FML. This is tiny, but really?

[hubes]

I can't get T's stroller clean. It's nasty- as in just freaking disgusting. I can't even pretend that it is useable.

We are leaving tomorrow morning at 3:30 am for the State Fair, and we'll be there for 11 hours.

NBD, I'll rent one (gross, I know) for $8. It requires a drivers license for a deposit. I can't find my drivers license.

I don't even know how to think this through. FML.

[lovedan]

how the hell does a stroller get so dirty that it is unusable?

seriously.


get some clorox wipes and shut your face!

[gretchenindisguise]

What lovedan said.

Wipe it down.

Make your kid wear clothes while he's in it. And go for it.

[hubes]

It was in the garage. It's covered in flyspecks. Nasty. And its light green no longer.

[jenna]

Would T do ok in an umbrella stroller? Target sells them pretty cheap.

[LLL]

You think it will be dirtier than a rented stroller from the fair
?

[EmilieMadison]

Dude, you're going to a FAIR. I bet even if you used it as-is, your stroller would be one of the cleanest things there.

[broc]

It's $10 to get a cheap one from Wally World or Target and then you don't have to dick around with the rental.

[Deleted]

hoobs went to the animal fair. The birds and the beasts were there. A big baboon by the light of the moon was combing his auburn hair.

You should have seen the monk. He sat on the elephant's trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell to his knees but what became of the monk, the monk, the monk?

[Deleted]

Aug 14, 2012 20:25:59 GMT -5 broc said:

It's $10 to get a cheap one from Wally World or Target and then you don't have to dick around with the rental.

As a bonus, walmart is open alllllllll night.

[Deleted]

Aug 14, 2012 20:18:09 GMT -5 lovedan said:

how the hell does a stroller get so dirty that it is unusable?

seriously.


get some clorox wipes and shut your face!

Yeah..

[hubes]

Aaaaandddd your incredulousness (that's not a word, I know) gave me the brilliant idea to try my homemade shower cleaner on is, use a scrub brush and hose it off.

So tomorrow morning, when I board the charter bus with the kids (all 50-some of them) I will not have to pick out the husky ones to schlep T on their backs all day.

[Deleted]

lol the husky ones!

[idoinjuly]

A dirty stroller is the least of your problems. Getting your kid out of bed to be on a bus at 3:30 to be at a state fair all day will be a bitch and a half. And seriously, the stroller issue is not something to get so worked up over.

[EmilieMadison]

Or, throw a towel over it?

[Overthemoon]

I scrubbed one of our strollers down with a scrub brush and mild soap, and then let it dry in the sun. It worked great.

[hubes]

Ido, we did it last year and it was great. You are right, I should have gotten so worked up, but my freak show manifested obese the stroller tonight, rather than the screaming kid, the impending feeling of vomit and the severe feeling of just wanting to take a freaking nap.

I probably shouldn't be going to the fair tomorrow, but that's my job, and that is its culture. My supervisor was back to work two days after her D and C, so I should be able to go tomorrow.

[bab]

WTF are fly specks?

[Deleted]

Aug 14, 2012 21:08:48 GMT -5 bab said:

WTF are fly specks?

This is what I want to know.

Fly poop? Don't flies live like three days? Do they even poop?

So many questions...

[bab]

I'm also confused about the drivers license "deposit?" What? You have to leave your license with them? For an $8 stroller rental???

[eightangryreindeer]

Are you ok?

You don't sound ok at all.

[10outof9]

Aug 14, 2012 21:12:45 GMT -5 bab said:

I'm also confused about the drivers license "deposit?" What? You have to leave your license with them? For an $8 stroller rental???

I work at a zoo, and our Gift Shop staff have to hold licenses for all rentals (strollers, wagons, wheelchairs, etc), because we've had problems with people walking off with them. I'd guess it's probably the same at the fair.

Hoobs, I know I'm a lurker, but I hope you get to feeling better soon!

[janegold]

Aug 14, 2012 21:18:09 GMT -5 eightangryreindeer said:

Are you ok?

You don't sound ok at all.

I have to agree.

[hubes]

Im fine guys. Sorry I freaked out. I am just feeling unprepared and dreading this trip. My whole stomach thing has flared up since the weekend and it ruined my Zen. For a moment I regressed to that girl I used to be. I was really concerned about 11 hours at a fair with a tired two year old. Now that I've had a second, I'm fine. I'm sorry. I am going to lay out our clothes, then head to bed.