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Road Rage in a Minivan

Today I had to go to the Springs and found that the red corvette's, the killer Bimmers and the awesome Ford Mustang's were not the vehicles to look out for when driving. It was the minivan drivers that had the worst driving habits. Those soccer mom's from the burbs and frustrated father's that couldn't have that cool sports car cause they knocked up their wives so many times they could create their own baseball team were the ones that were weaving in and out of traffic like they were trying to make a basket. Speeding down the highway at 85 miles an hour I was left behind like I was standing still by a minimum of four minivans. Now, I drive a minivan and they must have thought, as they were crawling up my ass like a hemorrhoid, that I was one of "their" kind. Instead I moved to the next lane and let them pass. I figured that they could clear out all the cops ahead of me. There was one minivan in particular that definitely took the crazy cake. This white Fo...

Sick and Dreaming

I have been feeling sick for the past two days. It started out just feeling a little under the weather but yesterday it blew up and I felt gosh awful starting last night. I realized that I had reached a whole different level of tired. I was folding the clothes and putting them away when I all of a sudden I felt completely drained and then two seconds later I was full of energy. My body was just going crazy. I finished putting away the clothes and then simply layed down on the bed to feel the coolness of the sheets. I wasn't feeling tired or sleepy at that time and did not expect to just pass out. I woke up an hour later to my husband yanking clothes from under me to put them away so that he could get in bed too. I got up like I had slept a full 8 hours and started helping him put stuff away. When we got settled I layed back down hoping that I would go back to sleep but I didn't have to hope, I passed out again. What the hell?!? I had some really wild dreams too. I dreamt that ...

The Walker

My sister was at my house the other day to spend some time with me and my family before heading back and starting a new life in the Springs. After a long Friday and Friday night of drinking and whatnots, I headed to bed eagerly wanting to hold the cool, soft pillow waiting on my bed. It was around two in the morning that I begin to hear the house stirring. My sister had gotten up and used the restroom, then went back to bed. My son got up and moved from the lower bunk bed to the top bunk bed. My daughter turned on her light and was quietly calling for the cat. All the commotion of the night almost kept me awake but Mr. Sandman was hard at work and this persistent tugging at my eyelids pulled me back into a deep and restful sleep. I woke up to the chattering of everyone around the breakfast table. As I walked down the stairs I begin to notice that the chattering was not of ordinary morning talk but instead they were comparing notes. When I asked my sister what they were talking abo...

The voice of reason

I have been sleeping late trying to get things done and put the kids to bed. The weather has been wonderful at night and I have had the windows open until the wee hours of the morning when the cold chill sets in too close to my bones. Last night I fell asleep around nine after the kids where asleep and was at the critical point of falling into the other realm of rest when I heard a woman's voice sternly stay "Stop it!" I don't know who she was nor do I care but I felt I understood where she was coming from. Since I have doubled the amount of children in the house I have uttered this phrase far too many times for me to count. It was that phrase that went with me to my dream world. Offering a familiar howl into the thin night air and sending it to the four corners of the universe to be heard by all of the children in the world. I drifted off to sleep and was soon dreaming of a woman on a mountain top with a huge fire behind her. Dressed all in white she cha...

Terror in the toliet

I have had my nephews at my house for weeks and am thankful for the blessing of their existence. Especially when I have stopped having uninvited visitors like the shadow in my doorway. I have been settling into baby motherhood again and relearning what it is like to have a one and two year old in the house. I have to say I miss my sister terribly and hope to see her soon. I know she misses us as well. As life quiets down from the frenzy of the move-in I lost all thoughts of problems from the other world or any scary encounters that weren't generated on purpose by book or movie. This proved to be stupid on my part. I will set my scary tale at Walmart around two in the afternoon. Now this doesn't sound like the beginning of a scary tale and I didn't think it would be but it was and of all places the restroom in the back of the store. I was shopping with my husband and nephews for diapers and whatnot's when the urge hit me and I excused myself to the privacy of the restr...