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aslkdfhaslkd i hate the people in my family. for reasons that are slightly petty and nonimportant, but frustrating nonetheless.
first, i bring home a monster import (because i drink monster like some people drink water..or coffee. whatever). now monster imports are, for those of you who don't know, slightly larger than your average monster. there are really no good photos around to show you because you have nothing to judge it against, so take my word for it. the imports are maybe...3 or 4 inches taller? and slightly wider, for more drink. also, the cool thing about the monster imports is they have resealable tops, so you can start it, and finish it at a later time.
SO i bring home my monster import the other day, (like saturday) and stick it in the fridge with half a can left.
i go back to get it today and its gone. someone in my house has thrown it away. and i know its been thrown away because im the only one who drinks it.
NOT COOL. I WAS STILL DRINKING THAT. F YOU GUYS.
second. SOMEONE TOOK MY DRUGS. which is stupid for me to complain about and makes me sound slightly addict-y but whatthefuckever. i've been riding (1x), running(2x), and waterskiing(1x) the last few days, and today i fell off a shelf in my closet trying to get my cat off the top of it- the shelf i was standing on broke, and down i go. it wasn't far, maybe 2 feet- but i fell hard and fast on my feet, so my back is not happy with me right now. and i was kind of hoping for drugs to help me get to sleep without pain. turns out, someone moved em while i was in pennsylvania with mom. SOMEONE CAME INTO MY ROOM AND WENT INTO MY PERSONAL SHIT. NOT COOL FAMILY. NOT COOL IN THE SLIGHTEST.
ugh wtf. whatever.
in Gaelin related news: i have no idea what i'm going to do about Gaelin these days. The Adequan he's been getting doesn't seem to be working, and dad doesn't want to pay for hock injections, which i can understand. it's $1000 for one time, and although it seems to work for all the other horses i've known who have had hock injections, you can never be 100 percent sure, ya know? and gaelin's just not jumping these days. i managed to snag a refusal photo from our local photographer dude, Randy. The photo is of Gaelin refusing, and his body is in such a position where his hind legs, from hoof to hock is flat against the ground. like a reining horse. it makes me cringe, and wonder if i should even continue jumping him. He clearly loves to do it, but for some reason that I can't figure out, every time I put him in a show jumping ring, he starts refusing. Cross country he generally goes clear no problem, and if we have him in the regular ring (or the warm up ring during shows), he'll jump fine. Put him in front of stadium jumps and he shuts down. Which in turn causes me to shut down. Which turns it into a continuous cycle. I don't want to retire him because he's 14 and still has a few good years on him, but it's not like we can go to events and withdraw every time after cross country. But at the same time, I don't want to keep having this issue and have him be in more and more pain. I'm just so unsure of what to do at this point. All I know is every time I have to beat it into him to go over the jumps, it breaks my heart, because I know he knows what to do, and I know he understands what i'm asking, it's just that he's not. and i don't know why.
other than that, there's not a lot going on. i'm trying hard to keep myself focused on applications and essays and all that, without killing the rest of my summer.
Dad and I are going to Vermont and New York tomorrow through Wednesday to look at University of Vermont, St. Lawrence, and Skidmore. I'm sure part of that time will be spent on lecturing me. It seems to happen a lot lately, and I'm not enjoying it. There's someone I really wish I could talk to right now, but that's just not going to happen, for various reasons.
Thursday Claire and I are going to look at a horse for her- six year old off track TB- he's been off track for about 4 months now, but is relatively calm, with nice confirmation, though I'm not sure what his bloodlines are. there will be pictures of him after we come back :)
andd Friday/Sat/Sun I may be going to the Dutchess County Fair to see some old friends. So that should be fun.
SOOO yeah, that's what this week looks like. i'm sure i'll have lots of fun stuff to talk about after our mini road trip haha.
oh yeah, and it's raining here :)
lovelovelove.
xx Nell
first, i bring home a monster import (because i drink monster like some people drink water..or coffee. whatever). now monster imports are, for those of you who don't know, slightly larger than your average monster. there are really no good photos around to show you because you have nothing to judge it against, so take my word for it. the imports are maybe...3 or 4 inches taller? and slightly wider, for more drink. also, the cool thing about the monster imports is they have resealable tops, so you can start it, and finish it at a later time.
SO i bring home my monster import the other day, (like saturday) and stick it in the fridge with half a can left.
i go back to get it today and its gone. someone in my house has thrown it away. and i know its been thrown away because im the only one who drinks it.
NOT COOL. I WAS STILL DRINKING THAT. F YOU GUYS.
second. SOMEONE TOOK MY DRUGS. which is stupid for me to complain about and makes me sound slightly addict-y but whatthefuckever. i've been riding (1x), running(2x), and waterskiing(1x) the last few days, and today i fell off a shelf in my closet trying to get my cat off the top of it- the shelf i was standing on broke, and down i go. it wasn't far, maybe 2 feet- but i fell hard and fast on my feet, so my back is not happy with me right now. and i was kind of hoping for drugs to help me get to sleep without pain. turns out, someone moved em while i was in pennsylvania with mom. SOMEONE CAME INTO MY ROOM AND WENT INTO MY PERSONAL SHIT. NOT COOL FAMILY. NOT COOL IN THE SLIGHTEST.
ugh wtf. whatever.
in Gaelin related news: i have no idea what i'm going to do about Gaelin these days. The Adequan he's been getting doesn't seem to be working, and dad doesn't want to pay for hock injections, which i can understand. it's $1000 for one time, and although it seems to work for all the other horses i've known who have had hock injections, you can never be 100 percent sure, ya know? and gaelin's just not jumping these days. i managed to snag a refusal photo from our local photographer dude, Randy. The photo is of Gaelin refusing, and his body is in such a position where his hind legs, from hoof to hock is flat against the ground. like a reining horse. it makes me cringe, and wonder if i should even continue jumping him. He clearly loves to do it, but for some reason that I can't figure out, every time I put him in a show jumping ring, he starts refusing. Cross country he generally goes clear no problem, and if we have him in the regular ring (or the warm up ring during shows), he'll jump fine. Put him in front of stadium jumps and he shuts down. Which in turn causes me to shut down. Which turns it into a continuous cycle. I don't want to retire him because he's 14 and still has a few good years on him, but it's not like we can go to events and withdraw every time after cross country. But at the same time, I don't want to keep having this issue and have him be in more and more pain. I'm just so unsure of what to do at this point. All I know is every time I have to beat it into him to go over the jumps, it breaks my heart, because I know he knows what to do, and I know he understands what i'm asking, it's just that he's not. and i don't know why.
other than that, there's not a lot going on. i'm trying hard to keep myself focused on applications and essays and all that, without killing the rest of my summer.
Dad and I are going to Vermont and New York tomorrow through Wednesday to look at University of Vermont, St. Lawrence, and Skidmore. I'm sure part of that time will be spent on lecturing me. It seems to happen a lot lately, and I'm not enjoying it. There's someone I really wish I could talk to right now, but that's just not going to happen, for various reasons.
Thursday Claire and I are going to look at a horse for her- six year old off track TB- he's been off track for about 4 months now, but is relatively calm, with nice confirmation, though I'm not sure what his bloodlines are. there will be pictures of him after we come back :)
andd Friday/Sat/Sun I may be going to the Dutchess County Fair to see some old friends. So that should be fun.
SOOO yeah, that's what this week looks like. i'm sure i'll have lots of fun stuff to talk about after our mini road trip haha.
oh yeah, and it's raining here :)
lovelovelove.
xx Nell