Well, the it appears the inevitable has finally begun to happen. Last week I was taking a friend to work and my air conditioning wasn't working right. On top of that, the coolant temp kept rising as I was driving. I finally rolled down the windows and got home as fast as I could.

I added a little more antifreeze, although the level appeared normal. The next step was checking the freon. I picked up a gauge and bottle of it at Wal-Mart and my dad talked me through the process on the phone. Basically, my air conditioning works when I am driving (faster=cooler) and stops after about 30 seconds of idling.

The freon levels came up high, but that doesn't seem to make sense because no one has touched anything related to that part of the car since I moved down here. For anyone who knows anything about this subject, we also check all the related fuses and they all seem fine. I am currently trying to avoid a $70 trip to Firestone for an AC check because my dad and I believe it may well be the compressor going bad.

So, the time has come to review my budget, get things in order and determine what to do about finding a new vehicle. The biggest problem with finding a "new" car is that because of my zip code, insurance is quite expensive. So the newer the car or the larger the car (both of which seem necessary) the more expensive the insurance.

So the major prayer requests would be that my car lasts until I am able to find/afford a "new" one and that I would be able to find something affordable.