grand". Well, my as-is ad worked and I have already received 11 emails in a couple hours and been offered a few cash offers. Crazy how things work. This is now the time that I decide if I am going to go ahead with this or if I am going to hold off and see what happens in the future. I mean. I could win the lotto and somehow manage to have the money to fix my car AND buy a new commuter car. Oh. Wait. No. That won't happen.
Thank heavens for the perfect man because instead of also freaking out with me he helped me realize this is nothing. That I needed to have perspective and remember that this is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Then thanks to an amazing boss she has a car I can use in the interim and has agreed to see about letting me work from home on Wednesdays to cut down on my gas usage. Things do have a way of working out. I am certain of this now.
So where I nearly got all my stress worked up I quickly realized this is really not the worst thing to happen. I witnessed a man lose his life this weekend and I just heard another tragic story of a mother and father having to bury their only child. My heart aches for these families and I am certain they would give anything to have my problem as opposed to their losses, grief and heartache. So instead of feeling sorry for me lets take a little time to remember these family.
Failing Car. No problem. We got this.
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