Day 21. Not any better...

                    Well the plan was for Mat's friend to come to our hotel this morning and help us get the car sorted out, and you would think that since we drove all the way out to ramstein to support him, and for Mat to go to his graduation and he had to walk toit  in the cold, since we coudnt get ahold of the guy, and the cars broken, that this guy would be able to do us one favor..but no, he just never showed up, and put a block on phone calls to his room, so I"m pretty mad about that. Obviously he is not a very good person...So Mat, once again had to walk all over base to try and find someone to help with the car, and get parts, and figure out whats wrong, a nice guy finally happened to drive by and stop, and he was a mechanic! Weird that a random guy off the street was kinder to us than Mat's supposed friend...but the guy helped mat figure out what was wrong, and where to go to fix it, that's the good news. the bad news is that the car that we just spent over $700 to fix the brakes on now requires a new fuel pump and that part alone costs $1200..so we're done with this car, because we would have to pay to have it towed off base, and pay for the part, and pay for labor...yeah, right.
                         I'm feeling pretty discouraged by all this right now, if I wasnt so tired, from KayLeigh keeping me up so late the past few nights I would be crying, but I just dont have the energy! It seems like Mat and I try so hard just to get shoved back down by everything!!! So very frustrated right now. But thanks to my mom, I can find the good most of the time, even if it takes a while. I am happy that we are together, and safe, and at least we have a hotel room for the night. We have another car at home, so mat has a way to get to and from work, and best of all, we have plenty of real friends that are willing to come get us, all the way in Germany. Our wonderful friends Amanda and Rob are going to come rescue us tomorrow, and I am looking forward to being home, and not leaving for quite a while! Things could be much worse, and I know that, its just hard when this many things go wrong all in a row... I'm waiting for KayLeigh to fall asleep so I can do the same, and be on our way home tomorrow!!    I love you all, and I really really really really hope that everyone else's week is going better!

Day 21, hiding in the cabinet in the hotel

she wants a new car for christmas

dragging in her new elmo jammies