Van Air Conditioner

So . . . our van is in the shop for the third time for air conditioning repair. It took 3 days to fix it the first time (just after the previously discussed six hour trip), and it broke again after about 20 minutes of using it. During the second stay in the shop -another two days- the mechanic went through 3 air compressors before sending it home with us because we needed it. When Rob picked it up that day he said it was cool, but not cold and he (the mechanic) really wanted to spend some more time with it. I've been driving it for the last ten days or so, and the a/c is sometimes cool, sometimes warm, and sometimes shoots bad smelling gases out of the vents. I am hopeful the smelley gases are not poisoning us.

The rough part of the whole car in the shop thing is working out alternate transportation. It is hard to fit us all in another automobile. Rob is able to be without an automobile some days at work, but we can't drop him off/pick him up because all six of us can't fit in his car. So . . . on days he is willing to give up his transportation, he has to rely on a co-worker to drive him. Thankfully, he has found willing people to be helpful with this. When we keep Rob's car to use, Robbie has to sit in the front seat which everyone knows is not the safest modes of transport.

I am hopeful that this time in the shop proves to be a success. I start "work" next Tuesday which involves watching a sweet little baby while his mommy starts another school year, so that will be just one more person to try to fit in another car. It is also HOT here in Oklahoma, and the poor kiddos just sweat up a storm anytime we try to go somewhere.

Signing off and thinking happy thoughts for a fixed air conditioning system ready sooner rather than later!