The car....

Here is a glimps at my yesterday.... actually we will start from Tuesday morning.
We got back from Disney, poor old girl hadn't been driven all week. I cranked her up, backed down the drive way, go to turn out and discover I have no power steering! Awesome!

So, I make it to work with every muscle in my upper body. At lunch, I decide I should run a few errands. Crank her up, try to pull out, nothing. No turning at this point. I ask one of my fix it ladies at the center to come look at her. The steering wheel fluid is empty. Not good.
So I run up, in Jen's car, to the mechanic, get a bottle of fluid, fill her up, and tada!! Steering wheel moves. That's enough excitement for one day.

Tuesday morning- the poor girl had lost all her fluid! I filled her back up again and drove her to the doctor (aka mechanic). Not good. A little after 12 I get a call. It's bad, real bad. She needs a new rack and pinion. Only the most expensive thing to break in your steering column. $600!!! She's only worth $2000. So the phone calls start.... Mike's vote= NO, Dad's vote= NO, Mom's vote= based on the guys, NO. So we quickly discover Mike needs to fly up to get the new car in Cleveland.
I call the mechanic back and tell him thanks, but NO. Super nice shop at 5 points if you need a mechanic. And of coarse, my stories wouldn't be complete without a little senior action. One of my oh- so present ladies steps in my office and tells me she called her mechanic and he can fix it for $450. We're getting better. The second set of calls continue. Mike= NO, Dad= NO, Mom= let me call dad again, Mom calls back= YES! (Mom and Dad are included in this process because half the sale goes to them)
So the next few minutes, I called the mechanic #2 back, said yes, booked a ticket for Mike, and posted a Mechanic Special for $1200 on Craigslist.
Not even 15 minutes later my phone blows up with calls. The first bidder can be here in 20 minutes. At this point, I haven't even picked the car up from mechanic #1. He comes, offers $700 and drives a Cadillac. What's wrong with that picture? I said No. Second bidder calls, asks if I have the title in hand because he's got the cash. Shows up, wants it. I get the title, he gives me cash and now I am at work at 6am with no car.
All in all, awesome day, stressful, but worth it! I get my new car this weekend!! Thanks for reading all this, if you still are. That all happened in about 3 hours! Talk about crazy!