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Mondays stink!

So on Saturday we took our 1st trip to Fright Fest. It really sucks because James has class until 1pm on Saturdays this semister so we didn't even get to Grand Ave until 3pm. It took us 45 minutes just to get into the parking lot so I knew right away that it was going to busy but I never would have imagined how busy it actually was going to be.

So we drove around the back parking lot before we finally found a spot. There were no parking spots available they were basically sending people in to find spots of people that were leaving and that took us about 30 minutes! Of course it wouldn't have been so bad if some idiots didn't take 2 or 3 spots to park their freaking cars... grrr!! The lines for tickets went back into the parking lot (thank god for season passes). So we get in and head straight for Seven Sins Cemetary and you couldn't even see the charecters that were out because there was just a sea of people. Then we decided to stop and get something to drink and we actually walked for awhile looking for a place that did not have a super long line and finally we found the stand over by Whizzer that didn't look too long but it still took over 30 minutes just to get a drink!! At that point we made the decision to just do the 3 haunted houses, see LAFF and then get the heck out of there because we were defnitley not having a good time. I was actually getting very panicky because there were just too many people around! They were everywhere.. I felt a panic attack coming on! I'm not usually clausterphobic but I was on Saturday. Now just last year alone I went to SFGAM 43 times... in one season!! So in total in my lifetime I have been to SFGAM at least 1000 times and I NEVER EVER remember it being that busy. I would have been OK if they would have turned us away at the gate due to the park being too full.

Overall we did still have a good time. We were there for less then 4 hours and did the 3 houses and saw LAFF and that's it. Lucky for me we are going this Sunday the 23rd and then Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th (I know our dates keep changing!) so I'm hoping those trips will at least be a little better. Don't get me wrong Fright Fest is always busy and I understand that I think I am just used to going on the rainy 50 degree days when the park is slow. Saturday was the perfect weather day so I am praying for rain this Sunday and all of next weekend =)

After we left the park we just headed over to Rainforest Cafe (I love that place) for a few drinks and the worlds best Bruschetta. So all in all it was a good day. Oh yeah James actually did something for Sweetest Day which shocked me because we don't celebrate Sweetest Day. It's just another money guzzling "holiday". It was nice to get a dozen roses, balloons and a insanley touching card!!