Car Problems

Ok here's my story. Thursday is payday, i got off work about 5 and went to the bank to deposit my check. There were two ladies there in the parking lot trying to jump the other ones car because her battery was dead. As I was walking in the bank I asked them if they need help. They said they thought they had it and I said i would check on them when i was finished. As I'm leaving I ask agian if they needed help and they say it wasnt chargin it. After about 20 min and using my jumper cables and car I got them off and running. 5 min after leaving to head to the store i looked down at my tempeture gauge. I watch my gauges like a hawk. lol Well my car was running hella hot so i turned on the heater and it didnt help so i pulled into a neighborhood and gave it some time to cool off so i could attempt to see what the problem was. My radiator was almost empty. That's not cool but it had been awhile since i checked it. I had a gallon of antifreeze in my car and put that in. Wasn't enough to fill it so i took the empty bottle and knocked on the door of the Plano house i was in front of and asked if they minded if i used the water hose outside to fill up my bottle. Very nice lady answered the door and said your more than wlecome to all you need. She even came outside to check on me and offer me an ice cold bottle of ozarka. What a very nice lady. From here i had to rush to Chris's house to help him record the new theme song for Kidd Krackick that he wrote. Its about a 15 min drive down 190 for me. Then after that i drove the 20 min back home the whole time my car was doing fine. Ok now it's friday morning and i get up to goto the insurance office and run errands. Well about 5 min into my trip the car is running hella hot agian. Well my best half educated guess was the themastat. So I went to auto zone bought a therastat and gasket and antifreeze and drove straight home. After replacing the thermastat we realized that the radiator had a hole in it. So I had to go back to Auto zone, out 160 bucks this time. Replaced the radiator and that problem was solved. Then found out i had a vaccum leak and had to re-run some vaccum lines. Still wasnt running right. The timing was off. Redid the timing and now it runs like a dream. So my whole Friday has been knee deep in grease. But you know what i had a good time today, a bit frustrating at times but an all round good day. Thanks to Storey who helped me. Tommorow i got to go see my lady friend:) Ok enough babbling for me night