httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b_D9DUG7SY
oops.
the guy who lives there came up and told us, and was pretty chill about the whole thing.
“oh, the last time this happened …”
huh?
turns out the previous owners of our unit flooded his apartment … as did the owners before them. actually, one of them did it twice, apparently.
and, when we i pulled the washing machine out from the closet to see what the heck was going on, there was a half inch gap between the wall and the floor — so any time water splashed out of our machine, it went right through to the ceiling of his unit.
so, i spent last weekend patching the open space — wood, plaster, caulk — and spent this weekend painting everything up nice and spiffy.
and, while the lady sparkler was buying us new laundry equipment to complete the mini-renovation, baby sparklet was discovering the joy of automatic doors (see video, above).
priceless.
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when she finally got bored with that she found a bucket — and i spent 15 minutes watching sparklet fill the bucket with mulch, empty the bucket of mulch, fill the bucket of mulch, empty the bucket of mulch …
i actually have video proof — but it is not for the those with a low threshold of boredom.
… and i only took the video because i needed something to do to prevent me from lapsing into a coma.
i can’t believe i have a worse case of A.D.D. than my child. where did she get this attention span from?