HAPPY HALLOWEEN

So I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! I know I did!

For me, mine started yesterday. That's right, I started a day early by heading up to Fort Ticonderoga for day one of two of their haunted fort. Ticonderoga looks SO DIFFERENT at night. o_o And like, it's really cold. xD But it was fun. You start off around a bonfire in line to keep warm, and are brought in with a small group, learning the story of Duncan Cambell along the way.

I knew it was going to be good too when a guy stood on the road with a black ski mask on and was bowing and waving his hat like a headless soldier. <3

Well... half the entertainment was my sister SCREAMING at like... everything. xD

When you first started out, there was this guy dressed to be dead and bleeding, or dying, or whatever. And he was asking for a doctor. Well, it was pretty comical to me, but Mia really doesn't want anything to do with that sort of stuff. As we were listening to the story, I felt something poking me in the back. And when I turned around there he was, asking for a doctor. I just shrugged, so he moved on to my sister. She didn't get poked, but she did instinctively turn around... AND FREAKED OUT. So the guy FOLLOWED HER AROUND as she tried to hide between Sarah and me. LMFAO

So the tour continues, and you get inside the fort. And it's amazing because they're firing the cannon off at the same time, and the sound is just... incredible. There is no true way to describe this. And you go in through the main entrance too, where a guy comes FLYING OUT IN A DEAD RUN screaming to save yourselves. xD You went from here into this side room that isn't normally open, down a metal catwalk. I didn't like this part much because I don't care for those catwalks, no matter how close to the ground they are. They bother me and I feel like I'm going to fall. That, and there were cobwebs hanging everywhere and it was just an odd feeling. But Mia got the worst scare because people under the catwalk grabbed her legs. xD

After this we sat to watch part of a really bad zombie movie from back when films were b+w and really badly lip synced. It was AWFUL. Mia didn't catch on as fast that it was a zombie film though because unlike Sarah and I, she wasn't quick enough to pick up on what "eating the flesh of their victims" meant.

While we were sitting, this one zombie lady came over and started playing with my hair. I'm sure she meant to freak me out, but I'm so used to that it was just natural. That, and I had a good enough sixth sense to know she was there. I had half a mind to direct her to my sister, but I didn't. I have to admit though, whatever fake finger things she was wearing felt odd against my neck. I was more irritated than anything though, because she pulled my hair out of my hoodie and when that happens I get some nasty snarls. Yuck. xP

So we stayed there, warmed up a bit (I started to get heat sick >.o) and then we were off again.

From here it was down a narrow corridor that I'm sure was meant for safety so that you couldn't be totally ambushed. Line the enemy up and pick them off one-by-one. And we ended up in this... bunker basically. I don't know what it was used for, but I mean to ask as soon as I get a chance to send an email their way. Curious little spot it was. I missed a step though and almost fell flat on my face. x'D Didn't scream though, just was like "Wa--oh." LOL

After this where we heard more of the story, we were lead back outside where more dead soldiers started to amass. We went up the ramp to the parapets and across the wooden bridge, and now we were REALLY being followed. And like, the cannon are still being fired and the WHOLE FORT SHOOK with them. You could see the spout of flame, and hear the whoosh sounds as the air was displaced just by the force. It wouldn't shock me if they said it was live fire, that's just what it sounded like. AMAZING.

Oh, but while we were crossing the courtyard, this guy made a scary scream and scared the pants off my sister. And before that the Scotsman that was telling the story said there was nothing to be afraid of to her, that she had him. x3 They're so cool at Fort Ti. <3

So the story concluded there, and we were lead down steps, and Mia is screaming again because these guys are following us asking us to stay and help. At one point I turned around and asked for a gun. xD Said I would if they could supply me. LMAO

It was a good night though. We didn't get to have dinner since the log cabin restaurant was closed, but it was fun. Even Mia had fun, because she enjoys being scared. We decided we were going again next year. With more people.

And... we definitely have to leave earlier than 4:15. We need to be there before 6pm so we don't have to budge in line (granted, it was a pure accident we didn't realize it was a line) to make it in early. Because it's a long drive, and it was a school night. But definitely worth it.

Well, until we went to find the car again. They don't have any lights in the "parking lot" (it was a big grass area with rocks), so I was using the flash on my camera light a flash light (you can do this by half-pressing down the shutter release button) to find the car. Well, we missed a boulder, and I stepped wrong off it and totally twisted my left ankle. Oi.

Still drove home though. And Mia and Sarah slept the whole way.

I think the best part though was knowing Fort Ticonderoga's history, and knowing that while we played with the fake ghosts, real ones definitely lingered. *w*

But that brings us to today!

Today I had work. xP But it was fun because I was in kimono, and Caitlin came in wearing kimono, and Bonnie was a pirate, and Cait was a fairy... Gotta love Halloween. I wish I'd had a chance to take photos, but I didn't.

It was a long day, anticipating tonight, but it worked out. Sold calendars and had snotty customers. Like, seriously, for the first time I had snotty customers. Assholes. Oh well, I still get paid.

Then I went home, changed into my Athena costume because it's more replaceable than a kimono and went off to trick-or-treat with rowdy boys. Which was tons of fun until my hands froze so bad that now, three hours later, they are only JUST totally unfrozen. oxo;;; My ankle also hurts pretty bad again, but it was worth it for the fun and the candy. I'm on call for work tomorrow in case Glen doesn't show to cover Betsy, but other than that I plan on babying my ankle so I can be ready for Sunday.

Sunday, my friends, I am going to see Miss Kurama and Luna-kun for the first time in nearly a year! :O I can't believe it's been so long. >.<;; But it will be fun. They're an hour 45min from me, just inside Massachusetts. So I'll be out of state even! Kind of a mini road trip. LMAO I'm so excited. :3

And, today, I found out my pay rate won't be $9.50 at the kiosk in Clifton Park anymore. Nope, it's going to be $9.75 instead. That's not too hard to take. A nearly 40hr week at $9.75 an hour? HELLS YEAH.

Today has been a good day. Now I'm back to go rewatch Ghost Hunt, see the next Earl and Fairy, and ignore the stomach rumblings as it churns over the come-down off of excitement and feels semi-sick. xD LATER!






PS: The new cord came and it works. \OwO/