This is what it has come to...

Everyone knows that I'm terrified of the dark.. I don't know why but I always have been. Yet for some reason, I can't stop myself from watching ghost shows!! I watch all of them; the one I'm addicted to now is Medium. I watch it every day because it's on Lifetime now, which is how I discover most of my favorite shows.

Anyways, ever since I started watching Medium I have developed this irrational fear that I might actually be a medium, or that I'm going to wake up and discover that I have become one over night. I wake up from every little sound and force myself to look around the room, in case there is a lonely soul there reaching out to me. I'm afraid that if there ever is anyone there, I will do what I do when I see Matt in the middle of the night and mistake him for a ghost, which is to make this horrible crying noise and throw the blanket over my head. And come on people, we all know that blankets are a magical barrier against anything even remotely scary.. You know that you've slept with your blanket pulled all the way up to your chin, sweating to death from fear, but you can't bring yourself to take the blanket off. Magical barrier. Problem solved.

Back to the story, I may be a medium.. Probably not because I think I would know by now but still... Last night I watched Medium and then I was too scared to turn the TV off so I watched Unwrapped, that show on Food Network about how they make treats. It was about salt water taffy and jellybeans. My dreams were about candy and ghosts. It was insanity!

If you think I'm crazy, I dare you to think about whether or not you could possibly be a medium tonight, when you're lying in your bed in the dark and it's quiet... Maybe, just maybe, someone will whisper your name. Maybe not but now you'll think about it and wonder, and probably be scared like me.

I can't wait to go home and watch Medium. :)

I think my house is haunted....

I made the mistake of watching a show on A&E called Paranormal State. It's all about ghosts and demons and all my worst fears. Matt and I watched it for weeks and weeks until I didn't dare to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without turning all the lights on. I was pregnant at the time so I had to use the restroom about five times a night. This resulted in a very irritated Matt.



Needless to say, Matt won't let me watch this or any of the other 'haunted shows' I've picked up in the last year. Haunted Friday is now just regular boring old Friday.



My mother says that those kind of shows open the door to evil things. Either she's right or else I've scared my brain to death....



All I know is that thanks to Paranormal State, I now know what 'Dead Time' is. Dead Time is ridiculous. Supposedly at 3am, spirits are more active. It's the Haunting Hour. I now wake up at 3am every night. TERRIFIED, thank you very much.

Cabin Fever

This is an email I sent to my friend who wants to come see Emma. After reading it back to myself, I realized how much my life has changed now that I have a baby. I stay home every night! I copied and pasted this from the email:





Listen, this is my schedule.

Monday: I’m free til 9:00 pm when Intervention starts. Technically it’s a re-run but I watch it anyways until 10 when the new episode airs.

Tuesday: Free til 7pm when American Idol comes on. However, I’m fresh out of shows after that so my schedule opens up at approximately 8pm.

Wednesday: American Idol is on again at 7. I’M BUSY FROM 8-9PM. No shirt, no shoes, no business. Lost is on at that time and as you may have heard, there is no talking during Lost. The only time there can be talking is at Lost Appropriate Talking Times like during music montage or commercials. There are no other Lost Appropriate Talking Times. Actually, there are no Lost Appropriate Talking Times period. And there are no cell phones allowed. After that, I have to decompress for a few moments. Around 9:30pm I’m free again but only til 11pm when the new Real World is on. From 11-12 I hold my eyes open with tape or tooth picks, whichever is more readily available at the time. 12am on the dot: Sleepy time.

Thursday: Not so good for me. I’m double booked between 7 and 8 pm when Ugly Betty and Bones are on. I flip between channels during that hour. It gets a little messy. 8pm: Grey’s Anatomy. I pretty much pretend that this is my other life and these people are my friends. I free up at 9. America’s Best Dance Crew is on at 11 but that’s not pertinent.

Friday: There are no shows on Friday. I don’t know if it’s because I’m never home on Fridays or what. Maybe I watch movies??

Weekend: No shows.

So, that’s my schedule. I really can have visitors anytime but there is no talking during Lost.