Jared has been gone most of this week and I tend not to sleep well when I'm the sole person that would be defending our house in the event of a break in. I do sleep with the car keys by my bed so that I can press the car alarm if someone has his hand around my throat (a tip from a scare email). Most of my neighbors know that they should come running if they hear it go off at night. (oops - Sorry again about the false alarm last month.) Well, what button do I push when I'm convinced something bad is going to happen, but I don't know what?.....Last night at around 5 a.m.:
I am sleeping soundly when all of a sudden I am woken abruptly by a teenage boy's voice saying "hey!" really loud. I feel like he is right next to my bed. I wake up startled and check the room to make sure that no one is there. Then I remember that this same thing happened a few weeks ago. Jared was home when it happened and it was a first time happening, so I wasn't as freaked out. Obviously right now I AM freaked out. I am convinced that something bad has happened in our house and there is a ghost in it. Is it a good ghost? Is it a bad ghost? Do I watch Medium too much?
I say a few prayers and panicking I run downstairs to make sure Luke is OK. Luke is fine and is very annoyed with me when I touch his chest to make sure he is still breathing. He mumbles something that sounds like "leave me alone you crazy mom". As I sit in Luke's rocking chair I realize I am being silly and that I just need some sleep. I have the urge to pick Luke up and bring him to bed with me. "No," I tell myself, "he and I both sleep horribly together. I don't want my craziness to ruin his goodnight sleep." I stay downstairs for awhile just to make sure things are normal. Aren't I thorough? I slowly walk back into my room smiling to myself at how dumb I am being. I left the lights on just so slightly and as I walk in, (pause for dramatic effect) I see someone sitting on my bed. Surge of adrenaline! My eyes adjust..... just the pillows piled high in a life-like formation.
My eyes don't close for the next 3 hours.
I wish I could say that this is an isolated incident, that I haven't been convinced at 2 in the morning that I have stomach cancer or that there is mold in the house and we need to evacuate the house at that moment. Things are so dramatic at night, and even more so when you haven't had a lot of sleep leading up to it. Am I alone here?
P.S. If I am awoken by this same ghost boy one more time, I am moving.
Your so funny! I have to admit I can freak myself out pretty bad, especially when Jas works graveyards, which is alot right now! I hear everything! Most the time its the cat, but Im a big puss cat too, good luck with the ghost boy kinda freaky!
ReplyDeleteI am the worst sleeper too when Steve is gone! I listen to every creak of the house and am often convinced that someone is downstairs... I hate being such a wuss. But, I've never heard anyone talk to me before. If that happened to me, every light in the house would be on in seconds and I don't know how I could possibly ever go back to sleep.. I got chills just reading about it!
ReplyDeleteYou are so not alone! I'm much better now when Jason goes away, but I used to be up all night scared! I swear our Iowa house was haunted, I had freak-outs like every other week there--I'd totally see a guy standing in our bedroom doorway or over our bed in the middle of the night. I would scramble over the top of Jason to get to the other side of the bed with my heart beating out of my chest, or I'd yell out or whisper to Jason "someone's in here!". It happened so often there, but never once since we moved!
ReplyDeleteStace: That makes me feel even more creeped out!
ReplyDeleteEwe, so creepy. I'm so glad Chris doesn't travel. You and Lucas need to come stay in our guest room when Jared is gone. That's so crazy. I wonder if it's a previous owner.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when Craig used to travel. I DID make him talk to me on the phone until I fell asleep (with all the lights in the house on.)
ReplyDeleteVery creepy!! We have a dog that barks if anything comes in the yard. Somehow that makes me feel safer when Mike is gone.
ReplyDeleteThat is SO CREEPY Andy! I have chills just thinking about it!! I am freaked out every time John is out of town as well. But that's when I bring in my big lab in the house...makes me feel SOOO much better!!
ReplyDeleteSo, Steve was gone overnight last night, and I was totally freaked out ALL night! I kept thinking about your story, and had to check EVERY corner, room, and closet of the house twice before going to bed. It didn't help that someone rang the doorbell at almost 10 at night, and when I went to answer it, no one was there...
ReplyDeleteghosts? I'm so scared for you. don't wait for a next time. you are more brave than me, for sure. If i heard a voice say "hey", I'd hide under the covers and probably die of panic.
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