Or else

[misterx]

Today's plan was to drive up to Bristol and meet my friend Megan, whom I haven't seen in about three years. She was bringing her little girl, 1 year old, whom I've never met.

I was going stir crazy in the house waiting for it to be time though, so I got Storm dressed and headed out early, figuring we could take a walk until it was time to meet. Sugar Hollow park is near there, and they have some nice trails, so I figured we'd try that. Near the road, it's all ballfields and a playground, but further back there is the campground and the natural park where the trails are. Well, I enter the park, head up the road, pass by the playground (much to Storm's dismay), and climb the hill that leads to the trails. When I round the bend, however, an unwelcome sight awaits... a gate declaring the back portion closed. Dang it. So I turn the car around, and started working on plan B. That didn't get far though.

"Where are we going?" Storm asks with urgency, "Are we going to the playground?"

Oh man... I really want to go for a walk, not hang around on mulch and push her on the swing. I mean, I do that all the time, but today I want to walk. So I try to avoid the issue. "We're going this way."

"Are we going to the playground?"

"We're going *this* way," I repeat, with a grand, sweeping gesture.

"Dad, WHERE are we going?"

"This way."

I hear a small grrr sound from the back seat. Then, in a voice that sends a chill down my spine, Storm says "If you don't take me to the playground, you're going to wish you had rabid weasels in your head instead of having a kid."

Rabid weasels. In my... head? Whoa.

I stop the car and turn around to look at her. I just... looked. I don't know what I was expecting, I just wanted to check... for fangs, or... leathern wings or something.

She just smiles and giggles and dimples as sweet as I've ever seen. "Daddy, would you take me to the pwaygwound, pweeeeze??"

Yes, we went to the playground. But eight hours later, my brain still goes bzzt! when I try to make the two mesh. I type to you between sips of rum and coke. This was NOT covered in Parenting 101.

Comments

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Wow.

And she's only six... (imagines her power when she's grown)

[misterx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she'll have rabid weasels in my shorts then.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Whoever she eventually decides to date just doesn't stand a chance...

[misterx.livejournal.com]

I can't decide if you mean that as a good thing or a bad thing.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

She's gonna be the one who gets her way in the relationship.

[misterx.livejournal.com]

That's a good thing, as long as she's reasonable about what "her way" is.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. I think she's possessed, but just when you can't see her :-)

Is this the Megan I would have heard about in a certain person's stories from college? Is it homecoming weekend?

[melanie.livejournal.com]

yes, and yes.

and her little girl is precious. he got good pictures. :)

[misterx.livejournal.com]

Could be possessed, indeed. And yes, that Megan.

[notjohndavid.livejournal.com]

haha damn that's great. I want your kid.

[misterx.livejournal.com]

She's a hoot. Keeps me on my toes, that's for sure.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

My eight-year-old daughter asked me to comment and tell you she loves reading your Storm stories. :-)

[misterx.livejournal.com]

That's very cool, thanks for telling me.

my son ia 16

[omnamahshivaya.livejournal.com]

guess what? you've been manipulated and she has you wrapped around her little finger. this is not good for her, nor for her teachers, nor for her future husband(s)..... you need to be creative and not let her do this again. For the sack of the worldand the possiblity she may grow up to be president.....set the limits now! my son is like a little slave to me... does everything I tell him to do..... within reason,of course,but,you'vegot the picture. teach obedience, but also teach critical thinking.

Re: my son ia 16

[misterx.livejournal.com]

No, she's a really good kid. She can be strong willed but she listens when it matters. She's learning and testing her limits, and that's a good thing. And apparently she's also refining her techniques. :)

[ilea.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! When I was a little girl I did that to my uncles a few times.

Little girls can be evil if they don't get their way!!!

[misterx.livejournal.com]

So can big girls!

[ilea.livejournal.com]

MUWAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

wow, great entry.

be well

[misterx.livejournal.com]

I'm weller than I've been in a long time. :)

[rhapsody-98.livejournal.com]

ROFL!!!!

When I get better, I'd be happy to show you the hidden graveyard up there. :}

[misterx.livejournal.com]

Hidden graveyard? Ooh, cool. :)

I have a post I made quite a few years back, where Melanie had gone to that park and had come down with cyanide poisoning soon thereafter. Not sure what was up with that, but I strongly suspect it had something to do with Exide batteries or the metal plating place in the industrial park just over the ridge. Never did figure it out. I'll have to try and find that entry.

[rhapsody-98.livejournal.com]

It's unmarked, because it's a slave graveyard. One of three on land that used to be owned by the Preston family. They owned everything from Super Walmart at Exit 7 to the Martha Washington. In fact, they built the Martha Washington. Heh.

As far as I know, Exide is far enough away to be safe, but Melanie seems to be really super sensitive to chemicals, so I wouldn't be surprised if she can catch things that others wouldn't. Sort of like her own special super powers. LOL!

[marasca.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahahaha!

Storm is awesome!

I wonder if my cute little Japanese first graders say stuff like that, and I just can't understand them...

[misterx.livejournal.com]

If they are saying things you can't understand, you can bet they are saying a lot worse. ;)

[yuriination.livejournal.com]

There are tears.... streaming down my face right now. And an inaudible laugh making me look like Im having some kind of a fit or something.
I fuckin love you guys. I am still so in awe of your relationship w your kids. <3

[misterx.livejournal.com]

:) For some reason, the thought of you laughing makes me very happy. Perhaps it's because it's an antidote to the overcast skies we have today. In any case, you made me smile.

And how did I miss your awesome record paintings??? Those are so cool!

[yuriination.livejournal.com]

Im glad you like them! :) did you see the actual web page? It needs updating but I havent gotten around to it. Theres a button for email there and galleries (its the lil flowers) I do custom orders if you know anyone who would be interested. :)

[yuriination.livejournal.com]

oops... www.yuriika.com there ya go heh