The Second Floor

An interesting concept, but poorly executed plan to build a second floor in Cameron and Garrison's sophomore room. An absolute shit show from beginning to end, the project was never carried out to completion.

Cameron and Garrison first went to Home Depot to pick up some 2 x 4s and 4' x 6' plywood sheets. After buying the wood, they learned that Home Depot did not have any available trucks to rent so they called an Uber XL. When the driver pulled up, he took one look at the haul of wood, shook his head and drove off. Seemingly the only option was to carry it all a mile to the Orange Line stop to take it back on the T, a feat that proved to be harder than expected because wood is heavy. Luckily, two Simmons residents, Trevor and Milo, happened to walk by to help carry the supplies. Definitely in the way of everybody, the group made it onto the train with the comically large pieces of wood. Around this time, they contacted Cesar to meet them at Kendall Square at the perfect time with a cart to transport the wood. The gang then had to transfer to the Red Line at Downtown Crossing, one of the busiest subway stations in all of Boston. But alas, as they attempted to board the train, an MBTA agent approached the squad and prohibited them from getting on, escorting them out of the station and onto the urban streets, still with the large pieces of wood. It was then where Trevor and Milo left, leaving Cameron and Garrison to try and find a vehicle to bring the wood the three miles home. A Sunday afternoon, every rental car place they called was closed. Luckily,they found a taxi service that was willing to transport them and the wood. Cesar was told to return back with the cart, an hour of his time wasted. The taxi arrived and the wood was loaded, but it stuck out of the back end, so the rear lift gate could not close. The taxi driver, being just an overall chill dude, allowed Garrison to ride in the back seat, sitting on the plywood sheets and holding the trunk closed with one hand. They made it back.

Then began the matter of constructing the second floor, designed to sit atop two closets and be accessible by a ladder leading to a trapdoor. Pretty sweet, right? Unfortunately, Cameron and Garrison didn't have access to the woodshop and their room was too small to cut the large plywood. Thankfully, Ashin stole them a reciprocating saw and Zoe and Jasmin graciously lent their room to cut out the trapdoor. But that sadly was the last of the progress made on the second floor. After all of the trouble, it ended up as just a platform for additional storage and never the ultimate party space it was intended to be. At the very least, wood from the second floor was used in the construction of Bar.