March 8, 2011

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Today was a great day for mail. I finally got my spring break book. I ordered it last week and it is finally here! I decided to read Water for Elephants. I saw the movie previews and it looks so so good (and not because Robert Pattinson is in it) so I bought the book to read first. Here is the trailer for the movie


 
The second thing I got was my new cover for my iPhone. The bad thing was that it is the wrong color. I bought the case the day I bought my phone and it just now got here. I was so disappointed when I realized they sent me a blue and RED one instead of the blue and PINK one. Isn't it so cute?!?
Hopefully I will get the right one soon. Until then I have my cute and sturdy purple otterbox.

On a completely different note, I have had major car issues the past month. About 3 weeks ago my car was leaking something and it was making a strange noise. Noises aren't abnormal because my car is a piece of junk (i love her still) but I decided to get it checked out. Well turns out I needed a whole new radiator and spark plugs, and wires, and a valve gasket cover. All of that cost me $600. Thank goodness for parents who helped me out on that one. Then Tuesday last week I was riding with Josh when all of the sudden my car just cut off. It would go once I cranked it back up and started going but as soon as I stopped again it shut off. I got close to the car place and it started SMOKING! AHH! Turns out I had a hose burst and it leaked every bit of my radiator fluid onto the ground so it was over heating. If you have never had this happen to you, this is what it looks like.
Saturday, I was driving to the movies and guess what? It shut off AGAIN! This time I was too far away to risk driving it to the car place so I had it towed. Apparently when it rains, it pours. Two of my freeze plugs were leaking. If you don't know what freeze plugs are, I am right there with you. But I do know that your car has EIGHT of them and if one goes bad, the others will to so I had to replace them all. So I was without a car from Saturday night until tonight. I promise you if my car just shuts off again I might just push it over a cliff. I have already told Josh that my first big purchase once we graduate will be a brand spanking new car. After all of this, and all my hard work at school, I completely deserve it.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Bless your junk of a car. Are you thinking about donating it? I think I will when mine completely stops running and fixing it will cost more than buying a new one.

rebecca said...

I have to keep getting it fixed because I cannot afford a new one on a student budget. When I graduate, a new car will be my first present to myself.