Waiting for UAB

It's been almost seven weeks since we packed up our things from Virginia and sent them on their way to Mexico. That's seven weeks in which our possessions have consisted of the things that we fit in our car, the things that we shipped to ourselves, and the things that we've bought out of desperation. We are anxiously awaiting our unaccompanied air baggage (UAB) to arrive, but until then, we are making the most of our lean situation.

Top 10 things to do while waiting for UAB in no particular order:

1. Build stuff out of Legos. This "rocket ship" was built by Benjy and features three extra sets of pants for Legoman, just in case he pees his pants. I suggested that he build Legoman a bathroom in his rocket ship, but Benjy decided there just wasn't room. At least Legoman is prepared.

2. Think. You can think about life. You can think about how to solve all the world's problems. But mostly you can think about how much you wish you had your UAB. Note: when thinking, try not to look constipated. 

3. Play hide and seek with the children inside the empty furniture. For bonus fun, have them hide but forget to do your part and seek.  

4. See how many clowns kids you can fit into a plastic bathtub. 

5.  Wrestle.  A lack of UAB is not required to wrestle, but a wrestling attack is more likely to occur out of boredom.
 

6. Put on slippery socks and slide/skate around on the floors. For optimal slide-ability combine dress socks with freshly mopped marble floors. For best results, put the kids to bed first.

 

7. Divide into teams and Skype across the apartment. All you need is an i-Pod Touch, a laptop, a decent internet connection and one ginormous apartment. Laziness preferred. Funny faces welcome.

8. Booby trap the apartment by stretching the Vonage phone from the internet connection to the closest available outlet. You are likely to catch the littlest child, but at least you can call home.

P.S. Our number is now working. Please call.

9. Tackle those hard-to-clean, huge showers by using child labor. The kids will be excited to put on their swimsuits, and you will be excited to get rid of soap scum. It's a win-win. Plus, I can't think of any other way to get the showers clean without getting soaked. Well, maybe if I had robot arms.

10. Go to San Diego. Oh wait. You don't have San Diego? So sad. Who's laughing at whose post now?