Remember the other week when I was without my van, well, Dave's van broke down this afternoon. This morning his engine check light went on for the first time since he's had the van. This afternoon for unknown reasons, it died.
Luckily I had a dental appointment up in Des Moines today at noon and we planned to meet for lunch after. I met Dave over at the one mall closest to his office when I was done. When we were leaving, he was parked not too far from me and as I was leaving, I saw him waving for me to come over to where he was. When I got there he was trying to start the van, but it wouldn't start. Luckily a mall security vehicle came by and asked us if we needed any help and Dave told him the situation and asked if it would be okay if we left the van parked there for the night. Thankfully he said it would be and all he would need is some information, so after giving him that, Dave took some stuff out and locked the van up and we left. We had to stop by his office first so that he could tell his assistant what was going on. I also needed to stop by the store on the way home, so we did that too.
We're hoping it's nothing serious otherwise we might not be able to go back east fore my niece's wedding in June. Oh and on top of this, I got the final cost for the rest of the dental work I need from the dentist who took over for the patients who were stuck after AllCare closed its Des Moines office. It's about $400 more than what it would have cost us through AllCare. But I'm more confident that the care will be better.
Anyway, let's hope that nothing serious is wrong with the van because there are still three more payments left on it and Dave doesn't want to have to get another car right now. He's looking forward to not having any more payments for awhile.
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