Splish Splash...

I had an adventure on Friday night. Well, I suppose you could call it Saturday morning. It all depends on your way of thinking. Fall break was this week...a nice lovely, three-day weekend. I love breaks. I just can't function without them. I was talking to Mikey online and I mentioned my break (that I love) and he was like, "Break? What?!?!" He goes to BYU. And now you know why I love my school. We have breaks. Which I love. With all my heart. We may go to school a week earlier and get out a week later, but it is SO worth it to have several three-day weekends and Spring Break. I love Spring Break.

Anyway, a couple days ago, I ran into a friend on campus that I hadn't hung out with in a while. I asked him what he was doing for the break--he said he didn't know, but he would call me if he did anything fun. I kind of forgot about it for the rest of the day. Friday night, I was completely alone. Three of my roommates had gone home, one was at her grandma's, and the other was holed up in the junior interior design studio, about to pull her third all-nighter in a row. You sure you want to do interior design, Mike? It's a beast!! I was very lonely and bored and it was midnight and I was about to go to bed when I got a call.

Ryan: Hey Chess! Want to go fishing?

Me: (Checks the time--12:05 am.) Right now??

Ryan: Yeah, right now!

Me: (Thinks for a split of a split-second.) Yeah! Just let me change!

Ryan: We'll be there in a couple minutes. Wear something warm!

Me: (tearing off her PJs to put normal clothes on.)

So it was my friends, Ryan and Craig, and another girl and guy that I hadn't met before, and me, and we all crammed into Craig's little Honda Accord and headed down to the little spot by the river where we all got out to fish. We'll call it my first time fishing because the first time I went was in the sixth grade where everyone abandoned me and I managed to tie myself up with fishing line. Metaphorically speaking, of course. I'm exaggerating a little. But not much. This time wasn't too bad. I didn't actually fish. I baited Ryan's hook with the worm, but there weren't enough fishing poles, so i just watched.

Craig: Man, this would be so sweet if we had a boat. We could go all over the place!

Ryan and Phil: Dude, I know! If only we had a boat!

Ryan and Phil: Crap! I got snagged. Let's go somewhere else.

Craig, Ryan, Phil: Dude, if only we had a boat.

Me: I get it. You want a boat. But let's go somewhere else.

(Everyone packs up the car. The boys see something glimmering on the bank nearby. They go to explore.)

Craig, Ryan, Phil: DUDE!!! NO FRICKIN' WAY!!!

Me: (Runs over excitedly.) What?!?

Ashley: What did you find??

Craig, Ryan, Phil: (Gesturing wildly.) WE FOUND A BOAT!!

Me: (Sees an overturned rowboat. Jaw drops.) Shut up! That's so cool!!

(Everyone piles back into the car and tears back to Ryan and Craig's apartment, where they grab rags to stuff the small round hole in the end of the boat, and old wooded crutches to use as paddles, and climb into Craig's truck, which will be used to haul the boat back to the apartment. Craig, Phil, and Ashley in the cab, Chessie and Ryan in the back.)

Everyone: (Gazes lovingly at the boat.) Wow!

(Boat is plugged, pushed into the water, and all five people climb in, Craig and Phil manning the crutches.)

Ashley: (Manning the camera.) Click. Flash. Click. Flash. Click. Flash.

Ryan and Me: (Singing loudly.) Row, row, row your boat...Gently down the stream!!!! Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily....LIFE IS BUT A DREEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAMMMM!!!

Me: You know you're gonna name it after me, right?

Craig: Yeah, I'll name it the Chessie.

(The crutches dig into the ground, prodding the boat to the bank, where we all get out, turn the boat over, and load it into the truck-bed. Five people sit in the cab. Actually, four people sit on the seat. Chessie sits on Ryan.)

Me, Ryan, Craig, Phil, and Ashley: (Every five minutes.) I canNOT beLIEVE we found a BOAT!!!

(Everyone runs into Craig and Ryan's apartment to jump on their sleeping roommate, Clay.)

Ryan and Craig: Dude, wake up! You gotta come see this!!!

Clay: (Rubs eyes sleepily.) Wha-at?

Ryan: Dude, it's like Christmas out there!!

Me and Ashley: (Laughing hysterically.)

(Everyone runs outside again. Clay's mouth is agape at the sight of the boat in Craig's truck.)

Clay: What the crap is that?!?!

Ryan, Craig, and Phil: We found a BOAT!!

Clay: That is so white trash. That is the coolest thing I have ever SEEN!

(High-fives all around. Everyone goes home. Chessie goes to sleep at four in the morning and wakes up with a horrible cold. But the runny nose, clogged sinuses, and cough are SO totally WORTH IT!!!)

Yup.

True story.