[15] Just One More Snack

     It all started because Haley (my roommate) loves popcorn, so she brought a lot of it to college. We had only used her special popcorn once, so the Tupperware with the kernels in it was still mostly full. We had a friend, Michael, over to hang out and play guitar just like we did almost every night. He never noticed our popcorn stash though, so he pulled out the popcorn Tupperware from the usual place in the cabinet and looked at it for a while. He got distracted, so he set it up on top of the fridge and no one noticed. We had a great night, then Michael left. 

     After a few minutes, all of us roommates dispersed into our bedrooms except Hailey. She wanted to get one last snack before winding down for bed. I remember standing in my room and I could only hear what was happening, but that was enough to know what was going on. I heard the fridge door open, then Hailey screamed as loud as she could, and then there was the sound of a million popcorn kernels hitting the ground and flying everywhere around the kitchen. 

      The house was silent. Everyone knew what happened and no one wanted to say anything. Quietly, the rest of us made our way to the kitchen to find Hailey sitting on the ground next to thousands and thousands of popcorn kernels with the door of the fridge wide open. Immediately everyone busted into laughter. I don't think we were laughing because we found it exciting and amusing that we would have to clean up every kernel, but we were laughing because we could't believe that this had happened. 

      We cleaned up the best we could, but because there were kernels on every inch of the entire kitchen floor, to this day we still find popcorn kernels. At least now we can enjoy cleaning up the few we find remembering the great times of laughter and misfortune of the day Hailey wanted just one more snack...