Hello and welcome to a hunting Saturday here at the Wannaskan Almanac. Today is November 15th.
Yesterday at the grocery store, I commented to the cashier that traffic seemed unusually low for a Friday after work. We thought maybe hunting season had something to do with it. "The men are all hunting, so the women aren't cooking!" I said. (Yes, I know women hunt and men cook. But that aside, it was funny in the moment.)
And now on to the kid blog.
Looking at the title, you might have guessed what this blog is about. And you're right, it's about another sleepover. What's different about this sleepover is that it's not really planned. Like, if you can come, you come; if you can't, you can't. It's not for a birthday or anything special like that. My last two sleepovers - both in the same weekend - were back-to-back birthday sleepovers.
My sleepover tonight will be me and one or two other friends, plus the person who's hosting it. So, it won't be very big. With my other sleepovers, it was like, if you're gonna come, you have to communicate with us. This one is like, if you can come, you're good, just come. We don't really have to talk about the plan.
My last sleepover I went to had ten to twelve kids. Some of us tried staying awake the whole night, but only one of us managed to do it by watching YouTube. And if you're hoping it was me, it wasn't. I fell asleep in a quite pleasant place. I fell asleep lying on a really soft pillow, on a soft carpet, inside a 50-lb weighted blanket. It felt very good. The weight dragged me down so I couldn't move, but it was fun because not being able to move meant that I couldn't mess around.
One of my favorite sleepover games I learned to play is called "Janitor." There are some people sitting on the stairs (inside the house) and then there's a janitor. The janitor has a mop. When he falls asleep, that's when you come down from the stairs to run away from the janitor. If you make any noise, the janitor can chase you. If he catches you, you're the next janitor. I found a really good hiding spot, so I won every single time. The hiding spot was in a cubby filled with Legos under the stairs in the house. We also only played Janitor at night because that's when it's dark so it's hard to see.
I've slept at this person's house before, so I'm guessing it'll be really fun. But it definitely could be a lot better if the entire friend group were there. The more the merrier, my mom always says.
I hope that we hit an all-nighter (staying up all night.) We're gonna play video games - Gang Beasts, Minecraft, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Bros. We're gonna watch YouTube - memes, funny videos, and try-not-to-laugh challenges. And we'll play outside - Nerf wars, tag, and hide-and-seek. We might drive go-karts, which is one of my favorite parts about spending the night at this friend's house. The go-karts are really fun. You can go really fast. But there are some precautions. My friend's dad says that if we crash the cars or do unsafe things, then we're automatically off. We wear helmets.*
(*Mom note: I had to ask. I also asked if anyone's been kicked off the go-karts, to which he replied, "Probably. But it hasn't been me. Yet.)
In the end, I am very excited for my sleepover because I have been to this person's house before, so I know what to expect.
Have a great week aaaannnddd...Peace.🤘
Peace to you too.
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