October 30, 2006
Jamie Lee Curtis
We went to a haunted house with Maddy and D last night and had a fantastic time. It was actually a haunted woods walk and two haunted houses, and the people who set it up did an excellent job. As we were standing in line to get into the first haunted house I saw people running out screaming, and all I could think was "How hard is it to just stay calm long enough to walk out of there?" Ha. When we went through I was absolutely terrified by the time we got to the exit, and when I heard a guy start up a chainsaw right in front of us, it took everything I had not to run out every bit as fast, if not faster, than the people I'd been laughing at earlier.
We went through the second haunted house right after finishing the first one, and it was much, much scarier than the first. While we were somewhere inside, I freaked out when a voice right next to my ear asked "Where are you going?" I screamed (I was informed later that I have a Jamie Lee Curtis-esque scream) and scurried forward, only to be scared again less than a minute later when the same guy asked "Did I scare you?" in the same creepy voice right next to my ear again. All I was capable of at that point was squeaking "Yes" and clutching tightly to Mike's arm. I was petrified by the time we got out of that house so we took a little break to get some cider, have our picture taken, and give my nerves a chance to recover before we went through the haunted woods. There was a guy roaming around with an air-puffer, walking up behind unsuspecting people and puffing a gust of air into their hair, and he got me three times as we were waiting in the various lines throughout the evening. After he startled me the third time I kept checking behind me every few minutes to make sure he wasn't there.
The line to get on the hayride that would take us out to the woods wasn't too long, but once we got out there, the line to actually get into the woods was long and slow-moving. We were the last ones in line, and it took an hour for us to get up to the entrance. The temperature had dropped quite a bit so it was a very cold wait, but there were a couple of fires along the way up the line which were nice to stand by until the wind started blowing the smoke in our eyes. During our wait we saw and talked about the two cop cars parked in the field near the line (one of which pulled away before we went into the woods), the pot we smelled drifting towards us, the two agitated rottweilers in a truck that pulled up when we were close to the entrance, and the crazy lady who tried to get us all to dance with her.
I went through the haunted woods for the most part with my eyes closed, holding on to Mike and using him like a shield. We were supposed to crawl through some areas, but I opted to duck walk instead because there was no way I was going to go through an area with both my head and feet vulnerable. After we made it to the end, we waited by another fire for the last truck to come and take us back to the main area. The people by that fire seemed to have been drinking quite a bit more than the ones by the entrance and were pouring diesel on the fire, coming dangerously close to burning their faces off in the process. The hay ride back was quite bumpy, but we made it without any incidents, and Mike let me sit on his lap so I wouldn't completely freeze, although I'm sure he regretted that decision every time we hit a bump.
We didn't get home until after midnight, but it was well worth staying up late, and in spite of being so scared I was worried I would pee myself, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. We're definitely going to make this a Halloween tradition.
Posted by oracle at October 30, 2006 11:43 AM in the third year