Last night was the last night of finals week. (PRAISE!) My friend, Whitney, and I were about to go get dinner when she calls me to come to her dorm. I get in there and she has one stink bug trapped under a bowl and another one is chilling by the window. Y'all. I hate bugs. HATE THEM. Whitney needed help getting them out though so I go and get a wet paper towel and put soap on it to grab them. Well, I, being the easily frightened person that I am, can not seem to grab these things. I'd go up to them and then squeal and freeze. It was a horrible experience. We finally resulted in coaxing these flying demons out of the room by opening the window and pushing them out with bowls. Please imagine two sophomores in college walking around a dorm room with bowls and wet paper towels covered in soap. It was an interesting situation.
Well, we went to dinner and came back to her dorm to study. Obviously, we weren't really studying. We were lip syncing to Jonas Brothers and talking about random things. All of a sudden, I hear a buzzing noise. My thought process is, "Oh lord... Please Jesus don't let it be one of those winged demons again." Of course it was. It was another stink bug. This one was smart though. It stayed on the ceiling so that we couldn't catch it. I wasn't taking it. Whitney and I decided to move to library. Nothing really bad happened at the library. We should have just stayed there, but of course I wanted caffeine. We decided to go to the SMC (Lee building lingo). This is when all the fun started.
We get to the SMC and decide to go to the bathroom before we head up to the great room. (no really. Thats the name of it. The great room.) We walking in the bathroom and all the lights are off. So I just shut the door and turn my phone flashlight on. For some reason, Lee did not put a light switch in this bathroom. So Whitney and I are just wondering around this pitch black bathroom with flashlights look for a light with. We basically looked like we were setting up a horror movie. Next thing I know. I look up and Whitney is just standing by the stalls staring at me which obviously does not help the situation. We didn't know the bathroom had an automatic air freshener. The air freshener goes off and Whitney bolts out the bathroom door. So I follow her out the door while laughing so hard that I can't breathe. It is then when we notice people are in the hallway studying and probably saw/heard everything. So we just awkwardly walk up to the great room.
After we get done in the great room, we decide to go back to the dorm. Whitney, in all of her sarcastic wisdom, decides to say, "Hey! Look at the full moon! All the crazies are going to be out!" I kid you not. Not even 15 seconds later we hear a group of girls scream at the top of their lungs and then a couple seconds after that we heard car tires screech. So, at the point, I'm freaking out fully convinced in my head were are about to be murdered. We walk to turn by the clock tower/ cafeteria area when the couple walking in front of us jumps back and screams. We look at the bushes and there is this raccoon running through all the bushes like a maniac. Whitney and I, instead of being mature college girls, scream at the top of our lungs and run through the clock tower while screaming. I just fall to the ground laughing. This night has just been a trial at this point. I watch the couple in front us try to brush off the fact that they screamed. Like, no. I heard you scream and jump backward. You can't brush it off. Anyways, Whitney and I decide to walk back to the dorm and I turn around to look back at the bushes and I see this raccoon running. I can't tell if it's running at us or if it's just running but I say "Whitney, that thing is still moving." I turn around to look at her and she is already running down the Ped Mall, so I start running to catch up with her. The Ped Mall is in one of the most open/populated places on campus, so you know people heard us scream and saw us run. We weren't running gracefully either. We finally cross the road when we turn around and see campus safety driving in the direction we came from. They probably thought someone got kidnapped with how loud our screams were. #SorryGuys.
All of this to say, I am so glad God brought me to Lee so that I could make friend that I feel comfortable enough around to walk around dark bathrooms and run away from rabid raccoons with.
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