A Week of "Where Are We?"

This past week during spring break, I went on another road trip. This time it was on a bus with 37 others and to Washington D.C. The nonprofit organization I went with was called Students Today Leaders Forever (a.k.a STLF), and on this trip we did multiple volunteer projects.

The first place we went was to Sparta, Wisconsin. Yes, I have been to Sparta. :D Anyway, our project was to help the Boy's and Girls Club with either painting one room or help clean out the basement of a haunted house. I ended up with cleaning the basement of the haunted house, even though I thought I wanted to still paint.

 While cleaning the haunted house, the group I was with were able to get a tour of it without scary people and during broad daylight.

 It was still terrifying.

At basically the end of the tour, the guide points up to the ledge right above the exit door, and describes to us the very last scare they use on people. They have a person waiting, in costume, on the ledge to fall above their heads. I knew right away if someone had ever done that to me, I would have peed my pants. Truly, because I hate being scared. However, I absolutely LOVE scaring others.

We continue working until the man in charge comes in to thank us. He talks for while, then he says something that make us all perk up. He says, "This is a terrible idea, but we're going to do it. The painting group will be coming to take tours of the haunted house soon, and we want to give them a real good time, right?"
He continues on to say that we should continue working until  he comes to get us, and to put us in certain spots. So, my partner and I continued working, and not long after the main guy comes to us. He looks my partner and then me for a minute and points to me saying "You'll be perfect." Then comes the question, "are you afraid of heights?" With that one question, I knew that I was selected to jump off the ledge above people's heads. This was one opportunity I could not pass up. My response was simply, "I don't mind them." With that, my partner cheered me on, and I went to get geared up.

I was put in full rock climbing gear, and was introduced to the girl who was going to be up there with me for safety. She had been doing what I was going to do for four years, and taught me everything I needed to know. Since we were up there waiting for people, we talked about her volunteering at the haunted house and her life. It was very interesting to learn all about it. I wish I could have talked to her more though.

When I could hear the footsteps in the room next to us, I knew that it was time. I had so much adrenaline in me that I was shaking like a leaf in the wind.

I jumped probably a total of 15 times or so from practicing, the tours, and people who were going to be scaring coming to watch me jump. Luckily I had a friend with a camera. :D



 I was fierce. As one can see, the door is right underneath me, and the room is supposed to be in full darkness.

Afterward, we were able to sightsee which consisted of this.

But we didn't have anymore time after that! It was back on the bus to the next place!