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I know how overly dramatic this sound is, but I'm on the verge of quitting and selling off all my stuff. I just spent the last few days putting out all my non-weatherproof stuff because I heard the weather was supposed to stay clear until very late tonight. Now I'm listening to it rain outside and there is a huge pile of wet Halloween décor and props in my entryway.
If it doesn't stop raining, I'm quitting for good. I already got rained on my first year, my second year was nice, but then I got a freak snow storm my third and Sandy last year. I can't keep doing this. I don't have a covered area to retreat to (like a garage or covered porch) nor can I put up an structures of any kind (I rent). I'm just so tired of putting so much time, energy, and money into everything, only to have Mother Nature give me the middle finger every single year.
I worked so hard these past few days, I ran around like a mad woman (three trips to Lowe's yesterday alone!), and I even put up signs around the neighborhood. Now it's raining and no one is going to show up. The town is hosting a trunk-or-treat, so I bet parents are going to just take their kids there and then call it a night because they don't want to be out in the rain. Even if people show, there won't be much to see.
For now I just keep refreshing the radar map on weather.com, praying that the clear spot actually makes it here and stays for a few hours. But the damage is probably already done.
If it doesn't stop raining, I'm quitting for good. I already got rained on my first year, my second year was nice, but then I got a freak snow storm my third and Sandy last year. I can't keep doing this. I don't have a covered area to retreat to (like a garage or covered porch) nor can I put up an structures of any kind (I rent). I'm just so tired of putting so much time, energy, and money into everything, only to have Mother Nature give me the middle finger every single year.
I worked so hard these past few days, I ran around like a mad woman (three trips to Lowe's yesterday alone!), and I even put up signs around the neighborhood. Now it's raining and no one is going to show up. The town is hosting a trunk-or-treat, so I bet parents are going to just take their kids there and then call it a night because they don't want to be out in the rain. Even if people show, there won't be much to see.
For now I just keep refreshing the radar map on weather.com, praying that the clear spot actually makes it here and stays for a few hours. But the damage is probably already done.