Rereading my last post made me laugh a little.  In a oh-it-only-gets-worse maniacal kind of laugh.  These first couple of blocks have been a lot more trying than I anticipated.  Blocks being kind of like quarters/half semesters.  They are 5-8ish weeks of classes at a time.   So the vehicle situation only got worse.  I decided to trade the large green paperweight in for a van.  I had been wanting to go back to a van (three kids and all).  I paid an outrageous amount for it given the year and mileage but all vehicles were extremely expensive at the time so…. Whatever.  Fast forward a couple weeks and the motor…