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>be me
>7 years old
>3am
>mom tells us we're going on a hiking trip without any prior warning
>fucking shit i dont wanna do this but i dont have a choice
>mom promises me it'll be a few hours
>get in car
>the ride takes 3 hours
>arrive at the site of the hike, aka the middle of buttshit nowhere in the woods
>spend the next 3 hours walking along a trail through the wilderness, stopping every 15 minutes to take pictures and shit
>it's about 105 degrees and mosquitos are everywhere
>arrive at some lake that's infested with flies
>for the next 4 hours they swim in the lake while i wait for them on some rock doing absolutely nothing but getting bitten by flies and other such creatures
>i still, to this day, have no idea how they managed to enjoy swimming with the amount of flies that were swarming around
>"hey anon you should join us"
>i take a dip in the lake and get out within 30 seconds because these fucking flies are swarming around every inch of my body
>get out and wait about 2 more hours for them to finish swimming
>they take a whole hour to dry off for some fucking reason
>spend the next few hours walking back to the car
>the car has problems and we wait a few more hours for a tow truck
>drive a few hours to the car shop, all of us cramped in a tow truck that smells like mold
>my mom is yammering on to the driver the entire time
>get to the car shop
>mom spends the next 2 hours or so chatting with the repair guy about stupid shit
>drive home in a loaner
>on the way we stop at my fucking aunt's house for some reason
>spend 4 hours there
>finally get home afterward really late a night
>im covered in dirt and bug bites, my clothes are torn up, my eyes are irritated from all the sweat that dripped into them, and im dizzy from dehydration
>my mom says "that's was so much fun!" and my siblings somehow fucking agree with her
and that's why i grew up hating the outdoors and everything to do with it. fuck /out/
