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I've been so stressed. I just want things to go well. I've had a rough 2-3 weeks and I just want things to get better. First, my car has taken a dump on me twice and it's been kinda hard on mine and Ray's wallet. First the starter died and it was tough to get it fixed and Ray was out of town for Navy stuff. I took it to one place and it turned out they tried to rip me off badly. It's a pretty long story there, but in the end I learned never to go there again. They lost my business and the business of dozens of others I shared my story with.

I know you may be thinking that's a bit much, but really it wasn't. They lied to me and charged me double for something that I was told was free of charge since they actually didn't do any labor and I told them I can't afford extra costs and that I will need to wait for my husband to get back into town. I guess they got mad about it or something. I was forced to pay them for nothing but making my car worse and being terribly rude to me. Not to mention they refused to give me my keys back till I payed them for doing jack $#!7 *sigh*

By the end of the week my car had been to 3 different places and that's not including the guys at work giving it a go. *stuff that shouldn't have been welded together was welded together and that made things tough* We finally get it fixed and a few days later the alternator and battery die completely. Another expense we weren't prepared for.

I took leave from work since Sakura Con is this weekend in Seattle, my 23rd b-day is the 14 and on the 15th is mine and Ray's 3rd year anniversary of marriage. So far I've been sitting here alone because his work is making it difficult for him to take leave to spend the time with me. Also, he got put on duty this weekend so he can't leave town for the convention unless they give him leave and then we can go on sunday. I'm just tired and wishing for nothing more then for everything to be ok and work out in the end.