THe Power of Watermelon

I figure tonight definitely deserves a post. Mattie started preschool this week and it's going really well. He enjoys it and wants to go back :) Although, he is only going half days this week so he naps at home still. I came home and felt the apartment smelled funny. I couldn't describe it, but I figure it was probably the garbage. I had a little trouble putting him down -- and when he woke up, we realized the toilet wasn't flushing. We went to management and they said they would look into it. Come to find out, all the upper apartments were having problems because of a pumper problem. It was fixed by the time we came home from dinner --- no big deal we thought.

Then I decided to do some cleaning in the kitchen to resolve the "smell" issue. After all the scrubbing -- the smell continues. I decided maybe I just needed to air the place out. We got the kids to bed and we laid on the bed. Then we hear water running. I was thinking, "is it the bathroom?" Peter went out to check and it turns out something was leaking from the kitchen cabinets...... I further did some investigation and it turned out our watermelon essentially rotted from the inside --- it bursted with liquid. Now the kitchen really smells.. and because of it's position before the massive self-destruction, it leaked under our fridge.

After 40 minutes of cleaning -- I was tired and I figure I will do what I need to do tomorrow morning since by this point Mattie is screaming for a hug and cuddle and Mikey is crying from being woken up by Mattie. THen the phone rang while I was calming Mattie down. Nobody talked on the other line. THen we hear rustling noise and still can't figure out where that came from. It was like a full moon or something. NOw I am up at 3 in the morning thinking my place will be infested with ants and stinks forever. (I was actually woken up by the stink in the kitchen). So Mattie and I swap place to sleep tonight and I think it's becuase he thinks it smells bad too. Now I am nested on the couch feeling all nervous about the crazy kitchen.