My week started off on a very good note. I had contacted the woman in my subdivision who was selling her car and we had arranged a test drive time for 10 am this morning. She said on Monday that she had gotten an offer from someone else, but didn't elaborate at all. So I called her Friday to see if we were still a go and she called me back saying she had accepted the offer. This threw me (more) completely off my rocker. I flipped out right before Emmett was coming to get me (stellar timing, right?) and fumed all the way home.

I was feeling pretty hopeless, but I was determined not to go away from this weekend empty handed. So, my wonderful, awesometastical boyfriend was doing car research for me (we didn't have Internet at home...f-ing Comcast...) and I decided that I would be visiting a few dealerships today to look at and test drive some cars.

It ended up being very, very fruitful. I bought one!! A 2002 Chevy Malibu. 67,000 miles, dark green, beige cloth interior. Total price: $7,404.84. This was way over what I thought I would spend, but my parents helped me out a little and I got approved for a loan by the MSU FCU, which was amazing. So now I have monthly payments of $222 for 36 months. This translates to: Melissa buys nothing and is ridiculously careful with her money. No biggie. Even though it's way more than I anticipated, I think I'll be able to work it out.

Adding to the stress of finding then losing then buying a car was the added issue of my computer completely crashing. It was bad enough so that I completely lost my OS. So I had no computer (and thusly, no connections to the outside world, sadly, and also no way to finish my forensic science stuff.) It was so hopeless that I pretty much decided to purchase a new computer. Then came the fantasticly amazing boyfriend again to the rescue, who not only talked me down, but helped me through the process of not only reformatting, but also reinstalling drivers and getting me the Internet once more.

So, my week was totally ups and downs, but now I'd say it's on a definite upward turn. Maybe I can even convince my bro to get us Thai food tonight! Haha, doubtful, but a girl can dream...