Maybe it's the carbon monoxide talking ...

Let's just start with a cliché: when it rains it pours.
Let's do another one: you don't know what you've got until it's gone. 
Hows about one more: it's always darkest before dawn. 
What am I talking about? Our week. Yes, I know it's only Tuesday, but it's been L O N G so far. I'm trying hard to spin it positively in my mind.
Sure, our car is not running and no one seems to know the issue ... But! At least we have my mom's van to drive. And! The car didn't crap out in the middle of a da...