a lot of driving

well here is the end of the story. at 9:30ish the car fix it place called and said the problem is the alternator (DUH!) and that it would take until 12ish to get the part, thats when i decided we needed to rent a car and drive home, because they took so long we were unable to get to NY as there were 7 hours until shabbos but 6.5 hours of driving time, too close especially going to NY. so we drove home dejected. we had a very good meal friday night at home catered by Milaine and we had lunch at shu and nat's. then this morning i had to driv back to youngstown to get my car and return the rental. dad was a trooper and decided he wanted to come with me on the drive, and he did . so together we drove to youngstown picked up my van dropped of the rental and drove back home via subway in cleveland. so here are the stats, total driving time in the last few days 16 hours, total money spent in the last few days close to $1000. devo thinks for that kind of money next time we fly. i hope next time it wont cost that kind of money.