i swear im the luckiest SOB today haha....my uncle was over visiting my grandma and he is an A/C guy who is also extremely handy with cars. he had his van with all his equipment and i asked him if he could check it out. he filled it up with freon and it is all fixed. thermometer that he put in the vent while leaving the windows open read 57.2 degrees when he was done. now my mom will definitely be pleased when shes in my car haha