Crazy on You
My first post of 2007. I really wish I found my way back here more often, I do. I was thinking about how Lizzie and I used to write notes to each other everyday in highschool, sometimes two or three times a day. When I go over those notes, I pick up so much stuff I totally forgot ever happened. Its comforting to know that my life has been archived in that way. When I don't manage to make it back here to write, I feel like I'm losing out on that same kind of backup. So sad. But when you work a job where you're in front of a computer all day, you don't really feel like sitting down and spending more time in front of a computer at home.
2007 really has been an adventure so far. The job has been keeping me on my toes, and now I have extra ahem *incentive* for going to work- translation, I've kind of been spending a lot of time with someone there. We went to see Rumblefish the first weekend of January then, and it turned out to be a fantastic movie. I just can't get over how good it was. Then we went out to the Raven afterwards, and our night out turned into a morning together. Work that week was interesting, but things just kind of kept building, and I've been having so much fun with him.
The second weekend of January I went to Virginia Tech with Danny. As usual, the trip was gorgeous, and we hung out with Lexa, and went to Andy's 23rd birthday party and had a blast. The next day was so beautiful in Blacksburg, it was about 70 degrees. There were flowers blooming, and we went at ate at Cabo fish taco, and ran into Jeff and Erika and had some good laughs. The trip back with Danny was a great time also, and in our usual tradition, Tears for Fears was the I-81 soundtrack.
The day back, however was more sobering. All these months, Muffin, my pony, as many of you may know, had not been doing well, It started out with a cough that didn't stop, first one vet said she had pneumonia, another said she had a broken rib, and then she started losing weight and looking worse and worse. On Martin Luther King day I had her trailered to Morven Park Horse Hospital. They did X-rays on her there, and the most frustrating thing was that no one still could not really figure out what was going on. They said it looked like she had a hernia, a broken rib on the left side, and a mass over her right lung, and they said they had no idea what it was. It could have been cancer or an absess. Basically, the prognosis was not good. They said they would talk to my vet, Dr. Horne, and we could try medicating her like she had an absess and see if her condition improved. The next day Dr. Horne had a talk with my dad, and straight up said that she felt Muffin should be put down, that she was just too sick. I went to go see Muffin that day, and she wouldn't eat, and looked so depressed and in pain, I sadly had to agree with her. The next day, Wed Jan.17, I went to see her again, and this time Muffin looked like she was in better spirits. She was eating her grass and hay, and I took her and my dog Shane for a walk outside, and she definitely seemed more active, and was following me around like old times. I was so happy to see her up and about. I went home and told me my mom that she looked better, and that I wanted to see if she would pull through. I figured she may never be rideable again, but I at least wanted to give her the chance to live.
Very early the next morning, however, Thursday Jan.18 at about 5:30 am my dad woke me up. The people from the barn had called, and said that Muffin had collapsed in her stall and was having seizures, and barely had a temperature, so they felt it was time to call the emergency vet to put her down. It was so surreal. i couldn't believe I was losing her. Muffin has meant so much to me all these years. My dad hugged me, but I was just too lost in what was going on to do anything, I remember I just lay there, stiff as a board. I couldn't fall back asleep for awhile, all I could do was lay there thinking about how this was the end, I was losing my best animal friend.
All the morning I was just devastated. Work that day was tough. So many people even at work knew how big a part of my life Muffin was, and I hated having to let them know what happened. I was so tired and unfocused, the night before I had stayed there late, and then was woken up to that awful news. I had posted a myspace bulletin to let everyone know what happened, so I got some calls from friends offering their condolences, which I still really appreciate to this day. I even cried in front of my friend.
The next day, I went to the barn to say my final goodbye to Muffin. I had to call a crematorium to come pick her up, because you're not allowed to bury horses. She was laid behind the barn, so I just sat and waited with her for the truck to come pick her up. She was still so beautiful. People never stopped telling me what a beautiful horse she was. She and I had so many adventures, so many good times. She was so much more than a pet, she and I were like partners. She helped me become a better and more confident rider, and she did so much for me by carting my friends around and being so patient with me while I made so many mistakes. I'll never stop missing her.
On happier note, some good things have happened to me though. During my trip to VA tech, Danny gave me a video ipod, which his mom and received for free from her company, and she passed it along to Danny, but he's anti-ipod, so I ended up with it, whoo-hoo! Eric, yes, my friend, from work completely filled it with eons worth of great music, plus the first seasons of Lost and the Office, along with a bunch of SNL stuff. All I wast to do these days is play with my ipod.
