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We each mutter, “Sorry,” as I peek inside the bathroom “Oh, ”

“The wallpaper really adds a nice psychedelic touch”

“It’s definitely trippy” Once again, the brown-orange theh in the bathroorime The toilet seat lid is one of those shell numbers The plain white plastic shower curtain has several holes in it I peekthe rust stains around the faucets and the very grey tint to the tub “I think it’s probably a good idea to treat this like the gym and shoith your flip-flops on”

“I would one hundred percent agree with that state one of those towels” Lawson’s finger appears in my peripheral vision and I follow it to the broels folded neatly on the vanity

“Probably a good idea”

“Should we tackle the sheets before we brave the shower?”

“Sure”

We strip the bed down to the mattress pad and immediately e hadn’t I don’t even want to knohat the mattress looks like based on the vast number of unidentifiable stains We debate the inally been a joke, and decide it’s probably the safer of the two options

Before I open the gift box containing her sheets and comforter, I open Cosy’s old travel backpack “Holy shit, Lawson! We just hit the mother lode!”

I start pulling out itee backpacks that can hold an insane a a two-person pop-up tent and a double-sized air mattress with puranola bars, but they’ve been expired for about two years, so unfortunately they get tossed

Twenty minutes later, the tent is set up, the air mattress inflated, and I’ve unwrapped iving it to her used once I provide her with the photographic evidence of our less than appealing accoround probably would’ve been a better option, but we’re here now, and at least on’t have to deal with bears and woodland creatures visiting us in the night—hopefully

I tear through the plastic and pull out the sheet set first Lawson and I crawl back inside the tent so we can put the on the pump to inflate it