Three dollars and some change

So in follow up to yesterday's post: the brakes were shot, there was something wrong with the transmission, and the battery was failing. I bought the truck (a 2008 Ford Ranger) in 2013 and haven't had any maintenance issues with it before, so I suppose it was only a matter of time before things started to fall apart. Anyway, now I am much poorer and also safer (new front brakes, a fixed transmission, and a brand new battery) but I suppose that's one of the tradeoffs we make in life.

Now I just need to get my taxes filed and my return back to help cover this hit to the pocketbook.

Thanks to everyone for their ideas on fun activities; I'm going to put together a master list and post that up here :D