I finally sold my first car, a 1991 Ford Tempo, for $750. Last month's paychecks sucked, and I needed to sell the car to pay back my mother-in-law the $300 we borrowed to pay the bills, as well as pay for some repairs for my other car, a 1996 Ford Aspire.

But as soon as I sold the Tempo, the Aspire was getting worse, and needed immediate attention. I ended up missing work over the last weekend because of parts coming in late causing me to miss an appointment. But on Monday, I got my CV axles replaced at the cost of about $270.

I've been battling a coolant leak for a while now, and got the lower hose to stop dripping. But the water pump started leaking pretty bad. However, as long as I topped off the coolant before I drive, I could get to work and back. I tried to replace the pump myself, but I discovered I needed more tools than what I had, and it's too big of a job to get away with at my apartment (you're not supposed to work on your cars, but I do anyway). I apparently didn't set the cam gear back right, and it was slightly off, resulting in detonation under load. It was liveable, as long as I drive really softly.

But yesterday, it just up and quit on me, giving me a trouble code for the camshaft position sensor. We had to get pushed most of the way back to Lebanon, and pushed it ourselves a lot of the way to the local shop, where I was already going to have the water pump replaced. Again, we're missing work, and I'd love to have the Tempo back right now... ><

So, we're stuck at home until the car is fixed, and no word yet as to when it'll be ready, since the shop is pretty busy.