What a Fool!

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!

It was in due time that Friday came. I've had a stressful school week that started off on the wrong foot on Monday morning when I missed my first class. And from that point on, I really had no awareness of what was going on during the week. I felt as if my life was moving faster than physically possibly. The feeling inside of me was one of panic and frustration because I felt that I has no control of what was going on. I had bunches of meetings scattered all throughout the week. I had lots of homework and assignments that I had no idea what the due dates were (whether it was due this week or later weeks to come). And today, I had two tests, both of which I did not actually enjoy. I felt so unprepared and was ready to throw away the stress and toss it out of the window (which is called "defenestration," which is my fancy word of the day).

Anyways, I was uber-happy that today was April Fools Day! I'm a prankster (even though I may not look like one), and I enjoy partaking in the fun of "fooling" others. Today made up for the less than positive days I've had this week. Here are some of the pranks I pulled:

1. Early in the morning, I sent out letters to many of my friends through the post office on campus. I sent myself a letter as well in order to make it look like I was not the culprit of the prank. Inside the letter was lots of confetti and a message that said, "April Fools!" After I had lunch with a friend, we checked our mailboxes, and I opened my letter and feigned surprise as I yelled, "Who sent me this?!" My friend opened her letter, and confetti exploded into her face!!! (The preceding statement actually did not occur in reality. In actuality, the confetti fluttered toward the ground). When I went to work later that day, another one of my friends saw me and knew that the confetti letter was from me because she knew my handwriting. She told her boyfriend this too (and I sent her boyfriend a prank letter as well). Late in the night at the dorm, her boyfriend walked up to me and popped open the letter into my face, causing the confetti to fly all over me. Prank failed. Tip to self: next time, type up the message or don't write in my handwriting.

2. After dinner, I felt like pulling another prank. Around 7 PM, I decided to write on a friend's car with car-friendly window markers. I also wanted to wrap toilet paper all around her car. She was not on campus but at a track meet, so hopefully she'll see her car tomorrow when she gets back. But a couple of friends and I wrote messages on her car with the markers. After that, it was TOILET PAPER TIME! We put toilet paper all around her car, and just as one of my friends was going to put toilet paper in the front passenger seat door handle, the door opened! This was a total surprise to us, and we weren't even expecting that! This made the prank so much more fun because we threw some toilet paper in the car (and then locked the door afterwards). THe last thing we did was wrap toilet paper around the car (we threw the toilet paper roll over and under and around the car, almost like one of those gigantic ribbons on a car given to someone on Christmas day). I can't wait until my friend sees her less-than-clean car. We just added to the mess!

3. I set out to do this prank every April Fools Day: the old put-a-rubber-band-around-the-kitchen-sink-sprayer prank. Since the boys dorm doesn't have a kitchen, I decided to do the prank in the girls dorm (which I planned to do anyways regardless of the boys dorm having a kitchen). After my friend Megan purposely sprayed me while "helping" me put the rubber band around the handle, I set the prank up and was ready for some girl to wash her dishes. A cheerleader, who I have seen around campus before, walked into the kitchen with her bowl of celery, intending to wash the celery (what a healthy snack!). My friends and I were sitting at a table near the kitchen entrance. The cheerleader turned on the water, and I heard her gasp. I immediately started laughing because I knew what happened without seeing her wet shirt. I heard the snapping of the rubber bands as the cheerleader took them off the spray handle. I could not stop laughing (quietly, of course). I walked into the kitchen just as the pranked girl was walking out, and I asked if she got sprayed because I did too (not my by prank, but by Megan's doing). I saw the water spray on the side of her shirt and just smiled. I felt somewhat regretful for what I did, but the prank was totally worth it.

4. Later that night, Megan, her boyfriend Dylon, and I did a series of smaller pranks. On the way back to the boys dorm from the girls dorm, Megan and I were walking on the sidewalk, and I saw the street signs. I posted sticky notes on the "NO PARKING AT ANY TIME" signs so that the "NO" was covered and the sign said "PARKING AT ANY TIME." I also changed the speed limit from the campus' speed limit of 15 mph (which, I believe, no one ever adheres to because I've almost been hit by a speeding car on several occassions) to an incredibly high speed limit of 1 mph. I just stuck a bunch of sticky notes on the sign to cover the 5. Megan and I also posted sticky notes all over the dorm director's door when we got back to the dorm. Dylon joined in on the fun with us when we tagged the dorm director's truck, wrote "ALMOST JUST MARRIED" on the back window, and hung cans attached to string on the back and sides of the truck. We also wrote on the car of our friend Reid and attached a can to his car's antenna. Then we wrote on our resident assistant's Jeep (which was already covered in writing, done by his friend whom we call "Trekkie Love").

And I think those are all of the pranks I was involved in on April Fools Day today. I had a great time pranking and being pranked by others. I was just glad I could relax and have some fun. I survived a stressful week of school, and I needed a break, and luckily, I had some great fun on the best possible day ever! Being a fool is fun and cool! Have some fun before your week is done!