Smelly Boys

On Saturdays if we drive out to Costco we pass these guys selling puppies on the street. Most of the puppies don't even look old enough to be weaned. This past Saturday I remembered my camera. Every time we pass them Kris and I gear up for the begging in the back seat "can we buy a puppy?" Each Saturday they have different puppies and my heart breaks for the poor things but we aren't about to buy from these guys.



No water to very little water...Day 6

Boys do not take well to army baths and only Jamison can fit into the sink that has been filled with water from the stove.




Here's what I've learned so far. Preparation doesn't always work. The other night I turned on the faucet at midnight to catch what trickled out into the only bathtub. It's a huge bathtub (click here for house post and bathtub picture)

I turned on the faucet at midnight and when I woke up at 8am it was just over halfway full. This would be the water we used throughout the day to flush toilets, wash hands, etc... By 2 pm it was empty. Not through use or the drain but through a crack under one of the jets. Note to self...buy more buckets.

Kris has been in Cuernavaca this week for a conference so we have been roughing it on our own.

Every day I've thought about going to a hotel but every day I've been told by the contractors that the water pumps are fixed and we can use the reserve tanks. The reserve tanks work right after the contractors leave but then...nothing. They've been back each day to fix something else. I thought today would be it but again, a little bit of water right after they leave but after a few hours...nothing. Tonight there is only a trickle which means another night without hot water. A contractor came back out tonight to take a look and figured out that what is happening is the check valve from the street supply needs to be replaced as well because when the city water pressure falls to a certain level the water that has filled the emergency tanks just flows backwards to the street pipes. A new check valve would keep the water in the tanks. They will be back tomorrow at 9am to replace the check valve at the street level.

The owner is still refusing to pay for any of it. Embassy is dragging their feet and questioning me every time I tell them "it's still not fixed!" which brings on another cycle of needing to get "authorizations" to have workers come out again. Bright light at the end of the tunnel...the city should turn the water back on full force this weekend.

Weston and Braedon were talking over dinner tonight and Weston made the comment "this is like camping but in a nightmare or something"

So what else can happen in the middle of all of this? The motor to our front gate starts acting up where it will only close so far before opening up again, over and over. A contractor will be out tomorrow to take a look but the owner is already refusing to pay for it so it will be another week of the embassy wringing their hands about the cost of fixing it. It's not a gate you can open manually and must have a motor to close and open it not to mention secure it once closed. So yes, when there is no power there is no way to open or close it and we are stuck inside.

Funny story, when I called GSO about the gate, Ricardo Tejeda (the guy who called me a "silly woman") showed up and handed me the opener while stating "Here you go, I fixed it". I said "Oh really? You fixed it? All by yourself?" I pushed the opener and BAM! it breaks for good this time complete with smoke from a burned out motor. I handed the opener back to him and said "do me a favor, don't fix anything around here by yourself, ok?"

Kris will be home on Friday and the boys and I can't wait.