The Saga Continues... Will it ever end?

It's now Thursday. The UHAUL is sitting in front of the house still loaded, thanks Mike. I'm in no hurry to offload it, since I have the truck for 5 days. So I decide to go out and look for cars. I go to Toyota and find a Highlander that I really like. I go to see how much it would cost and all of that, and they do a credit check. Now, I am known for my frugality and cheapness. Which means that I have great credit, which I am very proud of. I almost think that this defines the type of person that I am. I may not have crap right now, but I have good credit! So what a surprise when they check my score and its a 610!!! What the hell is going on! Well, the VA had put 2 deliquencies on my report. Well I am freaking out and leave immediately. I call the VA to find out what is going on. Long story short, when you are a reservist and you are not drilling, you do not rate the reserve GI bill. So, the year that I had dropped to the IRR disqualified me fore benefits that year. Which means that I get to pay back $8500!! That's right, it is EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!!!! I'm freaking out at this point, but was proud of myself, I only cried for a minute, mainly out of frustration and my damn luck. So now I have to talk to them about removing this off my credit report. They make me fax in my lease to prove that I had moved, since they kept mailing the letters to my old address in Greenville. So, I go to mom's work to fax it off. All is good. I get back in the truck, it's daddy's truck (I hate this stupid truck) and go home. I'm at the light to turn left. I look up, it's green. I am the third car in line thank God, because the first car goes when the light turns green, and this white car nails him. I mean it was bad, I was like oh crap. Well I was gonna call 911 but there was no need. All of a sudden I hear sirens. There are 5 count them 5 undercover police cars that swarm the vehicle that was hit. Before I know what's going on everyhone in that car is in handcuffs! It was crazy. And the crazier part is that only 1 cop went over to see if the other vehicle was okay, which you could tell the guy was hurt. I'm telling you, that's all I needed that day, was to get nailed. It would have topped my day off, but luckily God didn't want to give me more than I could handle. He did however have another surprise for me though. So I'm on the way home and there is no gas in the car, and I mean no gas. Not a surprise though, as when I got in the GiGi the day before there wasn't any gas in that one either! So I go to Hess because Mama gave me a $50 gas card for Christmas, and I am broke, so I figure I will use this. I fill the truck up, it takes 16 gallons because its so empty. Then, all of a sudden I hear what sounds like pouring water, only it doesn't smell like water. That's because it wasn't water. Nope, it was gas pouring out from un der the truck. GREAT! This is all I need right now. So, I go inside and feeling like an idiot tell the cashier that there is gas all over the ground, and that I will call a tow truck to move my truck. I call mom, and she's like "did you over fill it?" What in the world woman? I have been driving for 10 years, so I think that I know how to put gas in a vehicle. No I didn't overfill it I tell her. So she gives me the number to the tow trucking company, second time in 2 days may I add, and tells me to call Greg, our mechanic. Luckily his work was only a 1 minute walk away. I go over there and tell him and he comes over. God Bless this man. He is the best mechanic in the world. He's laughing, starts up the truck and moves it. Then he asks me if daddy ever filled up the truck, or only put $15 of gas in at a time. I dunno I say. So he says its okay to drive it, and that there is probably a hole in the tank, and that he will fix it. But could I first just drive it and use some of the gas up, because changing a full gas tank wouldn't be fun. No problem. I take it home. Mom calls and says lets go to dinner. I know you need a break. Yeah I need a break alright. I should have ran away to a deserted island. All I wanted to do was just leave and leave all my problems behind. So we go to dinner and I explain the VA situation to mom. She's like, don't worry, you are going to come out of this with them owing you money. Always the optimist my mom. Sorry mom, but that isn't how my life works. I get to pay back ALL the money, oh joy. So then she offers to pay my deby, saying that she and dad haven't really paid for my college, and this is the least they could do. No way. I have the money, and dad is in Iraq to save money for him and mom, not to pay my debts. I was grateful for the offer, but could never accecpt it. I chose to pay for my college, I chose the hard road, and I am grateful for it. It made me who I am today. And it allows me to say I did on my own. I am proud of this. I know my parents feel a little guilty that they paid for my sister's tuition and couldn't for mine, but I don't feel bad about it at all. As I said, things have worked out for me. If I didn't have to apy for college then the events that took place in my life might not have happened. Things happen for a reason mom. "I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference." Robert Frost - Road Less Traveled My FAVORITE poem.
We get home and all I want to do is to get away from everything, so I do what I do best in these situations, sleep my problems away. I was so upset I didn't even want to talk to my dad when he called. So mom had to explain the VA situation to him. I just didn't want to talk about my problems anymore, I had had enough. I was just tired of explaining things, as I had been doing this for 3 days now, ever since I moved back to NC.
Well, that day finally ended, maybe tomorrow would be better. I doubt it though.