Whata Weekend

This weekend was nothing like I was expecting.

I was suposed to go to my very first hunter pace on Saturday! I was so excited; it was Halloween themed so I had purchased a bunch of stuff to dress up Sonny and I as bumble bees! My new saddle, pad, and shims were here and everything was working out perfectly!

Friday night (around 6 P.M.) I was giving Sonny a bath and noticed my friend's horse, the horse that was going to the hunter pace with me, looked colic-y. After about twenty minutes of him laying down, I decided that he was in fact colicing and called out the owner and the barn manager.

LONG (emphasis on the 'long') story short, we found out from the vet that there was gas in his small intestine which means something was blocking it there since there isn't supposed to be anything in the small intestine. There was not a whole lot we could do but surgery. The owner couldn't afford surgery, so we tried some not-so-promising methods. When the vet left around midnight, she said he had less than a 20% of surviving. Around 3 A.M. we decided he was not getting any better (actually getting much worse) and it would be the best for the horse to have the vet back out and put him down.

Immediately after we called the vet the horse farted! That meant the gas was moving through his body! After about an hour of nothing but farts, he was doing much, much better. The vet cannot believe that he is still alive. He is currently doing well, pooping and all the normal stuff. He can eat only small amounts for now but can have grain again Tuesday. Lets hope that he continues to improve!

Needless to say, the hunter pace was out of question. Stephen and I didn't even leave the barn until 5 A.M. Saturday morning! Talk about a long night! Then I spent the rest of my weekend working and writing a paper. Fun, right? Not.

I was planning on posting some great hunter pace pictures today, so it is a bummer than I don't have any!

All I have is a photo showing off how skinny/in shape Sonny looked yesterday. Nice, huh?

Too Many S's

I haven't posted on here lately because I have been:

-Sick
-at School
-Studying
-buying a new Saddle
-Shopping for Supplements

I got sick the first day of school. Seriously, immune system? Just because I took the summer off school doesn't mean you get a vacation too. (I am FINALLY getting better!)

School has been okay so far. It is going to be a really tough quarter. LOTS of work; more than I would ever want. I am really going to have to break down and study my butt off to just get these classes behind me.

I got a new saddle for Sonny! Yay! There will be much more on that later...

The vet came out last Tuesday and recommended I put Sonny on a joint supplement. He will be 13 soon and I want to prolong arthritis for as long as I can. The problem is...there are about 3 billion choices. I have got it narrowed down to the 4 main ingredients I want, but then there are so many things you have to take into consideration along with that. The big issue is can the horse absorb it into his blood stream for the supplement to really work? So...my search continues!

I have a couple posts coming soon so stay tuned!

100th Post

I always thought that my 100th post would be something fancy and exciting! But now that it comes down to it, I've got nothing.

I couldn't think of a single neat thing to do for my 100th post. Apparently my creativity has gone with summer.

Even though it is not that exciting, I thought it would be interesting to look back at my stats from my first 100 posts.

During May I was working really hard to pass chemistry and June was my first month of summer. Other than those two crazy months, everything seems pretty consistent. It will be fun to see how the stats mature over time.

Flies Suck.

Period.

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Done!!!

I took my last final this morning (at 7:30 AM!)! So that means its officially summer :)! I celebrated by sleeping, spending a lot of time with Sonny, and eating tacos with my boyfriend.

I will be posting regularly from now on! Keep an eye out for some fun things this summer ;).

Thanks everyone who was able to hang on with me through those rough, few weeks!
Xoxoxoxo

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Ultimate Goal

If I had to choose one goal to complete in my lifetime, I think it would be something like this:

Decisions

I can't seem to make up my mind about anything lately. One major issue is a live show this weekend. I have been so busy with school and work, I haven't done a thing for the show and it's only four days away!

I haven't had a chance to look over the classlist, but I could probably just keep things basically the same from the last show. But, I am just not in the mood for a show for some reason?

I really should go considering there are only thee in my area this year. I just don't have the motivation :(.

Blogger

Blogger is a funny thing. Don't get me wrong, I love it. BUT...It's really funny to me sometimes.

To begin with, I was using HTML codes for my font up until last week. Then I realized that only people with a mac (which is apparently only 15% of my viewers) could see that font. Haha so much for all those codes...

Secondly, I am very curious to know how accurate it is. For instance:

Is that really true? Did someone really stock my blog a ton just for an hour? LOL!

Along with that, I love the option to see the Search Keywords. Someone actually found my blog by searching "do all dressage workers wear polos?" If by workers you mean riders, or anyone involved in dressage...then the answer is yes. All dressage 'workers' wear polos. :)

I am not really sure what the point of this post is, but I really felt the need to share this.

It All Works Out In the End

Although things with school and work really stink right now, I just have to keep reminding myself that it all works out in the end.

To begin with, I got the leather lace situation figured out :). One less thing to worry about!

One of my current projects is almost finished, but in the meantime...

a photo a LaBelle from Regionals. Isn't she gorgeous? And silly ;).

Oh I Wish...

I were an Oscar Meyer weiner.

Not really. But, I do wish school wasn't so time consuming. It is only week one and I haven't had time to blink. Oh well. Two more years and I'll be done. Focus on the positive, right?

Along with that, I obviously haven't done any tack-making. I have SO much to do, too. Maybe I can squeeze some in this weekend? Hopefully I will be able to and have updated pictures.

Sorry for the absence. I am not going to let it happen again! If it does, my future may look a little something like this:

Oh, and Happy Birthday, Dad :).

Pay It Forward

I was recently introduced to something on Blab called "PIF". I have seen the movie Pay It Forward, but it is neat to see that it is happening in everyday life :).

Well, I was lucky enough to be PIFed! I was so pleasantly surprised! I was actually quite shocked...in a good way ;). I had three things on my wish list and got one of them within a week or two.

So, here he is:

A Salinero body!!! I have been wanting one of these guys for a while now, and I finally have one! He is a lot prettier that I would have expected. I love his dark bay color and his face marking. Although, he will be customized so he won't be like this forever. In the mean time, he is going to make a great head for bridles!

Thanks horsenut! I really appreciate it!

Oh, and don't forget to PIF ;).