why are you using the basket as a strainer!

The first week after high school my best friends and I moved out of our homes into an apartment together with the idea that this would be a piece of cake... I couldn't have been more wrong. this was a roller coaster we got on and thought everything is going to go smoothly... nope wrong again. now don't get me wrong moving out is great and everyone should try it but it doesn't hurt to get a little warning ahead of time so I am going to be posting about the little things that can happen when things don't go as planned.
As everyone knows when you're living on your own and not making a high income you eat pasta a lot hence the saying" the freshman ten" in other words means you gain weight from all the cheap junk food.
The first day we moved out we were absolutely exhausted from moving boxes through a not so easy to maneuver parking lot and up 3 flights of stairs, and after moving boxes... well the last thing you want to do is cook, but were determined to make a somewhat decent dinner so we thought and thought and then it hit us (PASTA!) a simple yet a decent dinner idea and we had only 4 packages of it and said why not.
So we began to make it in our big pot in which we were proud to own and finally it got to the point where it was time to strain the water, we realized we had no strainer!, NOTE: earlier in the day I pulled some small baskets with little slits in it out of one of my boxes and exclaimed how I didn't know what to do with it.

my roommate saw the basket and jokingly said we should use it as a strainer and then went with the idea to use it as a strainer and "oh hunny Let me tell you" small baskets with little slits make great strainers.
So if you find your self strainerless do not fret there is always something around your apartment or home that can do the job.
if anyone has any questions do feel free to comment and I will answer them to the best of my ability.
sincerely aims.