Glow stick, yumm!

Yesterday as I was decaying away in front of netflix I received a well needed call from an excited Cam. She and Nicky were in the car and on their way to pick me up. Camie had found a magical idea on what is known as the internet and it was something she wanted to test. Glow bubbles. 

from left to right: me, nicky, camie, and SJ

Naturally when Camie and Nicky picked me up we turned the car right around so we could go to the dollar store for the supplies. Glow sticks and bubbles. 

After that we picked up the rest of the crew over at Bwaya's house. SJ, Bwaya, Nicky, Camie, and I all hopped in Camie's car and drove. 

bwaya made it into this photo

Big cottonwood canyon was lovely and we happened upon the most incredible sunset. admittedly, on the drive up we may have ended the already short life of an innocent bunny, but it was more like suicide on its part. You don't jump in front of moving cars. Simple as that.

an absolutely gorgeous sunset

Being the smarties that we are, and having a healthy lack of foresight, we hadn't thought to bring scissors; however, we were not going to be stopped. We would find a way to get those glow sticks open. 

Many of us set to twisting and bending the poor things until they seemed to give. Others used keys to saw at them. One of us used our teeth. That was entertaining. Have you ever seen a glowing mouth? Glowing spit perhaps? Well, it was quite fun to watch.

Camie and Bwaya

Had those in the car taken my suggestion before we left and let me refill my water bottle, there might have been more than the very last drop to spare our poor friend. But either way the glow stick still broke at the teeth of a very determined individual and left the rest of us peeing our pants :)

Bwaya refused to take any good pictures. Nicky and SJ just adding charm

The bubbles didn't actually end up working, apparently tiny shards of glass don't help the magical spheres form. Maybe the glowing formula was too liquidy? Who knows. Chemistry was never my favorite subject.

camie wincing at how bright the flash is

But we did come away with a few lessons. Bring scissors.We looked like glowing, speckled aliens for a while. Bunnies are not worth swerving off a mountain. Let the bullet bikes pass you. No matter what the government calls adults, we're still really children.