Reality Check

So family...I know that I've been MIA the last week or so. Don't worry. I've been reading all of your amazing posts and each one makes me SO happy. Keep up the blogging!
After surviving my long week of conferences...thank goodness they're over...I had a pretty awful Friday. My car had been making some odd noises so I, of course, took it in to get fixed feeling completely optimistic about the outcome. 300 maybe 400 dollars. I'll skip the shopping for this month and I'll be fine. At about 10:00 on Friday the guy from Riverside calls and says, "How much longer are you planning on driving this car?" I immediately panick. After about five minutes of mechanic talk, none of which I understood, he throws out 700 to 800 dollars. I start crying. I told him that I would have my dad call him because I had no idea what he was talking about.
So...I call dad. Still crying. This, by the way, is not the first time this has happened. He tells me to stop crying and calm down...in not necessarily the nicest way...and I give him the number to the mechanic.
Long story short. I have no car until at least Wednesday. And I now have an 800 dollar bill to worry about. To say that this was a reality check for me is an understatement. I have been working for almost three years and I have saved nothing. I feel like this was a bit of a wake up call and I have every intention of turning things around and building up my savings account, for instances such as these. Wish me luck! Along those lines...I thought of you all this morning as I was WALKING to church. Yes, that's right, I walked to church! I thought that you all would be impressed with that :)
I have another story for you all...I walked a 5K yesteray...but no time to type right now. Love you all and hope that you have a good week! xoxo Taryn