September 11, 2008

• Schoolbus woes…..

  School officially started on August 21^st this year.   The mechanics brought my bus back to me 2 days before school started.  They dropped it off in my driveway and later that afternoon I went out to check the bus over and to make a route time run in it for the upcoming school year.  I turn the key over and….   Nothing!    The bus wouldn’t start!   I have had this problem off and on in the past and they have changed the starter etc.   Well after the bus has been at the bus barn all summer long you don’t expect to get it back and have it immediately not work…    I called them and they brought me a different bus and took my bus back to the barn.  Of course they wait til the next day to bring me a bus so now I really HAVE to get my route timed cuz I have parents calling me wanting to know what time to expect me the next day.   I get the route timed and find out my route is about 15 minutes longer than last year because I (lucky me) had 7 kids from the other bus route put back on my bus again this year!   You will probably remember I have had this problem in the past with having a full bus while the other bus has 15-20 kids on her route.  This year the problem is the other woman just has to get back as quickly as possible and those 7 kids add too much time to her route…   My question is….  What about MY route!?   Now mine is longer and  I have added extra kids to it.  There just is no winning.   But back to my bus troubles.  The first 2 weeks of school I drove a spare bus while my bus was in the shop.  This past Monday they brought my bus back.  Monday afternoon it started.  Tuesday afternoon it wouldn’t start!   WTH!!   They have had it for 2 weeks and it won’t start!?   Finally it catches and I drive my route.   Wednesday morning the bus starts, Wednesday night it won’t start again.   After many tries it finally starts and I drive my route.  This morning I took it in to fuel it up and they decided to keep it and finally change the starter.   In 20 minutes I am supposed to run my afternoon route and there is still no bus in my driveway,  (they were supposed to bring it back to me as soon as they got it fixed)   I guess this is an early sign of the way the rest of the school year is going to go…      Can I just fast forward to next summer????   PLEASE!!!!

   

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