Yesssss!!
We’ve been itching to get our bus back! We had originally been told that it would be done for Friday, but that got pushed to a “hopefully this week” when we brought it in on Monday. We were clear that we needed it for Monday, not just because we’re not reasonable people, but we had promised it to our church to use Monday evening (tonight.) They understood and said they’d do their best, but we officially weren’t holding our breath, which was frustrating.
While I was away, Brady tried hard to get it back. He called and pressed them a little on Friday. They said there were over 600 hail dings on the roof, which was absurd, but apparently not enough to warrant a new roof. So they were still working on it. The guy told Brady that Speedy wasn’t open on Saturdays, but the body shop they took our van to was, and if he heard anything on Saturday, he’d personally call Brady, and come in to work to get us our van.
Buuuuut that didn’t happen.
So this morning, Brady called, and they said it should be ready around 11:00. He let me know right away, so I finished feeding Wavy, dressed the kids, and loaded up.
Let me just say. I’ve only got them buckled in on my own one time, but I’m SO glad we don’t have to do that on a regular basis! Make fun of our bus all you like, but we are SO fortunate to have such a nice, roomy vehicle!
We stopped at Costco to fuel up the rental van, grabbed some coffee at Tims, and waited for Brady at Speedy. Our van was nowhere to be seen :/
What a relief it was to see that garage door open! I guess they had received the van back and still had to switch the blow out mirrors for the new ones. But there it was! Our kids celebrated, as did I.
Brady arrived right at 11:00 and began switching car seats over. He really didn’t have the time in his schedule to lose, but such was life :/ I’m not able to get the car seats in place as tight as he can, nor as quickly, nor with everyone else in the van with me. So we made it work.
After about a half hour, everything was switched out and we drove home. It was SO good to have our bus back. Except the Sync system (aka the bluetooth system that plays music) hasn’t been working over the last little while. Whether something is glitching or updated or whatever else, we haven’t been able to fix it. At least bluetooth still works for answering phone calls. Can’t be too choked, I guess! They were also going to detail it for us, but we decided to forego it to make sure we had it back in time for this evening. No big loss there.
I’m so so thankful to have our bus back. It fits our family much more easily, and I feel so much safer in it!