Bouncy, Trouncy, Flouncy, Pouncy

One of my many life experiences consisted of having a sleepover on a trampoline, just like this image above. However, there were more than 5 people on it, at least that's what I've gathered from this image that it was only 5 people there. I believe our grand total was around 7 people, 2 of which were like 10 year olds or possibly younger... it wasn't as creepy as it sounds I promise.

I was spending a week up in Bradenton with my cousins during the summer time and one of their neighbors invited us over to spend the night on the trampoline. A major light and siren sounded in my head that said, "Bad idea, Jess." Despite my better judgment, my cousin Megan convinced me it would be a fun idea, and since I had to go in order for 3 of my cousins to go, I decided to take one for the team and just go with it.

I had to borrow a sleeping bag from my aunt, which was surprising because they happened to have multiple sleeping bags more numerous than the members of the household. I suppose they were prepared for this moment since the dawn of time. We trekked over there and set up our bags; the host even brought out a little DVD player, so we were watching Hot Rod. To be honest, I wasn't really watching it as much as I was listening to it. The screen was incredibly tiny, because I'm sure this was when movable and usable DVD players were extremely rare and just being released.

A major reason I wasn't watching the movie is because of what will eventually lead to the horrific events I found in the morning. I was too busy huddling in my sleeping bag due to how cold it was outside and the fact the mosquitoes were in full force. I stayed outside the entire night, except for at one point when I went to the bathroom and retrieved more blankets because I was shivering. Upon officially waking up, I realized my legs and arms were COVERED with bug bites and my body reacts so cutely to the bites. Whenever I'm bit by something, specifically ants but it includes mosquitoes to a more mild degree, I swell up like a marshmallow. You can just imagine how I looked like and needless to say, I lathered up on the Cortizone and refrained from touching my skin until they healed.

The only good part of this whole experience was seeing the sun slowly rise up in the sky, to see the color of the sky change as time passed by. Believe me, I was awake for probably 2 hours before my cousin, Megan, woke up. I didn't wanna leave before she woke up, due to my oath as a family member to never leave a member behind. It was one of my most peaceful experiences ever, even accounting the fact I was being attacked by blood-thirsty insects.