Fright or flight

I did fall cleansing this weekend along with hanging up the Halloween decorations. I placed a (window Sticky) skeleton sitting in a chair on the back door, and A giant spider (that drops) by the front door. I mentioned to my husband last night that I hoped the skeleton didn't scare the neighbors or anyone walking on the path.

Who knew, it would scare the crap out of me, several times today. Everytime I leave the room and come back it looks like there is someone standing at the back door looking in. After I regain my druthers, I laugh, and remind myself, it is only the Halloween decorations. It has been awhile since I have seen a full apparition, I usually see shadows, but sometimes after I do a cleansing, it stirs things up. So I put my big girl panties on and proceed with my day. To distract myself I turn on my MP3 player; I am listening to Pink's "So What" (which of course requires me to dance.) I head into my front room, pick-up my school workbook and paper, I come around the corner and see the blasted skeleton looking at my, I jump (literally); I than hear a crash, followed by a mechanical noise. I begin looking for the noise. It isn't the dishwasher, my lap top or the dryer. It stops, I wait, nothing. I began dancing again, as does the noise. (in my head I am asking myself "why are you looking, don't you always yell at the people in movies that going looking they are idiots?" I reasure myself that Pink is playing not some scary music so I am safe.) I head back to my front room just in time to see "A" giant spider crawling up the wall. I jump, causing the dang thing to drop. I stood there for a minute so the blood could drain back into my body.
I began asking myself, why do I hang this stuff up? Is it in spirit of the season, to scare the neighbors or myself. (I for one do not need any help in that department.) What ever the reason it sure does keep me on my toes.
I have now closed the blinds and shut off the spider. I am rather proud of the fact that I didn't run screaming down the hall or out of the house. I am also thankful that my "friends" have taught me to stop and see things for their truth. Needless to say, I have made a mental note not to do my fall cleansing the same time as putting up the "Halloween" decorations.

My question to you is what are you afraid of and why?