a morning errand

After nearly sixty miles (round trip) averaging just over 24 miles per gallon (thank you, Big Blue), and a two hour wait in the waiting room (which included a fluke fall with a bloody mouth on poor Gloria - there was blood all over her shirt sleeve and the bathroom floor before we were done! Mouths can be like that), we now have a fully repaired and functional temporary chair for Mira.

The technicians who worked on replacing the various parts that were damaged said they could essentially reenact what happened when the chair was offloaded from the airplane just from looking at the location and angle of the effects of the impact. The airline paid for the replacement parts and the repair work, and now we have a chair that is not only safer for Mira, but also much easier to maneuver while we wait for her "real" chair to come. We are also glad to be able to have this one either as a backup for now, for Mira to grow into, or as something we could give to someone else in a situation similar to ours.

As usual, I had my three troopers along. A cheese stick each for the ride home makes for a special treat.

Ooooh - camera smile!

The three girls all wanted to sit next to each other, so we put Evania into Krassimir's seat (there's still something a little weird about being able to have my two year old and twelve year old similar enough in size that they can easily use the same car seat!), and we sang along (loudly) to Bible verse songs* all the way there and back home.

* We have a musically talented church, and they have put together a CD of the memory verses that go with the kids' curriculum that our church uses for Sunday School set to original music. It's a great way to memorize, not only for the kids, but for me, too!