The Great Shoe Rescue

The fun of travelling with babies!

After dinner out last Thursday Gemma and walked to the bus stop to wait for our ride home. She was in the stroller, but I had the snuggli on to put her in for the bus ride so I could collapse the stroller. Well, that was plan but as soon as we got to the stop the bus arrived. Taiwan busses are very efficient; they won't even stop unless you are standing up waving your arms. Often they hardly come to a complete stop, you have to practically jump in. So you can imagine what this is like with all the baby gear. Well, I yanked her out of the stroller, had her half in the snuggli, noticed her left shoe was on the stroller seat, By this time the bus was pulling away, so I just grabbed the stroller un-collapsed, hoping the shoe would make it and tried to leap on the bus: stroller in one hand, half Gemma in the other and diaper bag. Well, as soon as we got our balance on the bus I realized the shoe had not made it with us. Doh. And then it was one of those super long stretches wthout a stop; the bus just kept going and going. Finally at a red light I motioned to the driver to let me off. The people standing with me had caught my drama and one of them explained that I wanted off. So I jumped out with all my gear again, put Gemma in the stroller and hoofed it back to the original stop (like four blocks back already). Praise the Lord, the shoe was still there, sitting by the curb. Pheww! These were her new good shoes, her adidas ones, from Baba, so I needed it back. Then we settled down to wait for the next bus and made it home uneventfully after that.