Road trip

So the Mazda's in the shop again in preparations for the trip to Dallas. We knew there was a slow leak in the oil pan gasket and it needed an oil change, but they found another leaky seal and now the repairs are over $600. In the last 6 months we've probably spent over $2K on the Mazda and that's the supposed good car (from this century and just barely under 100,000 miles). That's the car we run Izzy around in since the car seat actually fits in the car and the car in general is in better shape (or so we thought) and just feels safer. We're starting to get more worried about money since Rachel is no longer getting disability checks and she just can't go back to work with all that Isaiah entails right now. Rachel's Toyota, a '98 Corolla with over 140,000 miles on it is holding on, but we've spent nearly $1000 on that car too in the last 6 months between a new serpentine belt, starter and battery. We know we need to replace one of them here in the near future, but we can't afford another payment right now. We're not as bad off financially as a lot of people since we do have a small amount of savings, but we're holding on to that should anything happen to my job since its maybe enough to get us through a couple months.
I've taken on a part time second job, but its a commission based job that is no where near steady for income, but I also haven't had to put a ton of time into it. With the job situation out there how it is right now I highly doubt there's something part time Rachel could do from home. We had planned on trying to find something from home for her before Isaiah came along, and when he did we just kind of let it go to the background.
We'll figure it all out though, just needed to vent out a bit on the blog.

No matter what we're super excited to go to Dallas and meet with Dr. Fearon. It's added expense, but well worth it if it will ultimately improve Isaiah's life.