We're nearing the end of week 1 of this assignment and nothing too crazy has happened to me this week! I guess I can tell you a little more about myself and pull some stories out of the vault to share with you.
Last week, my best friend, Jordan, moved to South Korea for a foreign exchange program. She's going to be living there for a whole year so this summer we made it a point to spend as much time together as we possibly could. This summer, I've laughed so hard that I've cried and when she left we both cried so much we just had to laugh at ourselves. It's been pretty tough since she left because she truly is my best friend and I've known her since I first moved to Ohio when I was only six years old. We've only exchanged a few messages since she left on August 26th. Forgive me if I seem a little down at school. Anyway, enough with the sob story and lets get onto a happier one.
So midsummer, Jordan and I were bored and looking for something to do. We were both fairly broke and not hungry, so that kills about 95% of our options of fun things to do in Cincinnati. Being lame, we finally decided on just going to Barnes and Noble to look at some CD's. On the way, we made our almost-daily stop at Thornton's to get icees (my favorite drink) with some spare change in my car. We went to the Barnes and Noble by the Rave (AMC now) and finished our drinks as we shopped. After we finished looking around at the CD's and books, we walked through the empty little streets outside filled with shops. Jordan was fiddling with her keys and I spotted her tiny pepper spray bottle key-chain. Honestly, I wasn't trying to be a complete idiot, it just kind of happened. I took the pepper spray and sprayed the wall because I wanted to see what it looked like. Seems fine, right? Well, I realized I had some on my finger and so, doing the smart thing, I licked it off. MAJOR MISTAKE. I can not even tell you how horrible it was. If I had to describe it, I'd probably say it was like swallowing a flaming pepper covered in needles. Jordan stared in disbelief at my stupidity as my vision blurred with spicy tears.
Screaming, I ran back into Barnes and Noble and headed for Starbucks. Remember when I told you I was broke? Yeah, I was still broke, so I couldn't buy anything to drink, but lucky for me there was a little stand of free water. After gulping down a few cups, I realized it wasn't helping at all, so I did what I had to do. I drank a cup of coffee creamer that had been sitting in a big pitcher in a Starbucks for probably an entire day. So now imagine swallowing a flaming pepper and then trying to mask it with rotten milk and extreme embarrassment. I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital.
During this whole scene, Jordan is just doubled over laughing like such a good friend. I thought I was going to die or explode or catch on fire. Needless to say, I survived but my dignity definitely took a big hit that night. No way I'll ever live that one down. I swear I'm not as big of an idiot as I sound haha.
-Odessa
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