sigh..because i REALLY needed this stress right now..

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So..as of most of you should know by now..i'm scheduled to move this coming sunday to NJ from NM..so yeah, thats 5 days from today..well a week ago I had my car serviced, had them check everything (supposedly) to make sure it wasn't going to break down in the middle of indiana or something, well my car came back clean bill of health no problems at all..good, great, grand wonderful..well..

fast forward a week later

sunday i was driving home to santa fe from my friend's house in albuquerque (about 60 miles) and i'm about 15 miles from home, when my "service engine soon" light comes on so i'm like f*ck..okay..so i pulled over, whipped out my handy owners manual looked it up, and it said itwas okay to keep driving..just get it to be looked at as soon as i can..okay, so i turned my car back on..the light didn't come back on so again..great, grand wonderful..i continued on my way

about a mile from the exit for my house the low coolant/overheated transaxle fluid/overheated coolant light comes on(this light had actually come on once before, and i told them about it when i took my car in to be serviced and they told me they couldn't =find a reason for it to come on) so again, i pulled over..turned my car off for a minute, let it cool down..turned my car back on and the light went away again..
so i'm thinking great, the light turned off it can't be anything TOO serious right? But still, i'm concerned so I call my friend at the dealership yesterday morning to get my car serviced, he tells me he can fit me in at 2:30..
So i bring my car in, thinking it can't be anything too serious, if it was the lights probably would have stayed on i would figure..but what do i know? i don't know a thing about cars..

so i'm sitting there waiting for my friend to come and pick me up..when my friend the service guy comes over to me..like a doctor who has to tell his patient's family that he's lost them..he tells me it's not good..basically there is something wrong w/my transmission and essentially my car is not worth what it will cost them to fix

so last night i was trying to get approved for a new car at saturn, was approved for a car w/my mom cosigning but they wanted more $$ down then i could give them, and quite frankly i didn't want the car that badly(call me prissy, but it didn;t have the options i wanted) he sent back my application for a higher interest rate to see what the bank said, but by 6:00 we hadn't heard from them and i knew we probably wouldn't..so today i have to go over to a used car dealership (that had a slightly used civic that i LOVED in my pricerange) and try and get approved for credit there..i'm pretty hopeful because the only reason my friend was not appoved was b/c she didn't have a fulltime job, and couldn't get a cosigner..i have a full time job(well, until thursday) and i have a cosigner..so please pray for me people..cuz if i don't get approved at this place i really don't know what i'm going to do..i know the only thing thatwill be hurting me here is that as of thursday i am unemployed..and i don't know if my boss will say that when they call for employment verification..
has anyone else ever been in this situation? having less than perfect credit but needing to buy a car in a very short amount of time?
any kind words and support would be so appreciated right now..i've been on the verge of a breakdown since i found out..i don't know whether to laugh or to cry..i really didn't need this right now

thanks for listening everyone!