Snow, the bus, and more.....

First of all, no, I didn't wreck or get stuck - sorry to disappoint. BUT, I went out this morning and my bus had a radiator leak - there was antifreeze all over the snow under the bus. This was at 6:20...so I had to hurry and call Becky, the bus barn boss, and ask if there was a bus available. They started one for me and I was able to drive my bus up there - it had enough fluid to get that far. But, the bus they started for me is one I absolutely hate. The seat is too tall, I can't reach the pedals (you have to unscrew stuff to move the seat) and can't see out of the mirrors. You use mirrors ALOT when you drive a bus. But worse than all of that, it doesn't have heat.

I was doing okay, my wipers were keeping the stuff that was blown on my windshield off, until it started drizzling and then snowing. By the time I was about halfway through my route, I could no longer see out of my window. And the side windows had iced over on the inside. I called the mechanic and he met me at the high school and sprayed de-icer on the windshield (and the driver window on the inside). We couldn't scrape the windshield because the driver side wiper wouldn't shut off!

That was enough, though, to get me to the middle school and then I inched my way back to town and to the bus barn. I parked that piece of junk bus and my boss was able to get the wiper to stop by taking the knob off and messing with the metal thing under it.

I took yet another bus home - but first I had to scrap the ice off of the steps because you know I would have fallen!

I really, really do not like winter. Turns out, Ericca is staying in Texas....up until this weekend, we thought she was moving back, so....it's back to talking Mike into moving to the Corpus Christi area! It was like 77 degrees there the other day.

On a side note - I am reading Just Beyond the Clouds by Karen Kingsbury....it is #2 in a series that will make you cry, smile, then cry some more. The first one made me cry like a baby....one of the main characters had cystic fibrosis (you don't see that a lot in books). I started last night, am on Chapter 6 and have had either tears pooled in my eyes or flat out running down my face a good portion of the time. I am going to try to finish it tonight.

And I have been sick since Friday night....I stopped throwing up before the morning on Saturday, but didn't feel well enough to go to the movies with Mike and the kids (they saw Bolt, in 3D), and slept almost all day Saturday and Sunday. I still haven't eaten because even a little bit of soup made my stomach cramp really bad...I have just consumed more sprite than I think I have in the last 10 years put together!

Mike and the kids say that Bolt is a great movie if you need a movie suggestion. Saturday, while I was sick, they saw that, then Mike's geek friends came over to play. Alexa and I hung out in her room...she strung candy necklaces and watched movies, I slept and watched movies.

Off to fix lunch for the young'uns now.....