A Queen's Treasures: June 2010

Summer has begun and what a ride it has been so far! Kyle and I had a very interesting morning. About 2 weeks ago, Kyle got in an accident with the Eclipse- a 3 car pile up- he was rear-ended and it caused him to hit the car in front. There didn't seem to be a lot of exterior damage, but when a car inspector came he said that the barrier between the back bumper and trunk was shattered and the radio went into the dashboard and Kyle said after the accident that he couldn't get out of 1st gear driving home. So the lady that hit him is paying for all the repairs.

So yesterday, we got a call saying that the lady who hit us is giving us a rental car while the Eclipse is in the shop. Yay! Our appointment to pick up the car was 11 am this morning, so Kyle and I get out to Enterprise at 11 and they said they weren't expecting us til 1 pm, so we had to wait a little while for them to send another car over from another place. We also found out that because we don't have 'full coverage insurance' we have to pay for insurance on the rental which is over $16 a day! They called the insurance agency that was paying for our rental to see if they could cover the insurance too- and they said absolutely no way. Wonderful. So who knows how many days the Eclipse will be in the shop and how long we'll need the rental. But we eventually got the car and I got to drive it back to the apt. On the way home, I was driving behind Kyle (who was in the Civic) and all of a sudden, I see the Civic muffler flapping in the wind! I start freaking out and call Kyle to go slow so it doesn't completely fall off. This is what it looks like when we finally pull into the parking lot.

It was completely seared off! No wonder it was so stinking loud! LOL

So then we have to take the Eclipse to the shop and Kyle tries to start the car and it's completely DEAD! AGAIN!! Granted...it has been sitting for over 2 weeks because we were afraid to drive it before someone came to look at it. So- this is exactly what we want from BOTH modes of transportation- a broken muffler on one and no power whatsoever on the other! FABULOUS! Kyle prays that it just needs to be jumped so he goes around knocking on all the doors in our apartment complex looking for jumper cables- and we're shocked no one is home on a FRIDAY AFTERNOON! DUH! So we take the rental to Target and buy some jumper cables. Which we should have on us anyway- who knows when we'll use them again with our unreliable vehicles! We finally get the Eclipse running and start driving to the auto shop. I'm following him in the rental and he seems to be going awfully fast for a car that shouldn't be able to get out of 1st gear! He decides to get on the highway and I can barely keep up because I'm on the phone with Kelsey (telling her about our tragic day! LOL). Later Kyle tells me that he thinks jumping the car reset something that triggered the transmission (don't ask- I really don't understand) so the gears are working fine- which is the first piece of good news we've had all day.
So that was our wonderful morning. At least it ended on a good note and now all we need to worry about is getting the Civic fixed. We were supposed to go to Texas this weekend, but with all our car trouble it's a good thing we decided to wait. Plus- being on this Dave Ramsey budget- we're running out of money quick and can't afford to do anything!

In other news- the summer has been very relaxing so far. Here are some pictures from Memorial Weekend and Kelsey's birthday!