Where do I begin...

I don't know where do I begin...I started the day off good. I asked the boys to get up early so I can take them to school because I had my interview today at 10am. While I was waiting for them I took the trash to the curb. And again I pulled my back out. I really need a new trash can...one with wheels. But anyway they were ready by 7:15 which was really good and we were off. We get in my car and put the heat on which hasn't been working for a couple of days now. Again nothing but out of habit I still put it on. We get about 10 minutes into our 1/2 hour ride and I started seeing smoke coming out of the hood. Now I am thinking oh no not today. I pull into a gas station and turn off the engine and open the hood and all this brown stuff just leaked on the ground. I knew I was doomed. I called my husband on his cell and work phone and left messages on both. Now as I have stated before, I am taking the kids to school because J. truck is broke. It needs brakes and we are not sure if we want to put the money into the old thing. So it is sitting in the driveway until we make a decision and since my van just broke I guess the answer will be no. Again I called my husband with no luck on reaching him. My son J. got a ride to school with a friend but there wasn't enough room for my other son N. so he came with me.

So I called roadside assistance (through Cingular) and they took all my information and told me it would be 45 minutes to an hour. Yes it took the hour. I called to cancel my interview and set it up for another day. Great first impression. I get it towed to the Ford dealership and once there the lady told me she could give us a courtesy ride home but the lady wasn't there with the van yet so I had to wait in the lounge for her. I waited about 1/2 before I decided to take the dealership up on their offer to extend a special rate on renting a car. So she called the rent a car place and finally someone came within 15 minutes and she took me back to fill out all the paperwork on the rent a car. Again I am thinking, can this day get any worse...So now I have a rent a car, a new time for my interview tomorrow and I guess we will try to do this all over again without all the problems. I am trying to keep a positive attitude on this, but it is hard since 2007 is starting off where 2006 left off.