Bulls Scare the Pee Outta Me

Finally, a day out of NoVa! The kiddos, Freedom and I took the opportunity to flee Stepford on Saturday and head, well, anywhere. It was well past time to get the hell out and have some fun. Out. Away. Gone. Vamoosed. Did we go to Baltimore and hang out at the Inner Harbor? No. Did we go MOTORIN’! with go-karts and eat funnel cakes? No. Did we frolic through DC? Nope. You see, after about an hour of researching places to go that were age- and weather-appropriate, we decided to head out to Natural... 

Written by Melia on November 16, 2010
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In Support of Spirit Day

I was reading a book about bullying to The Twitches last night, thinking about how much bullying has affected the lives of my own children. Bullies, the book says, can be boys or girls, children or adults. They bully because they don’t like themselves, because they want to feel powerful. Heh. “Do you feel like a man when you push her around?” the song says… Emo Boy was taunted as “gay” for wearing a leather jacket to school. Enigma is battling the bullies now... 

Written by Melia on October 20, 2010
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Poo on Columbus Day

Three-day weekends mess with my head. Most people look forward to them, but the fact is that no matter what is going on in the “real world” out there, I have to work or I don’t get paid, and that kind of pisses me off. Government and school holidays be damned, I want a Melia Day where I don’t tire my fingers out and still get a nice little gift or two. Melia, stop complaining because this is the job you wanted and you know you like the fact that you can be home when your kids... 

Written by Melia on October 12, 2010
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Bizarro World, Revisited

I’ve not had anything really, really weird happen to me in quite a few months. I remember somewhat enjoying the thought that as soon as I stepped out my door, Bizarro World was awaiting me. So, then it stopped and I was smack in the middle of THE REALITY OF MELIALAND – which has sucked, but that’s ok, because its getting better each day. I digress. I also love the word, “digress.” Unless I type it a lot, because then it just starts to look weird, kind of like the word,... 

Written by Melia on August 25, 2010
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Stop Complaining About the Weather!

It is the summer of my discontent. Its freaking hot, and with a bunch of children to entertain, the heat makes things much more difficult. However, I shall prevail over this weather madness. I survived the Snowpacalypse, I shall survive the burning streets of Northern VA hell. Ouch. Saturday found us in the depths of this weather, in DC, doing the monuments/museums tour. Freedom had never been into DC, and I’d been saying we were going to go since his arrival, so off we went via the Metro... 

Written by Melia on June 28, 2010
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