Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Things NOT To Do When You Are Home Alone

Pia & Katie (and Lulu) are at camp this week, which means I'm home alone.  Normally, I don't mind a little solitude.  But I keep trying to freak myself out.

  1. Do NOT read any even a little bit scary book.  I'm reading a John Grisham book, which shouldn't be scary at ALL.  But it involves a creepy killer.  Yikes.  I have to check the door locks at least 10x before I go to bed.
  2. Ditto on any scary TV shows.  And that would include anything involving murder, thinking about murder, talking about murder, or showing murder.  So pretty much every show I usually enjoy watching.  The good news is that I can watch Hoarders without anyone yelling at me.
  3. Do NOT Turn off all the lights BEFORE you head to the bedroom.  SCARY!
  4. It's probably best to forget about reading the newspaper.  That's full of scary stories.
  5. Try not to have super-sonic hearing late at night.  Every little creak in and outside of the house is enough to put me on hyper-alert.
GET HOME SOON GIRLS!  I'm a wreck without you!

9 comments:

Cara said...

The hyper alert hearing is the WORST when you are home alone!!

Laurie said...

isn't it? AND I was out in the garage this afternoon and I'm sure I saw a furry head duck under the couch!!!! I'm super hoping it was just a neighborhood cat that snuck in when I had the door open. But just in case, I'm NOT going out there alone!

Cara said...

hideous!

Unknown said...

Oh mom. I'm sooo sorry you are scared. Do you think Poltergeist would be scary now? Keep checking those locks and windows lady!

Laurie said...

I will NOT be watching Poltergeist when I'm home alone! And now I'm a little scared just thinking about it. When are you guys coming home :-0

Katie said...

Don't worry, Lulu gets super scared in the dark here at camp too, so we're in. the same boat! And we miss you lots!

Sue said...

all I can say is - wear the headlight flashlight at all times.

Laurie said...

good idea Susna! Of course it is probably out in the garage, and I've already said I'm NOT going out there alone!

Lis said...

I HATE being at home alone. When Kip was flying for the airlines there were a lot of "run out of the house as fast as you can and drive to mom and dad's" situations. Totally embarassing but no way was I going to stay home with whatever/whomever was there with me.