Ode to the Green Machine

This week was the week of the green machine. It is one of the more unsightly cars on the block due to fact that it is often full of house II paraphernalia. He added to the oddities in the car by leaving a fleece jacket that he intended to give away. In the morning this unsuspecting car was relieved of a window and the jacket to be given away was taken. That jacket now cost $160 - for the window repair.

On Saturday Carlos loaded the machine up with lumber until the tires appeared ready to burst and the back bumper was inches off the concrete.

On Sunday Carlos had a run in with a homeless lady by the 7-11. Her grocery cart of items included none other than the fleece jacket that was taken from the car a couple days earlier. In response to Carlos asking her where she had gotten the jacket she put a hat over her face as though it made her invisible and refused to say anything. He told her that he had intended to give it away anyways, but she didn't seem to register much remorse. It seemed unlikely that she broke the window - but it would be interesting to find out how she ended up with it.

Although the car and Carlos had their share of travails this week, Kumquat has been doing well. According to the weekly BabyCenter emails he is the size of a chinese cabbage and has eyelashes. Carlos and I are both taking note of strollers that pass on the street and I often stop and interrogate total strangers about their stroller choices. It's like strollers are to me the way dogs are to others - I don't even notice dogs, but I'll stop and try to pet any stroller that passes by....