Taller ("garage")

I have been writing blog posts... just doo depressing to put in here, the last month has been the most difficult of they year.  4 1/2 weeks ago a seal on our cooling system in our vehicle blew, causing the coolant to abruptly leave the motor... nothing looked out of the ordinary, we drove down the mountain and the truck started to act funny.  I checked fluids, though not coolant since it was a warm motor, but the overflow looked fine, little did I know that I would cook my motor in the next few miles while the temperature sensor read "all is well".  Now a month later we have been waiting to wrap up the repair and sale of our vehicle.  We have had about every possible set back and had we known it would be 4 weeks we would have left an came back, instead we have been waiting while the string of 3 and 4 day delays turns into weeks on end.  In a few hours I will pack the car and begin our drive north to eventually fly out of CR with a vehicle still sitting in the shop. Crazy days these are.
I guess this would not be an outstanding event if it were not highlighted by the vehicles of our friends also having major issues, break downs and outright problems... someone threw a wrench at the car god and thing have been unseasonable weird here.  A funny one, in hind sight, is mu friend Dave taking his Trooper in for a problem starting it.  After replacing the alternator, the battery and a few other parts it is determined that it is a STARTER problem.  It would still start, just it took a few times.  The shop came out, told him they tested the starter and it is on order, come back in a week or so. They push started his car, gave it to him and he drove home, only to find they had never replaced the starter that was still partially functional.
Or then there is Rocky, who saw brakes getting finished up, he pointed out to the mechanic that a tensioner spring had been forgotten, it was still sitting on the floor next to the wheel.  The mechanic looked at it, smiled and tossed it over his shoulder into a heap of parts.
Now why would our vehicles be breaking down, I wonder....