Vacations, Bird Shit and Lessons Learned

by Michelle on June 11, 2013

My mother emits a frequency that birds find attractive.

They seek her out and they poop on her. I swear. My father is a big Disney fan. No matter how poor we were, and we were MOSTLY poor, he found a way to get us to Florida as often as possible.  mud

Every. Single. Time we went, my mother got pooped on.

We went back two years ago for their 50th wedding anniversary and YES, she got pooped on.

That was my baby boy’s first trip to see the mouse and he REALLY wanted to go back.

So we did. Last month, Randy and Joey and I went to Disney. It was Randy’s first time there and to his credit, he didn’t bitch too much and even enjoyed himself more than he thought he would.

We were there for less than 2 hours before a bird shit on his head.

My mother says she feels much closer to him now.

Randy and I have been breaking out of the Winter doldrums and getting our asses in gear.

I thought walking up and down a mountain in Tennesse kicked my ass. That was NOTHING compared to the happiest place on earth.

It felt like my feet had been beat with hammers and by the end of the day each day I was lurching in such a fashion that I’m SURE other vacationers suspected the zombie apocalypse had begun.

I still have such a long way to go before I get in shape.

But that’s okay. I’ll just keep putting myself into situations and getting my ass kicked.

Next month I’m running in a 5k color run. My first 5k. Not only is it my first, but I’m on a team with people all of whom are young enough to be my children.

I won’t come in last, but I will come in tired.

Then in August, I’m doing some sort of mud thing with my uber fit friend at work.

There’s a good chance I’ll come in last for that one.

I don’t care. Sooner or later, I will be the ass kicker. Until then, I will happily get my ass kicked.

Plus, I’ll have some awesomely embarrassing pictures to post.

 

 

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Wasted Vacation Day

by Michelle on May 28, 2013

I am nurisng the dark prince of hangovers right now.

It’s after 7:00 on a Tuesday night, the last day of my 4 day weekend, and I spent it in bed watching TV while trying to keep my head from falling off my shoulders.

I ventured out once for a fast food hangover cure and all I did was get angry.

The fast food with the little redheaded kid in the logo offered to sell me a ‘frosty’ tag for a dollar. Would I like to buy one of these tags and show support for our troops?
Really? FUCK YOU. angry

Fuck you for trying to manipulate me.

Do you think, even for a minute, that this corporation doesn’t already know how much money they will spend in charitable contributions? Perhaps this frosty tag thing will help their bottom line. Pretty sure they know it will, because they aren’t fucking selling it for the troops. They’re just referencing the troops to guilt you into spending your money.

It’s scummy.

Then, in my hungover haze, I started thinking about the other type of manipulation we see every day on Facebook.

Post this or it means you hope all babies get brain cancer!

I KNOW which of my friends will have the COURAGE to repost this. The rest of them are probably too busy boiling puppies.

Only 3% of people will repost this. Don’t you want the world to see that you aren’t like everyone else? Because posting a fucking picture with a pithy saying on it will certainly show those 283 friends you have on Facebook what a fearless person you are to post someone else’s words and pictures.

Okay okay okay..I repost a LOT of things I find humorous on Facebook. I do. But it’s because I want to…not because some dumbass picture of a kitten looking at goldfish is telling me that if I DON’T then it means I hate my mother and hope my kids go blind.

Sure, 100% of our 4 children require corrective eyewear, but it’s NOT because I wished it on them or neglected to repost an important bullshit message insisting that our way of life will END FOREVER if I don’t support prayer in school.

Let’s do this, let’s all agree to think for ourselves. If you REALLY feel you must repost things, do it because you truly believe the sentiment and NOT because you letting yourself getting manipulated.

I don’t care if I can get a free Frosty all Summer long for a dollar. I’m not going to be guilted into anything.

They aren’t good for you anyway.

It’s also possible that I’m cranky because I’m hungover and I spent vacation day laying in bed and watching Eureka.

 

 

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