a crazy week

ok, last friday i got the evaluation of my swiss transcripts
back. they say that since i haven't taken any classes at the university level my diploma is officially the equivalent of a high school diploma in the united states. so in order to get a degree i would have to "start from scratch" and do a whole 4 years of college. sad news.. on the other hand all my options are open to go off and do anything anywhere. it's a great opportunity.
I've been considering the option of moving to San Diego with some friends and help start their new ministry since i'm not bound by anything here right now. The downside in that is that i'd have to live there for at least a year before being able to go to school because it costs so much more for non-residents. and then i'd also be real far away from my family (the part that lives in the us). i can't make up my mind on what to do next and there are a lot of logical reasons for staying in indianapolis and a lot of not-so-logical reason for going to san diego.
THEN this week my car caught on fire - flames coming out of the alternator! i put it out with a bottle of water i happened to have handy. when i called aaa it took them about 2 hours to get me to a place to get it looked at. but luckily i was stuck at a Starbucks during that time. that was on monday.
on thursday i got the car back, new alternator, no cost to me because i had just gotten it put in in october by the same garage. after driving home i went out to get something at the hardware store and as i drove back i smelled the same smell as on monday so i did the same thing all over again. today, friday, i got it back and it seems to all be normal again..