Opposites Attract?

I always thought that 'positive breeds positive' but now I am thinking more along the lines of positive ATTRACTS negative.
Remember that whole "looking on the bright side" type post from 2 days ago?
I take it all back!

Just kidding but I have to tell you that one of the things that makes it hard for me to keep an optimistic outlook is that I always seem to get a money-whammy just as we are starting to creep towards stability...and it's almost always in the form of a car repair.

...sigh...

I was driving to a work appointment today. Our '02 Ford Explorer was making this weird, dragging type of sound and the 4x4 light was flashing rapidly. It sounded worse and worse as I drove, trying to figure out what to do. I made a snap decision to call the coworker I was meeting for the appointment to see if she could cover it and then drove to the nearest dealer (who we happen to have had a bad experience with but really what could I do?).
Luckily, they were able to assess the problem. Turns out the 4 wheel drive sensor was beat so the 4 wheel drive was going on/off randomly. $545.00 later, the car is fixed. But that's ALOT of money in our world. And we don't have an emergency fund or an available credit card. So, thanks for the loan Mom and Dad! I feel like such a deadbeat daughter.

It could have been worse but consider that we put approx $2000 into this car LAST year and the grand total just sucks. I hate putting money into a car but we had no choice. We can't possibly get a new car right now and we still owe money on this one. So you can see how I am not quite so chipper today but it's done and life goes on. I made it through the day without crying so that's a step in the right direction :)

Good Thoughts:
*If my opposites attract theory is correct, then tomorrow it should be my turn for positive, right? Is that a vicious cycle? Let's hope not!
*My Mom helped with this one- at least my car didn't break down in the middle of no where! Plus I was close to her work so she was able to pick me up and I borrowed her car to take Liam to the doctor. Have I mentioned that my Mom (and Dad) are awesome?
*Tonight, Michael told me he wanted to give me a kiss "all by himself" and he planted one right on my lips, making our 'smoochie' sound which sounds like MMMMwah! It was so sweet!
*Liam is usually one who likes to settle himself at night. But he has been under the weather and a little crabby. Tonight I danced with and sang to him to help him settle (to our U2 lullaby cd of course!) and he fell asleep with his beautiful head on my shoulder.