13

One time we went to watch the twins and Ryan graduate, and we drove to South afterwards, and while Taylor went to go hang out with all the graduates in the band room I reclined the seat in the parking lot and took a nap...one of my many high school moments that might be interpreted as either socially oblivious, pointedly obnoxious, or maybe just sleepy.
-M

12

One time we drove to Philly and were denied by a Decemberists fan/castle gatekeeper at one of our meticulously-chosen alternative tourist destinations. We did get to go to jail though.
-M

11

One time we decided to go to London and after I had a major freakout about the tickets et cetera, I slept through my alarms for the early-morning flight. If Taylor didn't call me to wake me up I probably would have missed the flight, leaving Taylor stranded at CDG, and I was so out of it that morning that I don't think I realized it until much later. I remember Taylor asked me if the call woke me up and I answered either "no" or that I didn't know...Sleep deprivation I guess. Kids stay in school.
-M

10

One time when we decided we needed to profiter we successfully navigated the Paris bus system, not before belatedly realizing that the tram we really wanted wasn't actually in service. Then we went and sat on the grass next to the Geode, watching all the little french picnickers out in the sun.
-M

9

One time we went over to Paige and Claire's house after school and spent the afternoon painting pumpkins in their driveway. I think Erin Hussey was there as well, and I remember some incident calling one of the the twins by the wrong name. And then we left all of these little pumpkins to dry on newspaper in Paige and Claire's garage.
-M

8

One time we spent a weekend under an awning in Taylor's driveway selling a ridiculous amount of ugly lamps and fake plants to the good people of Lincroft, including our weird substitute teacher who bought a shell wreath and one man who haggled over 2-dollar knives. At some point we accidentally left Nicole's table out in the rain.
-M

7

One time we drove to Sandy Hook towards the end of August in the evening. After one of the last days of the 2012 Prentice Cup we'd changed into bathing suits and gone to kill time in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot. We kept trying to get Ryan on the phone to come meet us but that didn't end up working out. Turns out we didn't kill enough time, though, and when we got to the hook gatekeeper he asked us to fork over like 15 bucks or whatever it was. "Going to the beach?" "...we used to go to school here?" And despite my bathing suit straps and sleeveless shirt he let us in for free.
-M