October 6

Woke up really early, at like 6:30am, and decided to exercise. I did some crunches and sit-ups and push-ups for like 30 min, then showered and made breakfast. I ate so early that by the time I went to class, I was already hungry again. =( Oh well. Class was a guest lecture on the 1988 Brisbane World Expo, which I am thinking about doing my large thesis paper on, so I took lots of notes. I came home and made myself a snack and read some articles for my group project... Michael came downstairs and gave us two bottles of Passion Pop and $50 "for more rounds or movies or something" because he is having a Buck's party upstairs tonight (read: bachelor party). So, I guess the money was to hint that we should get lost. He told us that the "entertainment" is coming at 9:30. I assured him we would be gone by then. When Lina came home, she introduced me to the new roommate upstairs (Francesca) and her little dog, Jasper. Jasper looks like a small version of Banjo. He's black and white and soft and has a big head. haha. Anyway, then we sat around and tried to figure out what to do on a Wednesday night. We finally decided to keep it mellow and go bowling! So, we headed to Queen Street Mall and ate some nasty dinner at the Coffee Club and then met up with Jillian. We went bowling at Strike with some old school style nike wannabes instead of cheesy old bowling shoes. I guess Jillian has only bowled a couple times in her life and Lina was part of a bowling league in the Air Force, but luckily was sucking tonight. I wasn't doing much better than Jillian. hah. Anyway, after one round, we were tired and ready to go home, so we caught the last bus home and then tried to sneak into our house.

This proved to be much harder than anticipated. The boys were outside in the Jacuzzi, so we quietly walked up the sidewalk. We saw someone get into a white car to go home, so we literally DOVE behind a neighbor's wall and crouched until they drove by! haha Then of course, we were cracking up at the ridiculousness of it all. We tried once again and made it almost to the top of the hill, and to our driveway, but then someone exited about 20 feet in front of us. No where to hide, we just turned around and started walking back down the hill. I don't think he saw us. Anyway, so a THIRD time, I made use of a large truck that was going by to gain lots of ground and we made it! We snuck past the driveway and down to our house. Almost immediately, we found a giant hole in our wall, foot-sized, like someone had fallen down the stairs and put their foot through the wall. But nothing else was awry. Jillian said, "They better not have gone into my room and taken any underwear or anything!" Lina and I looked at each other and said, "What? Why would they do that?!" Anyway, we tried to be quiet so they didn't know we were here. But we can hear EVERYTHING they do. So we just sat quietly for a while listening to them call at the stripper and her laugh, etc. Around midnight, it sounded like people were dispersing so I headed for bed.

Then Michael came down drunkenly and told us that most people were gone, but there were still a few left and we showed him the hole in the wall. He read an article Jillian was reading and thought she had written it, so proceeded to debate with her about arms control. Then the culprit, Benjamin came downstairs and explained how he thought he was walking into a bathroom, but fell down the stairs. He talked to us for a while. Lina remembered meeting him at the farm. Then he asked if any of us had any love interest in any of Michael's acquaintances. We pretended to not know what he was talking about, until he mentioned a name and then all of us looked at each other with a little bit of panic! Ahhh. Michael!! Anyway, Ben came downstairs, with his pants undone and then laid on our red-room couch and passed out for the rest of the night. Michael explained that there was lots of water displaced in the jacuzzi after people had left, so they needed replacements (us). We reluctantly agreed and 10 min later, we were drinking in the jacuzzi with Michael's friends again. UGH. Luckily this time most of the guys were married or in serious relationships, so no threat.

Around 3am, we crawled out of the jacuzzi and off to bed. However, we scrubbed ourselves in the shower first after learning that their stripper lady couldn't touch the water because she had thrush. But she did stick her legs in. Ew.