Occasionally I need to give myself a bigger nudge than usual to make sure that I'm not pretending faking lying just a bit sad just a bit tired under-estimating my capacity for activity, and so today I made a non-negotiable appointment to go to the stables. I made no promises to do anything, just to dress sufficiently to cover my nakedness (if not ( Read more... )

Was very pleased today to receive a Riding for the Disabled (RDA) newsletter with some dates for the new term.

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Am exceedingly happy to report that today I not only went to the stables, but was actively useful for a whole hour and a half. Yes, have overdone it, but in the best possible way.

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I am very pleased to report that I managed to get to the stables today, by way of work for a couple of hours. It felt a bit cosplayish to dress horsey for the office, although being an engineering firm it's not especially corporate.

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Through the twin miracles of caffeine and sugar on a mostly empty stomach I managed a solid 4 hour workday today, and with perhaps foolish overconfidence I then went directly to the stables. Jeans tucked in to boots not possibly the best look, but I managed to stay out of the mud ( Read more... )

My leading story is that I went to work this morning and managed a couple of hours of reading, planning, and outlining for the next section of work. This follows from yesterday's packaging and delivering of drafts for technical review, so I've had a sense of achievement to boot.

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I got to work today! Yay! Only for a wobbly 1 1/2 hours but that's a big improvement over nothing. Back to working on zombies, and soon I'll get to document notification e-mail templates. Got home in one piece, rested up, changed, then went to the stables. Yay! So, what magical horse whispery insight did I gain today?

( HELLO HORSE? HELLO! HELLO! HEY! COME BACK! )

One of them at least.

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*Waits for half the potential readership to flee*

( For the warm fuzzy horse fans only )

Caffeine is my friend, until it isn't. Today it was my BFF. I did a good session at work (aided by a fairly ordinary but otherwise effective coffee that may or may not have been a single shot trad macchiato with cold milk and one sugar), then I got a niggly errand out of the way, did some ordinary shopping, a spot of research, and then had an * ( Read more... )