The shop that has my car just spoke with me. There's a lot more wrong with my car than was discovered yesterday . . . and they suspect that further testing may uncover even more.

If the cost of making the car drivable climbs up to over $4000, I'll have to consider giving it up. Being without a car would change my life dramatically. It drastically would narrow down my options for how I can live my daily life.

I guess I'm lucky the car lasted as long as it did - over 20 years . . . . . especially that it lasted for 2 years after my boyfriend died, making that transition easier. Realistically, that luck was bound to run out. I've known that.