Yes, I am a grown woman. With a Ph.D. And I'm afraid of the dark.
I'm afraid of things that go bump in the night. Plus, Puppy Freaks! Out! when the power goes out.
Which it did. Tonight. With N.A. out of town.
To remedy this, I lit all the candles in the house.
Unfortunately, they all are scented. The power is back on, but my house smells like lemongrass-pineapple mango-fresh grass-sand&sun*.
Yum.
*For the record, N.A. bought the sand and sun candle. For reals.