Snowboarding with Perry

Jordan's Cerealized Hoodie.

I remember it well. One day back in October, a mere 2 days after i had been sent home from the hospital after the infamous "removal of the appendix/discovery of a tumor and suspicious ovary" adventure, Jordan and Justin were at my house seated on the love seat in our living room (the "sibling love" seat mind you..). We were just sitting there chatting; Jordan had been quiet for a few minutes, and then he sniffed the drawstrings on his hoodie.  "That's weird," he said with an odd expression on his face.  "They smell like Waffle Crisp." It was so completely random that my mom had to ask him to repeat what he'd said because she couldn't believe her ears.

I then requested to smell them myself and confirm his conclusions. He was right. They DID smell like Waffle Crisp. We weren't sure if that was very hygenic or not, so we  all arrived at the decision to make sure Jordan's hoodie got washed as soon as possible. . Especially since I had already become the owner of what was once his other hoodie, a grey old navy one, thus he could not simply choose to wear that one until the smell of his red hoodie wore off.

After the Waffle Crisp incident, my mother and I agreed that since i'd aquired Jordan's old hoodie, it would be nice of me to replace it for him by purchasing him a new hoodie so that he had the option of wearing one that did not smell of waffle crisp. Thus how his brown "Element" hoodie, came to be known as his.

The funny part is?

It's a 1000000000% true story.

Ok.

1. EVERYONE should have a "hunting backpack" containing bonoculars, a tube tent and or tarp, rope, pocket knife, matches ect. even if you do not hunt. These items are more than useful in regular household emergencies. .

2. Lack of a shower curtain is most DEFINITLY considered a household emergency, especially when one can actually smell themselves when just sitting there breathing. I do NOT recommend attempting to bathe without a curtain, since this could cause bathroom flooding, and if you don't have a working lock on your bathroom door you could be opening yourself up to the possibility of a younger sibling, or other family member walking in and catching you scrubbin' down. I don't care how many times you attempt to explain the concept of good hygene, you will forever be known as "the kid caught scrubbing their rear" to anyone who catches you without a curtain. (thank goodness i had that tube tent just in case. . . )

3. It is completely unacceptable to remove the shower curtain without giving all stinky members of the household fair warning that you are taking away whatever hope they had of bathing while you vacate the house for an hour or two without giving them the location of the spare curtain. However if you do fall victim to such an act of cruelty, you may continue to steps four and five.

4. A tube tent, or tarp, draped over the curtain rod and secured with hair clips, shower curtain rings, or even clothespins makes for an excellent makeshift shower curtain. Being resourseful is a MUST when there are obstacles trying to prevent you from maintaining good hygene habits.

5. Removal of a shower curtain without warning is punishable. One WILL be expected to tolerate looking at a bright orange tube tent or ugly blue tarp that does not match their bathroom decor for as long as the formerly (well.....HOPEFULLY formerly....) stinky family member sees fit.

yeah. there's a bright orange tube tent being held to our shower rod with hair clips and shower curtain rings. . . . i had just showered a few hours ago but my hair just didn't look right so i decided to start from scratch and shower all over again. . . . . yeah. I consider that an emergency. especially since we're going out of town today. . .