Blake just left yesterday to go back to Afghanistan after his two week leave. And it was awful when he left.... I bawled like a baby! Anyways back to his vacation/leave. I will start at the very beginning about our experience. A couple days before Blake came for his leave, the check engine light came on our car (and I know nothing about cars, other how to drive them, so I didn't know what to do). And on my way to pick Blake up from the airport our car broke down and I had to scramble to get a tow truck to tow it into town and then find a ride to the airport (in Syracuse) to pick up Blake. We were planning a trip to Orlando (to go to Disneyland and Universal Studios) and we wanted to leave the next day. And we were hoping that the car problem wasn't major so we could go on our trip.
Well we had the car checked out and the mechanic said I blew the engine/head gasket. So the Orlando trip went straight out the window when we found out. :( Because we had to figure out weather we wanted fix our old car (the matrix) or try and buy a new one. It was a difficult/expensive decision either way and not many dealerships wanted to play ball with us. But we finally found one that was reasonable and was offering us a pretty good loan on a 2008 Toyota Rav 4. So now we have a newer car! But like I said it was a difficult/expensive decision. We had to pay to get the car towed three times, we also had to pay a mechanic for looking at the car, get a rental car, plus a down payment on our newer car.
Blake also accidently put his ipod touch through the washer (he didn't check his pockets before he washed his clothes) and in turn killed his ipod. But he had a warranty on it, so he is getting a check for a new one in the mail. Yeah! So since the trip was cancelled, we pretty much stayed at home while he was home. But that was fine, we just saw a couple movies (at both of our drive-ins and the local theater) and went out to eat a couple of times. But I think that is what Blake needed (to relax). We also went on a mini vacation/day trip and went to Six Flags in New Jersey, which was fun. We had a fun fourth of July also, we went to one of our local drive-ins and we were able to see the movie and the fireworks! Now I hope the next couple of months fly of Blake's deployment go as fast as the first couple months went. Because I want my hubby back!
Well we had the car checked out and the mechanic said I blew the engine/head gasket. So the Orlando trip went straight out the window when we found out. :( Because we had to figure out weather we wanted fix our old car (the matrix) or try and buy a new one. It was a difficult/expensive decision either way and not many dealerships wanted to play ball with us. But we finally found one that was reasonable and was offering us a pretty good loan on a 2008 Toyota Rav 4. So now we have a newer car! But like I said it was a difficult/expensive decision. We had to pay to get the car towed three times, we also had to pay a mechanic for looking at the car, get a rental car, plus a down payment on our newer car.
Blake also accidently put his ipod touch through the washer (he didn't check his pockets before he washed his clothes) and in turn killed his ipod. But he had a warranty on it, so he is getting a check for a new one in the mail. Yeah! So since the trip was cancelled, we pretty much stayed at home while he was home. But that was fine, we just saw a couple movies (at both of our drive-ins and the local theater) and went out to eat a couple of times. But I think that is what Blake needed (to relax). We also went on a mini vacation/day trip and went to Six Flags in New Jersey, which was fun. We had a fun fourth of July also, we went to one of our local drive-ins and we were able to see the movie and the fireworks! Now I hope the next couple of months fly of Blake's deployment go as fast as the first couple months went. Because I want my hubby back!
