Not what we needed

The compressor for the air conditioner on our truck just quit and in this heat it's a 'luxury' that's sorely needed. The first estimate is $600 and although by U.S. standards that's a great price, it's still $600 we didn't plan on spending.

With a team arriving on the 5th of Sept. we've had to privately contract a taxi for that week and what a week it will be...4 trips a day to the boys school (up and back in the morning and again at noon), 4 trips on Mon. Wed. & Fri. to soccer practice, 4 trips on Mon, Wed, & Fri. to karate practice, two trips a day to take the cook home, plus any trips Joyce will need to make to the stores that week. Can't wait to see this estimate. When you start to ask someone else to do what you've been doing, it suddenly gets very expensive. Can you see the need for another vehicle in this?