Baking

Sometimes, I am the queen of stupid, which happens to be very weird, because I think of myself as a rather smart person. Let me expand on this type of stupid. Sometimes I do stupid things. I can see them coming from a mile away, yet, boom! I still somehow head right into it full force. When I was in middle school, I played volleyball. During one particularly intense practice, we took a break for water. I ran to get my water bottle which was on the opposite end of the gym. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a friend gaining on me. I thought she was challenging me to a race. Turns out she was not. She was just very thirsty. Up ahead near the benches with the water bottles on them, I see the edge of the carpet folded over. Instead of slowing down and approaching this hazard carefully, I gun it full force to get to my water bottle before my friend gets to hers. WHAM! I flew a foot, tripped over that carpet I knew was going to get me. I was so embarrassed by the commotion and attention, as any middle-schooler would …

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