Pumpkin Escapades

Look at this cute little pumpkin. He looks so shy and unassuming, so quiet and friendly, right?

WRONG.

This pumpkin has been creeping around our apartment, hiding in peculiar spots, trying to catch us unawares for days.

It all began on Halloween. We, trying to keep in the spirit of things, decided to carve some pumpkins. Luckily for this little guy, we had such a wealth of squash that he managed to escape going under the knife. The other pumpkins' plastic surgeries went well, leaving them dramatically altered. This pumpkin, however, was destined for something greater.... In our minds, at least.

Yep, that's right. We were going to bake him into a pie! Mwahahaha!

At least that's what we planned.... Yet somehow, this genius of a pumpkin managed to escape his fate AGAIN. And now he has been mysteriously popping up in weird places around the apartment...

In the shower.....

(This is why you always check behind the shower curtain before getting undressed. There could be a murderer, or a pumpkin, in there.)

In people's beds....

(Likewise with checking under the bed and in the covers.)

On Becca's boyfriend's head....

(Yeah... Not sure how you prevent this one.)

You're never quite sure where he'll pop up next. We might have to call an exterminator if the problem is not rectified at some point in the near future. (By the way, Kelby, I hid him real good this time; good luck topping it!)

Allow me to explain my comment directed towards Kelby. This pumpkin, though somewhat sinister, has provided countless minutes of entertainment for my roommates and I. It began in early November when our pumpkin had recently escaped a half-baked doom. Kelby decided that I needed a "boyfriend", so she drew a face on him. And then it all began...

She wanted me to talk to him, and I'm no crazy who talks to inanimate objects! Except for things like my phone and computer and pencils and essays... Okay, maybe I am a little bit crazy. But I draw the line at vegetables. So... I hid him in her bed.

The next time I went to shower, there he was, grinning up at me like a little kid caught raiding the cookie jar. After recovering from the shock, I picked him up and carried him into the hallway, where I met Hannah. She had the brilliant idea to hide him in Kelby's laundry basket. That was about 5 days ago. Today when I got home from chemistry, I went to my room. My bed looked a little like it had some abnormal growth, and the blankets were WAY too tidy- I never make my bed. Out of curiosity, I pulled down the covers, and there he was. The abnormal growth. This called for immediate retaliation. I hid him somewhere for Kelby to find him. Perhaps after she discovers him, I'll let you know where it was. But it's good.

This game may soon retire as our pumpkin expires. We may, however, continue the tradition with an object lacking a termination date. Preferably something that won't rot. Perhaps we will do as an apartment of girls in our ward and pass around a can of beans. It certainly could lead to some amusing hiding spots. Because beans fit in smaller places than pumpkins do.

Stay tuned for more adventures of 4106. Whether it's pumpkins or poise, beans or boys, we've got it all.

(And by "got", I mean we can see boys walk past our building sometimes, and sometimes they photobomb our pictures... Yep.)