So I just got back from my trip. I got to hang out with my best friend, her boyfriend, and admittedly the person I was most excited about, my boyfriend! I already miss him so much. When I got home I unpacked my pillow and blanket and snuggled them since they still had his scent on them. I'm going to see him in a little over a week, but still. I had waited months to see him and time flew by so quick. I got used to having him in bed next to me and getting pulled in for cuddles or tickles. I'd share our adventures but we did so much while we were there. I think out of the 8 days we were both there we only had one relax day.

But I will share one amusing story.

So my friend's apartment complex has a pool. To get to the pool you have to go through the in-door gym/spa building and go through the back door where the pool is gated (with no gated doors). Before we arrived she made sure to call the complex manager and asked her the hours of the pool. She was told the gym and pool close at 9:45 but there is a code you can use for after hour access. Since we're all pretty introverted we decided we'd go into the pool later at night. Our first time around it was a general success. This was before my boyfriend came. It was just her and I relaxing in the hot tub since it was a bit too cold to swim. The next day we tried to go back at the same time and the code wouldn't work. She was rather irritated over that but oh well. We didn't go back until after we got back from Seattle and had my boyfriend with us. We found that the code had changed and went out to the pool one evening around 10:00 (I know because the sun was fully down and sunset is at 9:30 there). We swam for about 2 hours (so until about midnight) before my friend decided to leave. I think she could sense my boyfriend getting feeling with me in the pool (not inappropriately) so she decided to leave to give us alone time.

After a bit we decided to leave as well but this time the code wasn't working. Did I mention you need to put in a code to get OUT of the pool? It wasn't working so we stood there trying to call out to my friend's apartment (which is thankfully just outside the pool gate) but she wasn't hearing us. It probably took her a half an hour to finally step up to the window and see us standing there at the gate. She walked to the building and attempted to put in the code to get into the gym building but it wasn't working for her either. She called the emergency maintenance number that a sign on the building says to call should you run into issues and the lady (who we theorize is just the apartment complex manager) scolded her for sneaking into the pool after closing time. My friend debated with her a bit saying that the sign said that the hours are from 6am to 9:45pm and that the sign says the code is for after hour uses. The lady said that in her lease it says that after hours are based off of her office hours which closes at 6 (my friend has lived there for 3 years... she does not have her lease memorized), and that the gym and pool close at 9:45. Yet we were able to get in after the closing time and my friend was able to use the code well after the closing time? Regardless my friend pressed the fact that there were people stuck in the pool gates and could not get out and you can't just leave people in the pool gate. What if someone has medical issues or special needs? The lady pretty much told her oh well, we'd need to figure it out ourselves.

So we had to devise a plan to get us out, most of which failed because I'm so short But eventually we stacked up some lounge side tables into a pyramid and jumped the fence. I still needed help getting over the fence since my legs are so short but that's what tall boyfriend's are for. But seriously, who requires a code to get out of a building??? This apparently is not the first time it's happened, according to my friend it's happened at least three other times and those other people were unfortunate enough to not know anyone who lived near the pool and thus would have to cry out for help and hope that someone was kind enough to help.