Back at the campsite we all changed into our lounge clothes and continued drinking and having fun - laughing about the events of the night. We were having fun until the park ranger snuck up on us and I do mean snuck up! This alleged park ranger moved with such stealth and speed that we never even knew he was there until he flashed his flashlight at us. By this point he was standing next to my chair. I must add that I could not ever give a description of him, even if my life depended on it. He asked how we were doing and my sister immediately says, "We're drunk!" and his reply, "I can see that!' He then proceeded to ask if we had been at the musical festival and obviously we said yes. He told us that while they (I am assuming by they he meant the campground) wanted us to enjoy our visit there, it was now quiet time and we needed to quiet down. I have a theory about this but I can't tell you about it just yet. Finally he left the way he came in, stealth-like. We all giggled and carried on about Tammy's response to him and got back to having fun....quietly this time.
About 10 minutes later as we sat quietly, we all heard a terrifying scream. Let me be more descriptive, this scream was blood curdling. It came from a woman and she was screaming in a way that I have never heard in my life. She was screaming and yelling, "Get off of me!". Tammy and I jumped up and started walking in the direction that we heard it coming from. Then just as suddenly as the screaming had started it stopped. We never did figure out where it came from but we all heard it. We were all freaked out and went to bed. We had decided (or hoped) the ranger got there and took care of it.
The next morning we discussed the previous nights' events. Still freaked out over the screaming woman the night before we decided we would ask around at the ranger station and see if we couldn't find something out. Turns out, no one knew anything about it! We were all worried sick about this woman and couldn't find out anything. Which made us all go into detective mode. What if the park ranger wasn't really who he said he was? What if he was the one who attacked that woman? After all, this man could move around in the night like a flippin' ninja! Despite us asking around all day we never found out anything. If it were just one of us who had heard it, we could have chalked it up to imagination but there is just no way that all of us heard an imaginary scream!
Tammy, Jessie, Natalie and myself went to the beach all Sunday afternoon while Michelle and Jennifer stayed back at the campsite. They wanted to clean-up the campsite, which I do not understand because we are on vacation but more power to ya girls.....and then they rested. When we got back, we made lunch and completely demolished their efforts of a clean campsite. After eating we all got cleaned up and went to the boardwalk for shopping, people watching and more adult beverages. Tammy found another chalkboard to change....it went from "Please Seat Yourself" to "Please eat Yourself" in mere seconds. She also "borrowed" the chalk and wrote "Staten's We Rock" on the sidewalk around the corner. Once again we went back to the campsite and enjoyed our last night, much more quietly than the night before. Monday morning we packed up and headed back home to reality.
Tuesday was a busy day for me. I had to take Sarah to Day School registration and run a bunch of morning errands. By early afternoon I was beat and took a 2.5 hour nap. When I woke up it was time to take Sarah and Abigail to dance class. While I was at dance class with Sarah, Scott sent me a text and told me he was sick with a 101.7 degree fever. Are you kidding me? Reality bites people! Up until that point I was still happy and relaxed from my trip but the very thought of taking care of everything plus a sick husband threw me for a tailspin. On the bright side, when I got back from dance class with the girls he was in bed and remained there till the next morning. I got all the kids ready and off to bed and watched my favorite show in peace. Sons of Anarchy, love it!
I have napped every day since I got back. I have been completely exhausted and I couldn't say for sure if it is even remotely possible but I am going with delayed hangover syndrome. Other than that, there isn't anything exciting to report this week. Hopefully something exciting will happen and soon!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
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