[Setting: the middle of friggin nowhere.]
[We're camping in the Nevada mountains with my huge paternal extended family. They are very good campers. Me? not so much.]
me: [sleeping]
Kamikaze Chipmunk (KC): [hurls himself from the roof of our 10 ft. tall cabin.]
me: [scream as something that feels like a rubber ball whacks my face and wakes me up.]
my sister, Kate: [laughs]
me: [sit up, glare at Kate.] "What did you do that for?"
Kate: [innocently] "Do what?"
me: "Throw that ball or whatever at me."
Kate: "I didn't throw anything at you."
me: "What hit me in the face then?"
Kate: [shrugs]
me: [look at my pillow.]
Kamikaze Chipmunk (KC): [gives me a look as innocent as Kate's]
me: [scream]
KC: [cocks his head like humans are very amusing.]
me: [talking to chipmunk] "OMG, are you not even going to run away as I scream at you? Have you no fear of humans at ALL?"
KC: [thinks humans are very amusing indeed.]
me: "I could totally kill you, you know. You really should get off of my pillow! And for heaven's sake, develop more fear of humans!"
KC: [looks like he may be laughing at me.]
Steve: [wakes up] "What's going on?"
me: [point to chipmunk]
Steve: "OMG that's a chipmunk."
me: "Do something already!"
Steve: [tries to grab chipmunk]
KC: [casually flicks his tail out of the way]
Everyone in the WHOLE CABIN: [starts to laugh hysterically]
me: "OMG it's like a mouse but bigger."
Steve: "And with tattoos."
me: "Chipmunk, why don't you RUN AWAY?!"
KC: [looks at me like he's laughing again]
Steve: [manages to grasp tail of KC and tries to fling him out the window, but KC squirms free and stares at us from window sill.]
KC: [totally laughing at us again.]
Everyone in the WHOLE CABIN: [squealing and laughing]
me: "OMG he probably has fleas and tics and diseases and now they're all over my pillow!!"
Steve: [grasps tail again and is finally able to toss KC out of the window.]
KC: [laughs the whole way down.]
me: "I need a bath. There is too much nature all over me."
[I get up and stare at my contaminated bed.]
me: "And also, my face hurts."
[I hobble out of the cabin and spend the rest of the morning yelling at random chipmunks.]
5 comments:
I would check yourself for tics though, a few people founds some on them!!!! Crazy chipmunk, we encountered nothing that fun.
As I write this I am grinning from ear to ear with amusement. rofl!
Are you sure you didn't take an Ambien again? Unless your mother or Steve confirms this story - I will have to claim that you were on drugs, again. :)
Love ya Kerry. Wish we could have done more at the reunion that pass by each other and ask, "You better?" and you nod - NOPE.
Take care.
My mom will confirm the story.
And you'll be happy to know that my gastro-intestinal issues cleared up. (Mostly.) Right in time for my dissertation defense, so yay!
I always read your posts out loud to Brad. We die laughing.
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