The greatest day ever...

Let me just tell you about some lessons I learned yesterday.

So Sunday's I have made it a habit to go to my parents house, so this last Sunday was no different. As I was driving from Orem to Farmington my car's check engine light went on. I just assumed that I had to get my oil changed because I was almost 2000 miles past due (even though the date was for April 19). So Monday (being yesterday) I woke up early and went to get ready to take my car to get the oil changed, and I also had received my state tax return ($51!!) and thought while I'm out I might as well deposit my check and get my oil changed all in the same outing because they are only across the street from one another. Well when my mother heard all my plans she got excited because the post office is right in the middle of the bank and the oil changing place and asked if I would drop some of her stuff off for her. I told her yes I would.

Here's where it gets exciting. After I got my oil changed, I turned my car on and the check engine light was still on... lame. I called Chris to let him now that I was extremely bugged and while on the phone with him I headed for the mail drop, where grabbed all the envelopes from my purse and put them in, and started to head for the bank. I got to the bank and went to pull out my check from my purse so I could write up the transaction ticket.

My check was gone.

Everything clicked for me right then. I had left my check in an envelope and put it in the mail drop with the rest of my mothers stuff. I ran as fast as I could (well drove) back to the post office stood in an extremely long line to talk to the meanest person ever and try to explain what had happened, and finally she sent someone out to the mail drop with me to try and look for my check. I explained to the fine gentlemen quite a few times that "no, I can't just wait for it to come back to me in the mail, because its only an opened envelope with a check in it, the parcel doesn't have my address on it any longer, and the check was already signed with my account number on it" finally about an hour later, we found it. I took it back to the bank and deposited it. Meanwhile my check engine light was still on the entire time. I took it to a family business down the street called Haugen's. If you are ever in Farmington and your car needs repairing, go there they are really nice and won't mess around with ya. They found out that a valve by my gas tank went out and had to be replaced.

Long story short. I deposited $51. I spend $300. I hate cars.