*Sigh*
Didn't make it to work today. This time I wasn't sick or anything. I left early so I could get to work ahead of schedule but fate had other plans. I made it 3/4 of the way there when the car decided it was done and it just didn't want to go any more. I figured it was something electrical because the dashboard lights had dimmed and the radio went off just shortly before the car stopped. I had a tow truck come out and take the car over to my parents house where we verified that it was the alternator that had gone out and we then proceeded to replace it. While we were at it I had my brother hook up his device to get the codes from the computer so I could see why my check engine light was on. Turns out I had a faulty EGR sensor so we went ahead and replaced that too. Now everything is running great and the check engine light that has been illuminating my life with it's amber glow ever since I got the car has been extinguished.