Bed construction and teenage wannabe hoodlums

Woke up this morning to discover that someone had tried to break into the Dart! They yanked on the doors from the outside while they can only be opened by the driver from the inside. So one door was slightly gaping open while the other remained closed. Not sure the true extent of the damage because Martine pushed it back into place and it seems fine, but who knows? Guess what they stole... the fire extinguisher. That's how I know they are teenage wannabe hoodlums. You guys are not cool. Mama Lau is going to sleep in the Dart next weekend and burst out of it waving a machete and drop kicking like mad if you come around again. And Uma will back me up by screaming like a banshee (what she has learned to do lately). And fly-pooping in their faces. Yes, I will save up all her poos of the week in a bucket, pop out of the hatch and dump it on them when they try to vandalize the Dart next time. Am I angry? Yes, I am. Am I joking? Only kind of...


The other downer today is that we left some windows open, (and the hatch) and it rained last night. Got home from our plywood shopping mission last evening kind of wiped out and totally forgot to check these things. So it's a bit wet inside, and we can't tell if Martine's work on the hatch fixed the leaking problem or not. A little bit of water is no big deal, I guess. At least they didn't break the windows and steal all the tools. I'm thinking that we might have to rethink where we park on the weekends. Maybe right in front of the house rather than on the street that is just flanked by bushes.


Or maybe I really will have to sleep in there, wait, after today maybe we'll be able to! Martine is at our friend Amos's workshop today. Amos is a carpenter and helping us doing some of the building inside of the Dart. They're going to work on the bed today, the storage under the bed (we decided on big rolling drawers that pull out into the aisle and compartments which are accessible when you pull the bed aside). And cabinets right above the windows on both sides, kind of like airplane luggage compartments. So we will see what the boys can get done today and tomorrow.


I would have liked to have gone and helped but Uma needs some quiet time at home after yesterday's outing. She kind of freaked out in Home Depot. Not like crying tantrum meltdown but just acting really strange, screaming and kicking and panting. I think she was overstimulated by all the lights and people and activity. Maybe there was just too much going on for a baby to comprehend, because while we were waiting for one of the staff to get back to us about the drill we wanted to buy, I started to notice other children wailing in the background, sounding just as desperate as she did. So we went back to the bus to regroup, change, feed, etc. while Martine got the plywood. We also looked at the cork flooring. It's nice, and pretty expensive. $4.99-$7 per square foot. Compared to laminate which is only about $1-2. Going to shop around a bit cause we like the cork and we only have about 50 square feet to cover anyway.

 We now have seatbelts so Uma can sit in her car seat instead of my lap. Poo training going well. She pretty much never poops at home except for in the bucket. Just some surprises when we go out sometimes. She got a hand-me-down Jolly Jumper and has been enjoying that as well. Boing boing boing. Oh yeah, and we had a 100 day old birthday dinner for her, and she wore a dress!! I can't turn off this black highlighting or get any of these photos where I want them????