Urban Camping 101

When pitching a tent in a 350 square foot apartment, there are a couple of steps you should probably follow...

1. Find somebody who is just crazy enough to be willing to help you take on such a great feat. Someone who can find their "inner 6 year old" and jump into the land where magic forts are the best thing since sliced bread, lollipops are your secret weapon and sunglasses make you invisible.

2. Pull out the necessary equipment and look a tiny bit stupid while realizing this might be a tad more confusing than previously thought.
3. Move coffee table and unroll tent.
4. Unfold tent and realize there ain't no way it's going to fit in the spot you alloted for it. Put on your magic pink "thinking" pants (jammies) and stare at it for awhile.
5. Put it up anyway. Or...let your amigo do it.
6. Realize that tent has filled up every last inch of free floor space you had, which wasn't much to begin with. Make mental note to not wait until the last second to go to the bathroom, should the need arise, because you're going to have to be creative about how you actually get to the toilet.
7. Realize that the door to the tent is shoved up against the couch. Aka: Have to climb on the couch in order to get down into tent. Unleash inner 6 year old and pretend that the floor is covered in lava and hop from one piece of furniture to the other, trying not to get "burned." (This step is optional.)
8. Turn out all the lights, open the window, put a lantern inside the tent, and proceed with Camping Simulation Station.
9. Figure out all the different ways a snake could get into your tent, talk about what causes bears to approach humans, discuss the pros and cons of bringing hot dog buns.
10. Get REAL excited about upcoming camping trip.

P.S. For anyone who wants to come visit...I now have a "guest house." Y'all are welcome to it anytime.