Water Balloon Fights

Yesterday we had one of the best ideas: to have a Water balloon Fight!

Well, actually my friend Matt's mom had the idea. She sent him some water balloons for his birthday, which also happened to be yesterday (who knew?). A group of us decided to get it done and turn Friday afternoon into a wet sticky fun fest.

It started off with everyone meeting at my place. Well, almost all of us. Scott, Amy, Matt, and I all met at my place and we decided to go looking for a spicket to begin filling water balloons. We had some time before Chad and Erin were going to catch up with us. We all piled into my pickup and headed off to a park nearby, however, along the way good ol' Baby (my truck) decided that she would run out of gas. Poor gal. On top of that, the park had nothing we could use to fill up balloons with. So, we very carefully got the truck to a nearby gas station and left it there. Worse still, none of us had brought our wallets or any type of money.

So we called for help.

Erin picked up first and told us she was on her way. Quite a bit later Chad calls us and he is at my place looking for us. We tell him what has happened and he tells us he is on his way to come get us. Erin and Chad both pull up at the same time, go figure. During this time, Matt, Amy, Scott and I decide to sit on the curb like a bunch of hooligan good-for-nothing kids. We pretty much rocked that look.

Erin is kind enough to spot me $5 to give Baby some gas. We now have an entourage and I tell them that we should head to a different park where I am sure there is a spicket we can use.

Yeah, I was wrong.

Chad finally suggests that we just go to his and Scott's apartment because their faucets are pretty small. So we do and we have a blast getting soaked trying to fill up these balloons and tie them. We also pretty much trashed their apartment (Sorry guys!). But if you ever need someone to make water balloons for you, use Chad. He was on the phone talking to his pops and producing as many balloons as 4 of us in an assembly line were producing all by his self. Jesus, is there anything he isn't good at?

During this, a little bird tells us that another group of our friends is all sitting on a porch at someones house drinking and enjoying the great weather. Why weren't we invited? We ask each other. So, we decided to take some revenge.

We all get some balloons (including my favorite condom-balloon filled with water mixed with shaving cream) and get into Matt's truck. He has a topper over his bed and we hide Chad, Scott, Erin, and Amy inside while Matt and I are in the cab. We go down this back alley behind this other group's house and do a surprise attack. The topper pops open and those 4 unleash a barrage of balloons. Matt and I also rush out and add to the colorful volley of wetness. After we unload, we quickly rush away and disappear into the dust.

However, we are not satisfied.

Plans are put into motion to attack again. This time, a surprise attack on foot. We park almost two blocks away from the other house and run over (surprisingly, we are right in front of the apartment complex where my friend Asia lives). We convene on the far side of the house and listen to the people on the porch. All seems fine and dandy. Then Scott launches a balloon over the roof (while dropping and destroying the other three he had, mind you). We listen for a second and then we here some screams. The balloon hit was successful. We use this diversion to launch the full attack and all of us run around the house and pelt the group with water balloons. Unfortunately, we only get one of the girls wet. Some of the water balloons are pretty tough and don't break at all. We quickly run back to our rides and discover that one of the guys from the party is chasing us. He doesn't last long though and Matt succeeds in getting him wet as well.

After this, we decide we are done with this group and want to get on with the real fun: our water balloon fight. We all head back to my place where Matt and I rush out of Matt's truck and into the house. Matt had bought a slingshot to use with balloons and we are hoping to turn the attack on Amy and Erin when they get there. However, Scott and Chad think we are trying to ambush them and they rush inside through a different door. So, Matt and I quickly recruit Erin and Amy to turn the attack against the other two guys. We wait for them with Matt holding one end of the slingshot and Erin holding the other. I have cocked back and ready to fire. Everything is set.

Chad and Scott rush out of the house and see the slingshot and stop dead in their tracks.

I fire the slingshot and... nothing happens. The damn thing was too tight and acted like a glove around the water balloon and keeps it safe and secure inside its grasp. This is when Scott and Chad attack. I dodge the ones coming after me but Matt and Erin aren't so lucky. Erin says "Matt, don't let go." And what does he do? He lets go of his end of the slingshot. The recoil is super fast and snaps in on Erin and gets her in her side. She has a huge red bruise from the handle of the thing.

She muscles through her pain, however, and the rest of the afternoon we attack each other with water balloons. Scott ends up getting pelted right under his right nipple that leaves a nice welt thrown by yours truly and Matt gets hit in his neck which results in a huge hickey looking blotch. We end with some really cool pictures and have some cake for Matt's birthday inside. We use matches instead of candles, which was a pretty short lived experience.

All in all it was a pretty fun day. We ended it with drinking and another party at my place that got a little crazy (like normal, eh?).

I may need to rent kids so I can still have fun like this after I graduate. I don't want to grow up.

Happy birthday, Matt.