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I realize that I havent updated in awhile but this is for good reason, I started my new job this past week! Yes, it's true, I am now officially the receptionist at Mercy Ministries St. Louis. So far everything has gone smoothly and the staff has been wonderful in getting me acclamated to my new position. It's interesting to see all of the facets of what I'll be doing being revealed to me in little bits. On Friday I was able to go with the girls on their mall trip and spend some time getting to know them which was great! It's definitely A LOT different from being an intern hehe.

In other news, CARS ARE EVIL! A few days into my new job my car decided to act up. OF COURSE! My check engine light started flashing and the car began to run very rough. I knew I needed a transmission flush and thought well, maybe this was my indication that it really was time to get it done. So I took my car to NTB (who has been handling my car complaints lately) for a transmission flush. By the time I got the car to them the check engine light has gone off and the car was running ok. I was excited! After the flush the car continued to run fin so I thought I was out of the woods...not so much. The next morning on my way to work the car began to run even rougher so I knew I had to handle it. I called NTB back to let them know there were issues and they encouraged me to bring it back. They hooked a computer up to the sensors in the car and found that there was a "mis-fire in the 2nd cyclinder", which may or may not be fixable by doing a tune up on the car... a tune up which they wanted to issue me for $585 (insert choking noise). Needless to say I was NOT okay with that and after much counsel, decided to leave and go price check an consider my options. With all the resolve in the world, I told the manager I was going to consider my options and proceeded to walk out the door. Well, pride cometh before the fall my friends, bc as I went to leave I tried to put my car in gear in the car wouldnt move...not forward, backward, or sideways. I huffed it to the entrance but realized pulling out into traffic was not wise so i was able to idle it in reverse to a parking space where I proceeded to park, call my mom to pick me up, and have an emotional break down. By the time she showed up I had composed myself and she proceeded to head into NTB to find out if we could have the car looked at to make sure nothing more than the 2nd cylinder issue was going on. Good thing she did bc they put the car on the wracks and found a huge split in the transmission line. UGH. So FOR FREE, NTB replaced the line and refilled my fluids but this did not fix the problem. I tried leaving again and the lights and roughness returned. I, therefore, returned to NTB to make sure it was JUST the 2nd cylinder. They tested it again and it was just that so I decided to call up a friend who does car stuff to see if he had any ideas or could do tune ups. Thank goodness for cute guy friends who can fix cars bc for about $100 I'm getting a much needed tune up which I hope will ultimately fix the issue! So today He is doing the tune up, so send up some prayers that this will work!