Having Savings

So remember when our van's check engine light came on?  Yeah, definitely not one of the happiest days of my life.

But the van's been continuing to work.  And I've continued to drive it.  Knowing that it was only a matter of time before we'd need to get it fixed.  Whatever it was.

So the hubs bought one of those code readers to find out what the check engine light came on for.  The result of that wasn't super-conclusive.  And it ended up resetting itself and the check engine light went off.  Until I got back on the freeway at high speeds again.

So we knew we needed to take it in and get it looked at.  Meanwhile, the transmission started slipping.  And we knew it was going to be a transmission issue for sure then.  And we knew it was going to be a costly fix.  And after calling around for estimates...  We found out we were right.

And I'm not really thrilled about that.  We weren't exactly planning to spend this much money on a vehicle we bought less than 2 years ago.  But, life happens.  And tomorrow the van goes in for some overhauling.

And I am grateful we have savings to to be an umbrella on the rainy days.  Like this one.  It is a blessing.  Because though it may be discouraging to see a lot of money going out, it'd be even more discouraging to have to go into debt.


And here's to hoping this means the van will last us 10 years!!! :).  With a "new" transmission.

What are you grateful for today?