I am utterly at a loss right now— I am frazzled and stressed and I am freaking out. My car’s engine light went on a few days ago. I missed work on Thursday because it had also started making strange noises and it was not handling well, and I’m sorry, but I was not comfortable with driving it on a major highway for 45 minutes to get to work (which is my basic commute; yes, I know other routes to work, but they aren’t much better). I brought it in today and turns out it needs a new catalytic converter, new transmission fluid, new brake fluid, new gaskets, and an alignment. The dealership doesn’t have any rentals right now, and my insurance will not cover a rental because there is no claim involved. I don’t have the money for a rental from enterprise or hertz or any of those places, but my mom offered to give me her credit card info so I could afford a rental for a few days, for which I would pay her back. They told me at enterprise that using my mom’s card would be fine; turns out they don’t allow that. I am furious, but I am also scared and stressed. I NEED THIS JOB. I don’t want to be unemployed again. I don’t want to have to leave Colorado. I feel like the universe is conspiring against me in this. **** me.