Thanks for all the feedback. I have only owned the car for a little over a year and have no idea when the battery was last replaced. I looked at the battery itself but the year/month sticker was not pulled off, however the years started at 2001 and ended with 2009 or 2010 so I am guessing that it is pretty old. The battery was tested but if it is requiring to be charged more often than the alternator can handle that would make sense and maybe the mechanics wouldn’t see that on the systems check.
I did have brand new, $300 alternators replaced each time, each with a lifetime warranty so I can have that part done for free. It would be nice on my pocketbook to only have to replace the battery.