Last summer was the first summer I lived on my own. I moved into an apartment with two friends, Nathan and Daniel, for the summer (we also had an imaginary roommate we named Carlos). Living on your own for the first time can be an adventure, so I recorded the adventures and am now sharing them on Gather. All these adventures are absolutely true (except for the parts I make up). Read the adventure that started it all.
I'm not near as dumb individually as I am with a group of people--especially Kim and Nathan. When Kim, Nathan, and I are together, we tend to be, well, stupid. This story occurs on the Fourth of July last summer, but one year after the account I shared in "Name Recognition." I know publishing "Name Recognition" when I did throws the timeline off, and I don't care.
We heard the fireworks start while we were watching a cool silent film on TCM, so we ran outside to watch. Since we didn't have the best view from right outside our apartment, we decided to run closer to the fireworks.
After enjoying the fireworks and thinking "Wow, fireworks," we linked arms over each other's shoulders and walked as one entity back to our apartment. This is the point where collective stupidity set in. We all three walked into a huge mud puddle. The gross water was several inches deep. To make matters worse, Kim and I were wearing pants that got all wet. Nathan was lucky because he had shorts on. We probably never would have stepped into the puddle if we were walking individually.
Actually, it was Kim's fault. Since she was the only girl, Nathan and I decided it was her fault, and we are sticking to it. Back at the apartment, Kim changed into a pair of my shorts since the bottom of her pants got muddy.
We had a Full House that night. My dad was spending the night and sleeping in my bed. Nathan's family was in town, and Nathan's brother was sleeping on our couch. Nathan said "no way," and Carlos just stinks, so I ended up sharing a bed with Daniel. (We only had twin size beds!) The next morning when we awoke, Daniel's head was at the opposite end of the bed than when the night began. We still aren't exactly sure how that happened.
Read the next adventure: Matthew and Nathan attempt to make brownies in Cooking with PAM.
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