Car Karma

On Saturday morning Connor was driving to work when his car broke down.  On the highway.  He called me and was really upset (obviously).  We thought, "How much is this going to cost us?"  We're not exactly rolling in the dough with a new mortgage payment, and a baby on the way.

When the tow truck driver picked Connor up, he took a look under the hood of the car.  He said that it looked like a bolt that was in the alternator, holding it in place, had cracked, and fallen out.  Oops.  Interestingly enough, Connor had just had the alternator replaced not too long ago.  They towed the car to the repair shop (where a friend of Connor's works). 

Since it was Saturday, they didn't look at it until today.  We ended up paying about $26 for the repair, and that was only because there was a belt that needed replaced too.  That was wonderful!  When does it ever cost only $26 to get your car repaired?

And that's not all.

Tonight we went to Arby's for dinner (I haven't felt much like cooking lately, and we had a coupon).  While we were sitting in the drive thru waiting for our food, my car suddenly lurched forward several inches.  We thought "What was that?"  I thought Connor had accidentally done something (he was driving - and he thought that too).  However, he was as confused as I was.  We realized that the car behind us had rear ended us.  

Fabulous.

We got out and surveyed the damage.  There was none!  It looks like my license plate got scratched a bit, but that was all.  Thank goodness.  Apparently the lady behind us had been searching for change and had accidentally taken her foot off the brake.  She apologized, and we went on our merry way.

Please let this good karma keep heading our way.  We could really use it.