What's a Girl to Do?

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It has been an unbelievable couple of months around here. Our car broke down. My husband said it was done. Don't drive it. Then someone told him what was wrong with it from what he said happened. To save money, my daughter's boyfriend bought the new belt that was required and they used a YouTube video to install it. Saved $300 there. Car, back on the road but not good for highway driving. And the windshield on the truck needs replacing. The cracks are expanding or developing more. Then my laptop completely died, got wiped clean and cost me $300 if not more. Starting over and without Office, but that's okay. Then the hot water tank needed a service call. I had been complaining about the lack of hot water for the last year or two. No one else had a problem so they thought I was crazy. But while hubby was away I got a day with tepid water from all taps all day long. I called and the service tech showed me how eroded the thermostat was. He replaced it. The tank is a rental so we didn't have to pay for that. Then the water softener starts acting up. It tries to recharge but is unsuccessful in doing so without assistance. i.e. we have to do it manually. Guy came to look at it today - $400 for a new switch, or $1300 for a new water softener (it's 11 years old after all). We can continue to do it manually if we can remember to run downstairs at 9pm every night. And last night my husband went to heat up his dinner when he got home from work. When he came in to the family room empty handed I asked about his dinner. The microwave is broken. It runs, just doesn't heat anything up. So, I said, I gotta buy a new microwave? Asked several times until I remembered that my daughter had one stored away in the basement from when she was in college. She willingly replaced our's with her's. My husband had decided to respond to my constant complaints and had my daughter book us a tropical vacation. We were supposed to leave tomorrow for Punta Cana... until I checked the weather forecast. If I want to sit in the rain and clouds I can do that at home and not spend any money. We cancelled. We're going to try again mid-November but it is a matter of seat availability on the plane (my daughter works for the airlines). And will we have the money to pay for accommodations a month from now? I think we will continue to run the water softener manually until it doesn't work at all because purchasing that now will make the vacation completely impossible. It's been crazy. One thing after another. Trying to stay positive but it's hard.