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This week has been not awful, but a great test of my patience.

Yesterday, my car decided that leaking coolant into the motor was a grand idea. During my first full week of class as well as a week that I have to work 4 days in a row (all sorts of wonky hours too, thanks to my school schedule) and my car is basically un-driveable. To top it all off, B is gone until next Tuesday for the Super Bowl so his car is here, only it's a manual and I haven't driven manual since 2006 (driving home from Whitewater, WI in a blizzard; totally almost hit a tractor). So my dad is borrowing B's car so I can drive my dad's Impala just to get to and from work and school this week.

We knew this day was coming; I've had a lot of problems with my car over the past year. I was hoping that it would last at least until the spring; unfortunately, no such luck. So guess who will be going used car shopping when B gets home next week? This girl! (And this isn't fun used car shopping; this is "I'm desperate for a vehicle that won't seize up or start on fire" car shopping.) <--is a="" firstworldproblem="" nbsp="" p="" that="">