hrm. so speaking of stress: my heater core is fixed, the car won't overheat now, and then the transmission starts acting up JUST as we fix the other problem : / what am i going to do??? i am supposed to be leaving in a week and a half! : ( i am reallystarting to get freaked out now. something is really trying to stop me from going..and i don't know what it is, or whether i should heed it as a bad omen, or thwart it as an evil menace. this sucks...nothing is going right the past couple days. plus i'm pulling this jeff thing. i havent slept in about 33 hrs and don't feel like sleeping...like i get this bad feeling like sleeping would be giving in to this whirpool of cess. i don't know. if any of you do please let me know... : (