An Eventful 24 Hours

The last 24 hours have been quite an experience. We've had 3 different incidents that, looking back, have given us a good laugh - but we weren't laughing at the time...

The first happened last night at the campsite in Hell ... I mean Heth, Arkansas. For some reason, Noa was having trouble sleeping - was it all the trucks driving by? Margreet had already gotten up at midnight when Noa started crying, so when she started crying again at 3am, she let it be known that "it was my turn". In our RV, there is a big bed in the back, on top of which we put Noa's portable crib. Margreet and I sleep in the (tiny) sleeping compartment above the driving cab, and you need a ladder to get into it. Well, I climb down the ladder and set my foot into water. Not good. Noa's cying, I'm still half asleep, and the whole rv is flooding. I hear water running from the bathroom, so I go in and turn on the lights. Water is overflowing from the toilet! Luckily (as if there is a bright side to this story), there is a plug in the toilet, so nothing that we have previously sent down there came back to visit us (we'll spare you the gory details). So I'm putting on some shorts and going outside the trailer to empty the tanks, then using towels to push all the water out the door and drying everything up.

The second thing had Margreet and I laughing for quite a bit. We were visiting my father and his wife Irena in Rogers Arkansas. Irena collects a lot of nice things and has a lot of expensive carpets all over the place, including in their bathroom. Well, we were taking advantage of having access to a nice shower and bath, so Margreet and Noa are taking a bath together. After Margreet is done cleaning Noa, she hands her to me, so that I can dry her off while Margreet takes care of herself. I finish drying Noa off and let her walk around naked while I finish shaving and getting dressed. Of course, we forgot to bring in a new nappy, so I had to get dressed first to go out and get it. But I figure there's nothing wrong with letting the little run around in the buff. Can you imagine what's coming??? Noa's standing by the bath looking at Margreet and Margreet says, "I think she's pooing." Of course, she standing on one of the nice carpets. I pick up the last nappy and got it under her JUST as Noa pinched a beauty off. Now THAT was close! I don't think we would be invited back if that had dropped!

The last thing happened this morning as we were about to leave Rogers Arkansas for our trip to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and it involves neither toilets nor poo. I hit another car. I have never hit another car in my life, but I did today. Luckily, I was going very slow (I was pulling out of a parking spot) and the damage was minor, but it really pissed me off because it was avoidable. But there you go, shit happens. Anyway, the girl who owned the car was in the Starbucks that we were planning to visit. She came out when she realized that we had hit her car, but she was really cool about it and we exchanged information. Hopefully, the insurance will take care of her car, but I have a sneaky suspicion that we'll be liable for the damage to the RV. I guess we'll find out later.

So as you see, it's been an eventful 24 hours, and I didn't even mention driving in the pouring rain, getting completely drenched setting up in one campsite, then having to go to another because we couldn't get an internet connection! But that's another story.