HalloNEWeen things of the HalloWEEK (Get it now?) include my first carved pumpkin. I’ve carved pumpkins as a class as a child but never on my own before. Jamie threw a pumpkin carving drinking girly party Friday. I was one of the first to start and one of the last to finish. I blame it on picking a not so easy decal as my first pumpkin. I made a bat! Here’s a phone camera quality picture of it all lit up.
It was fun. I want to start doing this every Halloween. Maybe next year I’ll roast the seeds to put a new spin on it.
Then last night I went to Gruesome Gardens with Jessica and Brandi. I scare really really easily. We bought tickets to go see all three haunted houses located at the Great Outdoors on South Congress. Honestly, I can’t tell you what was all there since I had my eyes squeezed shut throughout the whole thing. Jessica and Brandi literally had to drag me in all three times and I screamed wailed out “OH MY GOD. PLEASE. I DON’T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. AHHHHHHHHHHHH” maybe 10 times.
It didn’t matter that I had my eyes closed through last house called “House of Weird Sensations” since it was pitch black. We had to feel our way/push our way through a rubbery black soft maze. There were soft whispers taunting us in the dark. With our arms linked, we all kind of panted our way through the darkness. Every now and again Jessica and I would hit our head on a wall /dead end and we’d break our silence with a unison “OW” which served as comedic relief.
The scariest moment occured when all of a sudden Jessica is screaming screaming screaming. SCREAMING. Brandi and I screamed along with her. I didn’t open my eyes even then but I was terrified for Jessica since she’s kind of ballsy. Half in a panic, we felt our way out shortly after. Hahahhaha. Later in her car she tells us she accidentally grabbed someone’s hand who happened to be lost too and freaked out. So our scariest moment happened with someone who wasn’t even a paid employee.
I don’t think haunted houses are for me. I can’t even open my eyes. I have nothing visually descriptive to share.
