Colorado

This week we were in Colorado.  Connor had his school labs all week.  So, we drove out on Sunday.  When we were about 1 hour from home, Connor's car started to make a weird noise.  We thought, "oh, great!" but we just kept going.  While it was obnoxious, we made it to Colorado without a problem.  We were so grateful that Ryan's friend, Michelle (who is now our friend) let us stay at her house.  That really was a life saver for us.

On Monday, Connor had school.  During his lunch break he took the car to a mechanic nearby and they thought it was something involving one of the belts.  They said to bring it back the next day and they could fix it.  The problem was, Connor wasn't going back there for school the next day.  So we decided he would just take it on Friday when he was back at the same place.

Well, Monday night we were driving around and the noise started to get worse.  We knew that was a bad sign.  We felt that we should rent a car.  Unfortunately, it was about 8pm and the only place that had a car rental available at that time of night was at the airport.  So, we drove out to the airport and picked up a car.  It was a brand new Toyota Camry.  Such a nice car.  I wouldn't mind buying a car like that next....when we decide to buy a new car.

Anyway, we got the car and we were driving back.  We decided to just drop Connor's car off at the mechanic, leave the key in the drop box, and then the mechanic could work on it on Tuesday.  I was driving the Camry, and Connor was in his car.  Remember my post about Car Karma?  Well, Connor called me and said that his car was acting just as it had the last time when it broke down.  Great.  I was following behind him, and we were about 5 minutes from the mechanic.  Well, about 3 miles away, his car was done.  It wouldn't accelerate anymore, and it was in the process of dying, so we pulled over and called our insurance company (yay State Farm!) and they sent a tow truck.  It arrived about 40 mins later.  We got back to Michelle's house around 11:30 and were exhausted.

The next day the mechanic was looking at the car.  Connor had called them in the morning on the way to his labs and explained what happened.  They discovered that a bracket that was holding the alternator to the motor was cracked, which was causing the car to break down.  Does this sound familiar?  First a bolt, then a bracket.  Ugh.  So they replaced the bracket.  We ended up spending about $200 total for the repair, rental, gas etc.  So it wasn't too bad.

Wednesday, and Thursday were pretty uneventful.  This whole week I had almost nothing to do.  I read, watched TV, and napped.  Michelle and her roommate must have thought I was really lazy.  But, they know I'm pregnant, so I have a good excuse.  :)

Friday night was a lot of fun.  We went and saw The Hunger Games.  It was SO SO good.  I really enjoyed it, and Connor did too.  He didn't know much about the books, aside from what I had told him.  We had a really good time.

Saturday we had a memorial wreath placement for Ryan at the site where he died.  I will blog about that later.  Then we drove home.  Now we are exhausted, and ready to sleep in our own bed.