Code Red

There's a little problem us girls run into once in a while, well, actually once a month. If by now you don't know what I'm talking about please just think, I'll give you a second. If you don't understand by now, don't even bother continuing to read this post. This is a post about my friend who experienced a time when she wasn't prepared for code red.

My friend and I decided a few weeks ago, to go out to lunch. The sad thing is that while we were trying to be more mature, our parents still had to drive us to the restaurant . We were enjoying our lunch, when my friend told me she had to use the restroom; the look on her face when she came back was anything but happy. She explained the situation, so we ventured out to find pads, tampons, anything.

The tricky part was that neither one of us expected to be walking far distances, so our footwear was not appropriate to be trekking around in. My friend in heels, and myself in ballet flats went off to a sporting goods store, hoping to find a female associate to help solve my friend's problem. Of course, just our luck, there were no women working at the store, so we had to resort to asking a guy. Luckily the worker my friend found was nice enough and felt bad about the situation, but unfortunately for us the store did not carry what we were looking for. The only place closest, was the grocery store across the street. So again we were off - hey, you have to do what you have to do.

We crossed the main street and basically ran for the grocery store, sand flicking up into both of our shoes. Rushing through the store like maniacs, we finally found what we were looking for, and my friend took off to the bathroom. I decided that if I ran too, that I would have blisters on top of my blisters, so I nonchalantly fast-walked behind her. Finally, everything was okay, and we headed back to the restaurant, I think they got sick of us coming in and out so often, but oh well. Mind you, our parents, if they knew about this little adventure would never let us go to a restaurant by ourselves again. So this is our little secret. But what an adventure! It's definitely something that doesn't happen every day, that's for sure.

That is all.

-"M"