:::mold in buena park

seeing as how lucy and the kids are spending the holidays in chicagoland, i suggested isadora move in for a couple of weeks in order to rid herself of the mold growing in her bedroom at my mom's buena park house.


she accepted, so today when i got home from work i found more than a dozen boxes stacked in my living room here. noticing the kids' bedroom door closed, i walked over to open it, only to be barraged with the pungent stink of mildew emanating from a dresser she'd brought in.


a while later, i phoned lucy at her sister's house in hinsdale. (paco, my concuño, was cooking up some bistec encebollado making me wish i were there instead of here.) we talked about this and that until i told her about the stench wafting through our humble apartment. being tired and sleepy from work, i decided right then and there i'd toss out the damn drawer, thus choosing what my christmas gift to isadora would be this year.


i feel bad for my oldest daughter, having to live in such a toxic environment for so long. now she'll need to consider replacing many of her fabric belongings: clothes, carpeting, even her matress! better to do that than to expose herself to hazardous mold spores.