Heather McGee

And she was in her 70s.

So anyway, I was really worried about this.

And I explained my situation to my granny.

She was like, oh, I've got a suitcase.

You can just take mine.

She pulled it out of a closet, and I about died.

Because what she showed me as a incredibly shy person who was about to go on the first big trip, first trip of her life with a bunch of classmates who I desperately wanted to impress, she pulled out the loudest, hugest,

pink tie-dye hard side suitcase that anyone has ever seen in their life.

And it wasn't just pink on the outside.

It was pink on the inside with a lovely shade of Pepto-Bismol.

And it was also loud in an actual way.

There were some clips on it that when you locked it and you had to punch it to make it close, made the loudest noise you have also ever heard in your life.

I was mortified, but I was also too shy to turn my granny down and I needed a suitcase, so I took it.

My entire mission in life at that time was to blend in with the wallpaper, and I knew me and that bright pink suitcase were going to Spain whether I liked it or not, and I would be seen and heard also whether I liked it or not.

So I showed up at the airport with my big pink suitcase, relegated to my fate.

I channeled the power of my granny as I lugged that monstrosity across the floor to the ticket counter.

got on that plane, got myself to Spain.

We were going to a few different places, so I opened it, closed it.

Those clips got louder with every time I opened and closed it.

And I was shocked on that trip because it turns out my classmates thought my suitcase was cool.