So Janice's birthday was coming up and every year, without fail, she would get an idea to surprise one of the PhD peeps.
This year, we thought we would turn the tables on her instead.
I can't remember exactly whose idea it was - Dom's? Michelle's?
Anyway the seeds were sown and we told Jan that we were all headed towards Cabramatta for a food day.
The secret almost leaked multiple times, but thanks to quick thinking and the obliviousness of our target, it never came to light.
Mission: to kidnap The Target and take her on a 3 hour hike and 2 hour kayaking session in Bundeena, Royal National Park
Everyone had slept late the night before, and had to wake up early - it wasn't the greatest lol. In addition, our team leaders kept stressing over things so we kept wondering whether we'd be able to pull it off.
Regardless, I woke at 6:30am. Took my time packing and getting everything ready.
I had told Jan that I would pick her up at 8am, in actual fact, I had organized with her family days in advance to drop by slightly earlier to pick up her outdoor gear, so she wouldn't suspect anything.
As I left my house, I sent her a message to tell her I had "just woken up".
Halfway to her house, I sent another message to say that I was "on my way".
BAM! INCEPTION!
At around 7:30 I parked a little bit down to street, just in case she spotted my inconspicuous red beetle. It took a few tumbles and low level walking to grab her bag (which had been placed perfectly outside the front door as her family had said it would be) but I legged it out of there without being caught, despite a wide open window.
After some final checks with the main group, I called Jan after checking I had waited the appropriate amount of time to reach her place since "leaving my house".
She came down into the car, not suspecting a thing.
My first task was complete.
We drove about 45 minutes to Dom's place and when we got there he was flying around like a headless chicken. My second task was to move everything from my boot to Dom's boot without Jan noticing. We went inside the house and met the Fam, all the while Dom and I kept exchanging silent looks. How were we going to make this work?
Dom managed to sneak me his keys, I just had to figure out a way to get outside again.
To this end, I tried to fake going to the bathroom, but Jan kept standing in the doorway so it would have been clear that I was sneaking out, instead, I gave the good ol' "I left something outside" line and went outside in the hopes Dom could keep her inside.
Task two complete.
Then the "Google maps" fiasco happened with Jade, Michelle and Jess being "lost".
Jan got really Agro at this section, and we feared she would figure something out.
But nope :P
Then Dom came up with this situation where we would run an errand for his dad, and pick up something from his dad's friend???
We ran with it anyway.
So in we packed into Dom's car and onwards to the Royal National Park we went.
At this point, Jan was just like....okay.
Minutes passed and we entered some pretty bushy roads.
At one point, we stopped right at the entrance of the RNP with a huge street sign pointing, but Dom and I got Jan playing word associations and she was completely entranced in the game.
Justin...timberlake.
It wasn't until we reached the ranger station that Jan became suspicious.
What are we doing at the RNP?
And thus begins the next portion of our mission.
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