Life Lesson #48 Find out why I was sooo hot today!

Posted March 3rd, 2010 by Nealia

First off, Happy Birthday Pat.  We did get to go out and eat lunch with the SBR crew.  It was very enjoyable and a quiet, well….. except from us.  We went to a restaurant in Blairstown and the only down side to that place was there was no one to clap loudly and sing Happy Birthday to Pat.  Pat did have a plate of tortillas and Mark put a french fry on top to symbolize a candle.  This was a nice way to finish a good day in the barn.

There is a tack shop in our area that gives Saddlebred Rescue the returns they cannot resell. You would be surprised, NO SHOCKED, at what people return for a refund. Today we received two turn out blankets and a cooler.  One of the turn out blankets was soooo muddy and USED it looked like they used it all winter then returned it because it was muddy and wanted their money back.  The cooler was FULL of white horse hair.  Do not get me wrong as we are thrilled to get these blankets and stuff because all of our turn outs are muddy this time of year.  It just amazes me on just how many stupid people there really are, and all the dumb things they do. In this case, the dumb things stupid people do benefit SBR.

I have received several emails and calls about me being totally bummed, but Mark gave me the best news of all.  It is not something I can write about, but it did make me feel that things have a chance to get better.  I still am not sure how much I should be involved in the clubs up here.  I wish someone would say “this is what you should do”, and I could get behind it.  Is there a right or wrong answer?  What IS the perfect answer?  All of this stress is freaking my body out as I have been hot (temperature-hot, not anger hot) for about 5 days now.  I cannot get cool.  I am freezing Mark to death in the house and at night I am sure the dogs think we forgot to pay the heat bill.  Normally the dogs that sleep on the bed do not like each other much….well, really there is one dog that no one likes.  When it is cold in my room at night they all huddle together and act like best friends.  I would say that if we could make everyone up here really, REALLY cold, they would want to get along better if for no other reason than to stay warm.  That would be everyone but ME, who would be saying “DO NOT TOUCH ME, I AM ABOUT TO SELF-COMBUST!!!!!”  WOW it is great to be overweight and in my 50’s.  I am thinking of a career change, I thought being an explorer in the Antarctic would be nice and refreshing.  It is too bad that the heat I produce cannot be stored and used to heat the house.

Tonight was AMERICAN IDOL!  Mark and I love the show, but I do not get the judges sometimes.  For years all we have heard is, “be yourself and do not do the song just like the original recording artist” and tonight they kept saying, “you changed it up too much, just sing it like it was done the first time”.  I do not know about you, but I think that is giving mixed signals.  My favorites for tonight were the first guy, and the blond guy (maybe I am a cougar also) and the last guy. I cannot remember their names, but I know who they are.  I cannot stand the black guy that looked like a Kewpie doll tonight.  Aren’t you glad that you do not have to have me reporting tonight’s show, because you would have no idea what the heck happened tonight.  The only thing you would know is I don’t understand the judges, I like three guys and I dislike one.  The best thing about Tuesday night is 1st American Idol, and 2nd is The Good Wife….. I LOVE THAT SHOW!!   Am I the only one or does everyone else think that is a great night of TV?

I wonder why the word ‘cannot’ is all one word the the words ‘do not’  is two?

I wish the Judges on Idol would make up my mind on what I am supposed to think and how I am supposed to judge.  Be original or not.

I wish the mud would not be in our pastures.

I wish I would stop getting too hot, the sweating is not fun, AT ALL.

I am THANKFUL we got to celebrate my good friend’s Birthday today.