The weekend after the Muffin loss, I went to go see Pan's Labyrinth with Eric, which was such an amazing movie. The story was great, the effects were great, the cinematography was great. I just can't get over how well done that movie was. Afterwards we went to the Marx cafe, and had a nice chill evening. The next day we finally got snow, and I had a wonderful time sleeping away the afternoong with my kitty Pom-Pom at my side.
That week I went on the pro-life march with Jackie, then saw her and Fetch at McFadden's, hooray! and went to the Quarryhouse with the boys from work. That weekend I celebrated Lisa's birthday, which was a blast because we went to Lauriol Plaza, which has terrific food, and then I went camping with Eric :). The camping trip however, included lots of Freaks and Geeks and a walk over to Ben's Chili Bowl.
The next day, Sunday Jan.28 I went to the Washington Auto Show with my parents. Its such a great deal for ten bucks. I saw so many beautiful vintage Mustangs, and sat in a new one. I looked at a brand new Mazda 3, and I'm seriously considering buying one of those, they're such cute, sporty little cars.
This past weekend Emily and I went out for Yousef's birthday at the Rock and Roll hotel over on H street. I really liked that place, great music, good people. Overall, a pretty decent time, plus it was great being able to finally hang out with Emily again. Sunday was the superbowl, plus it was the puppybowl! Literally. they played puppy bowl, which is shot at my job, plus I took Shane to Eric's to meet his dad's collie, Maggie. Poor Shane, I don't think Maggie was feeling him to much, she kind of shut him down. It's ok, everyone else there loved him, and he charmed everyone into giving him pieces of their dinners.
Yesterday Eric brought me a a great classic rock mix cd to lift my spirits over the reformmating of the classic rock station. I'm bummed about it. I loved the arrow. I've tried to giving the new station a chance. It's played some pretty good stuff so far, but today I wasn't really feeling it, The only song that really made me happy to hear it was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the buggles.
Today Eric and I ate lunch at a fantastic sushi place at the corner of Connecticut and Calvert called Tono Sushi. I ate unagi, for the first time, and it was actaully pretty decent. I loved their Mexican rolls, and their Miso soup was top shelf. Plus I had a sapporo beer, and sake, so I kind of went to work with a nice fuzzy feeling in my tummy.
Victoria has been in Spain since Jan.4. I've received a few emails from her recently,Spain sounds fantastic. I'm so glad she's having a good time. I can't wait to go there in May.
Well, I'm freezing, I'm gonna go curl up with some reading material. Catch you kids later.
2007 really has been an adventure so far. The job has been keeping me on my toes, and now I have extra ahem *incentive* for going to work- translation, I've kind of been spending a lot of time with someone there. We went to see Rumblefish the first weekend of January then, and it turned out to be a fantastic movie. I just can't get over how good it was. Then we went out to the Raven afterwards, and our night out turned into a morning together. Work that week was interesting, but things just kind of kept building, and I've been having so much fun with him.
The second weekend of January I went to Virginia Tech with Danny. As usual, the trip was gorgeous, and we hung out with Lexa, and went to Andy's 23rd birthday party and had a blast. The next day was so beautiful in Blacksburg, it was about 70 degrees. There were flowers blooming, and we went at ate at Cabo fish taco, and ran into Jeff and Erika and had some good laughs. The trip back with Danny was a great time also, and in our usual tradition, Tears for Fears was the I-81 soundtrack.
The day back, however was more sobering. All these months, Muffin, my pony, as many of you may know, had not been doing well, It started out with a cough that didn't stop, first one vet said she had pneumonia, another said she had a broken rib, and then she started losing weight and looking worse and worse. On Martin Luther King day I had her trailered to Morven Park Horse Hospital. They did X-rays on her there, and the most frustrating thing was that no one still could not really figure out what was going on. They said it looked like she had a hernia, a broken rib on the left side, and a mass over her right lung, and they said they had no idea what it was. It could have been cancer or an absess. Basically, the prognosis was not good. They said they would talk to my vet, Dr. Horne, and we could try medicating her like she had an absess and see if her condition improved. The next day Dr. Horne had a talk with my dad, and straight up said that she felt Muffin should be put down, that she was just too sick. I went to go see Muffin that day, and she wouldn't eat, and looked so depressed and in pain, I sadly had to agree with her. The next day, Wed Jan.17, I went to see her again, and this time Muffin looked like she was in better spirits. She was eating her grass and hay, and I took her and my dog Shane for a walk outside, and she definitely seemed more active, and was following me around like old times. I was so happy to see her up and about. I went home and told me my mom that she looked better, and that I wanted to see if she would pull through. I figured she may never be rideable again, but I at least wanted to give her the chance to live.
