Worst day ever

Two days ago was one of those days where you just want to crawl into a hole. Chris and I bought a 96 Honda Accord a few weeks ago, like I mentioned in another blog. It needed a few repairs so it was at a friend's getting fixed. Tuesday we got it back and we just needed to get an oil change, alignment, and safety and emissions done before we could get it on the road. We took it to the shop to get all that done in one stop, and it didn't pass safety for a few reasons. Two of the problems were small, a dim light and the battery needed to be secured. That was no problem. The third problem was that the exhaust was leaking and it needed to be replaced. It was only a 300 dollar part, don't worry. So we said to just go ahead and do it. So all together we ended up spending 400 dollars for that plus another 400 dollars for the other repairs we had done on it. Chris then drove our fixed car home, while Thy and I headed to the gym.
I got out of the car and shut the door. Thy then says, "Where are your keys?" Then I turned around and desperately tried to open the already locked door, but it was no use. Luckily we were close to my mom's house who had a spare key. Then I look down and notice that I don't even have tennis shoes on. I had forgotten that I was just wearing flip flops, so we can't work out at the gym anyways! We decided to just go back home after my mom saved the day with the spare.
Later that evening Chris and I decided we wanted to take our fixed car out for a spin and.... IT WOULDN'T START! That was the final straw. I tried to be happy and just laugh all the other stuff off, but I was just angry now. We took it back to our friend the next day to check it out, and it needed a new starter. While he was fixing that we told him to replace the timing belt while he was at it. That ended up being another pretty costly repair.
Then later that night we were trying to replace the burnt out headlight on the car, but even the new bulb wasn't working. Oh great, now there's a costly electrical thing going on. Turns out it was just missing a fuse in the fuse box. After about an hour of dinking around under the hood we finally figured out that that was the problem.
10:30 pm last night we finally had all the problems fixed and we now have a working car without any problems! I hate cars!

Back In SLC

Chris and I graduated from Snow College on May 2. We didn't walk, but we figured we'd have another chance to walk at graduation since we still have more school to attend to. It's a bitter sweet feeling to leave Ephraim. We've come home for the summer and returned back to Snow for 3 years and it's weird that we won't be going back this time.

Chris started a new job on monday. He is doing a chemistry internship at Energy Solutions, which is where my dad works. He's only done training so far, and it has been extremely boring, but he should start doing actual chemistry on monday. He is really excited to get into the real stuff. I on the other hand am still jobless. I had an interview yesterday with Target pharmacy, and they are suppose to be calling me today or tomorrow to schedule a second interview. I think the first one went well. Another pharmacy tech named Casey interviewed me, and he was really friendly and made me feel pretty comfortable. I wasn't nervous at all, which was weird. Hopefully I will get the job! It is like .2 miles from where I will be living so I could probably walk or ride a bike to work. I have also sent my resume to the regional pharmacy supervisor for Smith's and he will call if any openings pop up, but he said the turn-over for jobs has been really slow so I don't know if that will work out. I'll just keep my fingers crossed for Target!

Chris and I bought our first car last week. It's a 96 honda accord. It has one minor problem that is getting fixed in the shop so we still don't have a car to drive, but it should be done within the next couple of weeks. It was so exciting to buy a car. It's our first big purchase! I'll post some pictures later.

Chris's dad has been working hard on my parents' basement trying to get it done so that we can move in. So far the sheetrock is almost finished being hung, most of the electrical is done, and the plumbing is done as well. It's been exciting to see the progress. It actually looks like a living space now! There's been so many changes the past few weeks, and it's been really exciting and stressful at the same time. I'm glad to be moving forward!