Well, I heard back from Cricut CS today and they say I should expect my replacement bug NEXT WEEK!

Last Friday, they said it would ship Monday morning (today) and should arrive by Thursday of this week. The email I received this morning said that I should have it by Thursday of NEXT WEEK!
I have completed my Lion, Giraffe, Monkey and Jungle tags. My friend let me use her Bug over the weekend to cut the stuff for my Zoo tags. The problem is that I have not finished cutting everything for my Show/Parade pieces and I was planning to mail together.
Hopefully, my new Bug will arrive sooner than later. In the meantime, there is some stuff I can do by hand but most requires my Bug. I can mail the Zoo stuff separately from the Show/Parade pieces if you would prefer. I'm just so frustrated because this will be almost three weeks without my Bug in the middle of 5 swaps!
Please let me know what you would like me to do. I'm really, really sorry about this. I am just so frustrated!!!!