Very early the next morning, however, Thursday Jan.18 at about 5:30 am my dad woke me up. The people from the barn had called, and said that Muffin had collapsed in her stall and was having seizures, and barely had a temperature, so they felt it was time to call the emergency vet to put her down. It was so surreal. i couldn't believe I was losing her. Muffin has meant so much to me all these years. My dad hugged me, but I was just too lost in what was going on to do anything, I remember I just lay there, stiff as a board. I couldn't fall back asleep for awhile, all I could do was lay there thinking about how this was the end, I was losing my best animal friend.
All the morning I was just devastated. Work that day was tough. So many people even at work knew how big a part of my life Muffin was, and I hated having to let them know what happened. I was so tired and unfocused, the night before I had stayed there late, and then was woken up to that awful news. I had posted a myspace bulletin to let everyone know what happened, so I got some calls from friends offering their condolences, which I still really appreciate to this day. I even cried in front of my friend.
The next day, I went to the barn to say my final goodbye to Muffin. I had to call a crematorium to come pick her up, because you're not allowed to bury horses. She was laid behind the barn, so I just sat and waited with her for the truck to come pick her up. She was still so beautiful. People never stopped telling me what a beautiful horse she was. She and I had so many adventures, so many good times. She was so much more than a pet, she and I were like partners. She helped me become a better and more confident rider, and she did so much for me by carting my friends around and being so patient with me while I made so many mistakes. I'll never stop missing her.
On happier note, some good things have happened to me though. During my trip to VA tech, Danny gave me a video ipod, which his mom and received for free from her company, and she passed it along to Danny, but he's anti-ipod, so I ended up with it, whoo-hoo! Eric, yes, my friend, from work completely filled it with eons worth of great music, plus the first seasons of Lost and the Office, along with a bunch of SNL stuff. All I wast to do these days is play with my ipod.
The weekend after the Muffin loss, I went to go see Pan's Labyrinth with Eric, which was such an amazing movie. The story was great, the effects were great, the cinematography was great. I just can't get over how well done that movie was. Afterwards we went to the Marx cafe, and had a nice chill evening. The next day we finally got snow, and I had a wonderful time sleeping away the afternoong with my kitty Pom-Pom at my side.
That week I went on the pro-life march with Jackie, then saw her and Fetch at McFadden's, hooray! and went to the Quarryhouse with the boys from work. That weekend I celebrated Lisa's birthday, which was a blast because we went to Lauriol Plaza, which has terrific food, and then I went camping with Eric :). The camping trip however, included lots of Freaks and Geeks and a walk over to Ben's Chili Bowl.
The next day, Sunday Jan.28 I went to the Washington Auto Show with my parents. Its such a great deal for ten bucks. I saw so many beautiful vintage Mustangs, and sat in a new one. I looked at a brand new Mazda 3, and I'm seriously considering buying one of those, they're such cute, sporty little cars.
This past weekend Emily and I went out for Yousef's birthday at the Rock and Roll hotel over on H street. I really liked that place, great music, good people. Overall, a pretty decent time, plus it was great being able to finally hang out with Emily again. Sunday was the superbowl, plus it was the puppybowl! Literally. they played puppy bowl, which is shot at my job, plus I took Shane to Eric's to meet his dad's collie, Maggie. Poor Shane, I don't think Maggie was feeling him to much, she kind of shut him down. It's ok, everyone else there loved him, and he charmed everyone into giving him pieces of their dinners.
Yesterday Eric brought me a a great classic rock mix cd to lift my spirits over the reformmating of the classic rock station. I'm bummed about it. I loved the arrow. I've tried to giving the new station a chance. It's played some pretty good stuff so far, but today I wasn't really feeling it, The only song that really made me happy to hear it was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the buggles.
Today Eric and I ate lunch at a fantastic sushi place at the corner of Connecticut and Calvert called Tono Sushi. I ate unagi, for the first time, and it was actaully pretty decent. I loved their Mexican rolls, and their Miso soup was top shelf. Plus I had a sapporo beer, and sake, so I kind of went to work with a nice fuzzy feeling in my tummy.
Victoria has been in Spain since Jan.4. I've received a few emails from her recently,Spain sounds fantastic. I'm so glad she's having a good time. I can't wait to go there in May.
Well, I'm freezing, I'm gonna go curl up with some reading material. Catch you kids later.