Andy wasn’t sure what that meant at the time, but by the end of the school day, he had an idea.
“What happened to your pants?” his mother asked when he walked into the kitchen without them.
“Trying something new,” Andy told her.
She gave him a quizzical look and shook her head, but did not tell him to put them back on until his father was nearly home. During that time, Jake giggled at his exposed diaper and Andy began to feel like he’d accomplished something.
The accomplishment was short-lived, however. By Thursday afternoon, going pantsless had begun to feel as routine as wearing diapers had felt on Monday. Andy’s mind couldn’t be further from his attire when he sat at his desk at home, working out algebra problems from a musty-smelling textbook.