Well my real life nightmare came through. I finally experienced 1st hand of going through Halloween without my haunt done. We were so behind this year that we could not pull it off on Halloween night. No matter how sick I get with this crap I have I will never go through an experience like this again. It was like a death in the family. I knew it would be bad feelings but after the 3rd family came, as we did hand out candy & some decorations were out in the yard, Jerry gave the candy out & I went in the house & burst into tears. All through the night people inquired why we did not have the haunt this year. I mean we had crowds of 600 last year & 2012 when the article was in the paper we had over 800. Never , never ,never again will I go through that feeling. Never. I love Halloween too much.
To me my halloween & xmas decorations are something I visit once a year, like old friends. I look forward to seeing all my stuff every year. So advice for you younger folks that are die hards. Easy to say..... I'm gonna take this year off, but when that 1st kid rings that bell.....you are gonna feel it right then. Enjoy your passion & share it with other people that come because they enjoy what you do, the kids come cause they can't see this anywhere else. Just remember one day it all starts, for me???? I couldn't get on the ladder anymore that was the start of it. Now its taken a lot more away. Very hard to look at all my stuff that never came out of the totes this year. Won't happen again.