Slum Baby Part 2: More Box Stories
Remember Slum Baby? Yes, it’s that LPD (little pinoy devil) who has an attachment to boxes. Guess what? He strikes again!
A neighbor went to our house asking if we have some of those huge Balikbayan boxes (people from other countries call them moving boxes) because some other neighbors told them that we regularly receive boxes like that from the US. Our neighbor is moving house, see, and they need lots of those to put their stuff in.
I answered the door, said “Yes, we have those. Come choose the best size for you.” and let the neighbor in. I proceeded to remove some of the stuff from the less cluttered box and distribute them to other boxes.
Just then, the LPD woke up, went out to collect his toys from the boxes as he does daily and saw the neighbor going out with one of the boxes. He threw a tantrum to my chagrin! He doesn’t want any of his boxes gone. Not even a single one. I begged him (you should have seen me trying to reason with a 2 year old).
To no avail. Goodness, I apologized profusely to the neighbor and suggested that they buy some boxes from a nearby neighborhood grocery.
Is that embarassing or what?