Unbelievable.

The couple who has the most unfortunate luck with automobiles just added another incident to their quickly growing list. Really, it's unbelievable how much can go wrong with cars. And who really has two self-destructing trucks in their first year of marriage?

 Yesterday started off normal. I woke up, went to work, and received a phone call from Justin around 11 or so telling me he was on his way to Athens. Almost immediately after our conversation ended, my phone died. That's when the trouble began. I called him back a little later on the school's phone to tell him what happened, but he had a much more interesting story.

Shortly after our conversation, Justin began to have problems himself. He was on I-20 towards Atlanta when all of a sudden his truck began to sputter, he drove a couple more miles, then he heard what sounded like an explosion under the hood and  was immediately unable to drive over 40 miles per hours.

At that point he pulled over and popped the hood. Oil was everywhere. All over everything. Once the truck was turned off, it would not start again. He called his dad, who was an hour and a half away, and asked him to come tow him to an exit with an auto shop.

Thankfully Mr. Tony did and they were able to drop the truck off. The auto shop told Justin they'd call him later with an estimate to fix it. When I called him to check in later and to ask what the estimate was he took a deep breath, probably bracing himself for my reaction, then said, "The truck is totaled." Really long pause. "What?" He repeated, "The truck is totaled. (Yes, I heard him the first time, 'What' was really a rhetorical question, the only thing I could get out because I didn't know what else to say.) The auto shop called and said it was the engine." The price they quoted us was only $200 less than what we paid for the truck, just a few months ago. 

So, we're down to one car, a husband moving to Mississippi in a few weeks, and a wife who stresses out a little too much....

Our life is never boring. It's often an unbelievable adventure.

To read about our first truck mishap: click here. 
To read about a crazy morning where both of our cars broke down: click here.