Total it, buy a $2000 Ninja 250 to hold you over, then sell it for the same $2000 when the CR gets here.
You can get any number of bikes in good running condition for $2-3k and sell them for the same or mor come summer. And a handy guy like you could probably find a beater for around $1k and have it running smooth as silk within a week for next to nothing.
Scott