TGIF

Today was my first day back to work since starting our lamping adventure.  Since it was only a teacher's work day, then I was the only one getting ready in the camper this morning.  Yesterday morning I burnt my hair with my curling iron....I don't even really know how this happened but it did and I still smell burnt hair periodically.  So I was not looking forward to getting ready in the camper today.  Roger was home with the boys this morning and the three of them enjoyed sleeping in while I scurried around the camper and managed to get out the door by 7:15.  I expect that next Monday when we are all four scurrying around the camper, I probably won't get out the door before 7:45 but I'm going to hope.  After putting in my day at school, I headed to my stepdad's to pick up the boys and have dinner.  My family really is the best.  We have several homes that we can go stay at or do laundry at anytime.  My stepdad has offered to cook us dinner any, or every, night until he goes back to work, he's a teacher too.  Talk about a great thing because while making dinner in the camper last night, which was warmed up leftovers and mac n cheese bowls, I spilled boiling water on my hand and at that point I was defeated by the camper.  The hair in the morning, spending all afternoon at my mom's waiting on laundry, and now a burnt hand.  I was ready for the Holiday Inn!!  But today I woke up ready for a new day of happy camping.  And up until the boys and I returned home tonight, it was.
We returned home to hear the propane alarm in the camper going off.  Apparently, somehow, one of the stove handles got turned just enough to allow propane to leak into and fill the camper.  Talk about rotten egg smell! Ugh!  So after opening the windows and vents, and turning on the fan, we hung out outside to wait patiently.  The only problem was that it was starting to get chilly....so I employed the boys to help build a fire....a safe distance from the camper, of course.   Well, apparently, the dew had fallen just enough that nothing really wanted to burn.  After an hour of trying to light a fire, the only fire I was able to light was the citronella candles that I moved and placed around the fire pit.  Not the same as a fire.
About that time Roger texted to see how things were going.  haha! I'm cold....any time I'm cold, things aren't good.  I really didn't want to go in the camper until he was able to check it out just to be sure that everything was all good.  And I was good with sitting by a fire until he got home but I couldn't get a fire made! So I'm sure you can imagine how my texts might have sounded.  Shortly after this, he showed up.  When the boys saw him pulling up in the driveway, Carter asked what he was doing home early.  I said that he must have thought that we needed him.  Carter said, we DO need him!!  Or actually YOU need him!  As much as I hate to admit it, he was right.  I needed him and he was there without me saying I needed him....one of the many things a love about him. Ok, enough mush.
After giving us the all clear to return to the camper, he headed back to work and I started the nightly routine.  The boys has been playing in the mud while waiting on the airing out process, and were still muddy after washing off in the outdoor faucet.  I was thinking, get showers, get medicine, get snuggled in bed, it's all good.  Then I hear, Mom, the water isn't working.  What??!! What do you mean the water isn't working??  Sure enough, turn the knob and nothing.  Then I realized....boys, did you unhook the hose from the camper to rinse off the mud from yourselves?  Yep, sure enough.  So back outside to get the hose reconnected.   
The hose is reconnected, water is flowing again, boys are clean, the camper doesn't smell predominately of spoiled eggs, and tomorrow is Saturday....the world is right at the moment.  Oh, wait we have a small leak to track down and fix, and a full "pooper"....guess it will be another eventful day tomorrow.  Stay tuned....