Too much to do and too much money going down the tubes

So this last weekend we went up to my aunt Bonnie's house for a semi-family reunion. I got to see my cousin Emily for the first time in years and she's a pretty cool chick. There were a bunch of people there, actually, who I haven't seen since I was a kid and they had all their kids there who I've probably never seen until then. It was a pretty fun and relaxing day. Jade picked raspberries even though she hates them and we went on a walk down by the creek. After spending most of the day there we still had to head up to meet with my best friend, Christie. We picked her up from work, with her big pregnant belly that I got to rub. We went to the mall and found a few neat little stores to check out and I got an Indian goddess statue at one. When it was time to go, I must have hugged her like 5 times and rubbed her belly goodbye. I miss her so much. I just wish she were closer, or that both of us were extremely rich and could just hop on a plane to see each other whenever we needed each other. It's so hard to be far from those you care about. I was so sad when I left, but I was extremely tired too so I tried to sleep in the car on the way home. Except I couldn't because we kept stopping. The engine kept overheating and no matter how many times we stopped or how long we waited for it to cool down it was hot again in no time. We finally ended up breaking down after two hours, which should have only been a half hour drive under normal conditions. After calling a tow truck to get us and getting to ride in the car on the back of it, it was the kind with the flatbed, we got to a hotel to spend the night. Except when we got there, the only room they had left was the one with a broken AC, fun. They didn't even have a fan for us to use so we just sweated through the night. In the morning Ben realized that he had forgotten his house key in the car and when he tried to call the tow company they were closed. At least I remembered mine or we would've been screwed. (We've also been realizing ever since how much stuff was left behind in the car, thank goodness we remembered to take the carseat out.) Anyway so after the mechanics checked the car over they have come to the conclusion it is now a useless piece of crap so Ben is in the process of getting new car, well newer car. So once he gets it he will have to collect all the stuff he left in his other car and then make plans to bring to car to a place that will give him more money for it. This really sucks, though, because we are so broke right now. Can we never get ahead?