car troubles

i feel as though i was finally making it out alive from my depressed, wanna cry all the time funk i was in until i got screwed over by my car. and now im down in the dumps again...but im giving myself today and today only to feel poopy then im gonna break free from the funk and continue on my upward climb to happy and fun courtney again.

so heres the scoop...my car needed an oil change (which i was planning on taking care of this last friday as it was my day off) but two days prior to friday my back window decided to fall off the track and die. oooh and my ABS light and trac off light have been playing the on and off game for a few weeks now. everyone told me not to worry about it because it was prob nothing, just to wait and ask about it during the oil change.

now fast forward to friday. oil change $30. done.

window quote $315 eeeek
brake quote $250 double eeeek


fudge fudge fudge...but at least the mechanic said neither is a safety concern until i start to hear noise from the brakes, because my regular brakes were fine.

so i decide to go the grocery store and what do i hear as i brake when approaching the stop sign. loud, high pitched squeaking .....awesome! so i call my dad and we get cut out...call dropped.


now im getting really frustated at this point because a) i dont know if its safe to drive my car b) no one is flippen answer their phones

dad...no answer
mom....no answer
andy(the ex)...no answer
brother...no answer
fred(flos step dad)...no answer
chris(boss friend)....no answer
sam danforth.....sent a text...instant reply! thank you sam for actually being a human and normal for the second-third time in a week's period.

so of the 7 people i contacted...one...the only one who responds. oh the irony of it all. the one that responds is the one that likes me the least. hahahah.

anyway the gist of the texting back and forth was that he thought i would be ok to drive it and i would be safe and not cause any severe damage/ make a bad situation worse by driving my car.


and here i am typing up my story, so you know that i did indeed not die, nor did i get stranded anywhere. yay!

sucky part is that i still have to fork over $550-600 to fix everything...ugh