All we wanted was to go thrift store shopping. Amanda, Kira, Kaylani, Matt and myself were planning on trading in our old unwanted clothes for other people's old unwanteds. But in America, when a national holiday is on a weekend the community is given a corresponding weekday off from work. In this particular case, the anniversary of our nation's independence happened to fall on a Sunday, meaning all our dreams of Monday thrifting were crushed. As we sat in the kitchen wondering what we could do instead someone jokingly suggested we drive to San Francisco. There was a pause as we all considered it for realskies. Someone said "I'm down" and next thing I know the 5 of us are loaded into Manda's Toyota Corolla, headed north.
We drove and drove for 6 hours. Well, okay, Matt drove all the way there. But we all got to share in sitting in traffic while playing the "I'm going shopping and I'm buying Aruba, biscuits, cheese, dog etc." game. We also had a nice laugh at the car next to us sporting an Anime convention sign from the back windshield and a driver who had a stuffed Sonic the Hedgehog on his lap whom he would talk to, stroke, and help assist him in steering the car. No joke. We spent about 3 hours in the bay area that included surprising all the wonderful and gracious Morrows (minus one Sammy who had recently left for Korea) with our presence, getting late-night breakfast (a.k.a. Fatty Matties) at Dennys, and briefly passing out on Nic's couch before heading back to Malibu. Overall, successful and fun. I think spontaneity is one of those traits every college student comes to love and welcome, especially (and ironically enough) during high-stress times, like finals or summer school.
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