Last Sunday, I was approached by Calin who really, really wanted something from me. Since we are in the middle of a war, I needed to decide if I wanted to give it to her - and let me tell you - what she wanted was BIG. Basically, she wanted to use me as her escort to Knott’s Scary Farm. On top of that, she wanted me to talk her mom into letting Skylar go, Megan into letting Jake and Cade go, and me talking Micah into going. I was totally into going, but I knew it was going to take some fancy foot work.
One of my biggest challenges was getting everyone to be able to go. Megan was the hardest to budge, and Trilby was surprisingly hard on the whole Skylar going issue. The main reason was because on the website it says…. “Halloween Haunt is not recommended for children under the age of 13″. (Keep in mind that the ages for the four kids are 9, 11, 12, and 14).
I finally hit a huge turning point as I started to pin Trilby against Megan. I asked Trilby to commit Skylar if Megan would let her boys go. Knowing that Megan was a long shot and the toughest sale, Trilby said she would commit. My mom and Trilby both doubted my abilities with Megan, but my ever faithful Micah knew I would make it happen. After massaging the topic with Megan, and conversing with her like it was already a “done deal” we ended up looking at good dates, and the “miracle maker” had a commitment from everyone! After I hung up, we were all high- fiving and celebrating our jaunt to KSF this Saturday! Calin immediately called Jake’s cell phone so they could talk about every detail of the night!
All was good, and the plans had been made. Megan was figuring out when she would come up. Trilby was planning out her date night with Scout. The kids were looking up the website to get excited. And Micah was probably looking up the weather so he could make an appropriate list of what to bring…..(actually, he did look for glow-in-the-dark paint so he could write “scare me” on the back of the kids). All of the kids were calling each other and coming up with plans for the night. It was just up to me to get the tickets!
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