**Luckily we were surrounded by a beautiful rose garden with fountains and green foliage as far as the eye could see... Just kidding. This picture has nothing to do with the story. ;-)I was ready to give the driver a piece of my mind: we were cutting into Bella's bedtime and you just don't fool around with a baby's bedtime routine. It's like a science, man! When we finally got on, however, I went to put my bus pass in the machine, and the poor driver had to do it manually. Turns out the machine was down. It took about five minutes for him to give up on the other machine and just punch my pass with a paper hole puncher. Meanwhile, another girl had got on and was also waiting for him to validate her pass... I could just imagine him having to go through this procedure AND try to drive the bus through the whole route, which made me glad our ride was a short one. Talk about dangerous!
Ends up, it was shorter than ever. We made it two stops before the entire bus broke down! Apparently, he'd used up all the battery power on the machine!!! I was watching him pushing all these buttons that kept beeping and flashing and then finally the engine seized. The poor guy, he seemed so desperate. He couldn't even get out of the busdriver's chair because the counter wouldn't open. He had to up jump over. I suppose that's the down-side of electric busses.
In the end, we walked home anyway. There could have been another bus right around the corner, but I didn't want to risk it. Bella missed out on the entire adventure. She said, "to heck with my bedtime routine. I'm pretty comfy pressed up to my mommy in my Ergo!" She went right back to sleep again once we got home.
3 comments:
Whoa! I get to be the first to comment. This is new!! Ok, so I'm jealous of your beautiful weather over there. Sorry you had to wait for the bus, but if the weather was anything like the picture of you and Bella with the flowers, I don't feel the least bit sorry for you :o) Its been cold and rainy, ALL day here. I can feel the 9 months of winter begining. Love the "yummy fingers" clip. You both are adorable.
Yeah, Valencia is Seattle's exact opposite as far as weather is concerned. Another good reason to go to England would be to ease ourselves back into the overcast weather!
Oh man- It's so hard going places with a baby because you are carring such a big, hot, wiggly load around everywhere. There have been a few times that I didn't have a stroller and I wondered how women without strollers or carseats did it. Like your friend said, if it was as nice a day as that picture, then I don't feel to bad for you- I feel pretty jeallous! But I do feel bad for your bus driver! Sounds like a nightmare for him.
Does Arabella like riding the bus? Buses are Apollo's favorite thing at the moment. Last week, Cameron and I rode the bus downtown and back just so he could ride on one. Talk about cheap trhills.
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