Monday morning I woke up about 1:00, 1:30 freezing cold, and
in excruciating pain. I closed the window, upped the heat on my heating pads,
took some Ibuprophen, and went back to bed. I woke up again around 5:00 feeling
no better. I spent most of the day on the easy chair in a thermal shirt (not my
normal cut up T-shirt) covered with a blankie, and the heating pad much higher
than normal. I did call to find out about the parts for the mower. No parts.
Finally about 3:00 in the afternoon when I realized that yes I had a fever, it
finally dawned on me. April gave me the flu. I think dead meat best describes
my feelings for her that afternoon. Three days I was totally miserable, three
days. In spite of my fevered condition I continued to call about my mower
parts. Ok maybe I wasn’t up to putting the mower back together, sharpening the
blades, and doing the once around the property, but I could get the parts, if
they would come in.
Well I survived, but the parts never came in. By Thursday I
had become a wee bit impatient. I called Randy again, and asked if he could
maybe find out where the package was by the tracking number. You can do that
with UPS you know. He said he’d call me back. This time he actually did only to
tell me that the parts were backordered, and they had no clue when they’d be
able to ship them. Great! He said he had someone else he could call, and would
call me back. Since he never called me back I stopped by on my way to Capitan.
Yes he found the parts, and they told him they had them in stock. The kicker is
they won’t get here until Sep 6th. Another week, and it will be a
jungle out there. Ok so maybe it’s already a jungle, but by then I’m sure that
everything will be seeding which is what I was trying to avoid. It will also be
a hassle even if I do sharpen the blades because the mower will bend everything
down and it will be difficult for the blades to even get to the stems to cut
them. This is all reminiscent of when we first moved in. What a mess it was
trying to get this place cleaned up. Oh well, at least the parts are on their
way, I should be grateful for that. I don’t think I will be ordering parts from
Randy anytime soon. He’s local, and a good guy so I want to give him the
business, but I don’t think my little bit of business is going hurt him any. If
anything it will only hurt me since the other places to get parts are in
Ruidoso. Just once Lord do you think things could get a little bit easier? Not!
That’s what’s up with the mower. As for the kids I haven’t
been riding (can’t get to the round pen) so they are not getting the workouts
they need, and neither am I. Jazzy is absolutely fat, and Star, and Sadie have
nice big hay bellies. Most everyone else is picking up weight nicely. We have
always done better with half, and half (except for Jazzy), and in spite of the
expense of getting alfalfa I guess I’m going to have to keep with that program.
The Breeder’s Choice I’m now giving Jeri has really helped him a lot. He is
putting on some “serious weight” (April’s words). Actually everyone is looking
real good. LBM is thin, but that’s just because he’s a teenager, and just like
people teenage boys eat you out of house, and home, and never seem to gain a
pound (how I wish it were the same for me). The OCD pellets I got for Sere came
in (before the mower parts I might add) so I’m excited to see if they actually
help her. I’m loath to start giving her pain medication for her navicular cist
so I am praying big time that this does the trick. It would be so wonderful if
I could let her out, and see her run, and play, and not go lame in five minutes
time. She is so beautiful to watch. She’s big, elegant, and has exquisite
movement. She’s broke to ride, and if I could get her to the point of riding
her, what fun we’d have. We’ll just have to wait, and see.
On a side note I was talking to Sherry (Krisite’s owner)
about my mower, and when I asked how things were going at her place she told me
of her woe’s with one of wee little one’s. After being trimmed one of her mini’s
came up lame. After a few days she was assured that it wasn’t founder (she’s
foundered before), and she decided that it was in fact the trimming, and that
our super hard ground was just too much for the poor little mini so she tried
padding her two front feet. Well by the end of the day the pads were all
compacted, and of no use at all. Next she decided she was going to try little
booties. Well this was just too much for me not to see so I had her send me
pics. She’s adorable in her little booties. Sherry
said she would put them on during
the day, and then take them off at night so her little feet could properly dry
out. No sense in letting her develop thrush or God only knows what. It does no
good to cure one thing only the have the cure cause another problem. I haven’t
heard back to see how she’s doing, but I’m sure that she’s doing fine.
Now I have to decide whether to go down to the barn
for some grooming, and stall cleaning or stay up at the house, and tackle this
computer room. I have three projects going, and quite frankly I can’t find my
desk. The only reason I can type is the keyboard, and mouse are on a pull out
tray. My desk is piled with music, pictures, negatives, mail, and misc. other
stuff. Then there is this thick layer of dust everywhere. You know how it is
you have so much to do that you don’t seem to get anything accomplished. Well
that’s about the state of affairs here. Of course that’s always the state of
affairs here so I have no idea what I’m talking about. Isn’t life good!
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