ponies and good grades

what a week blog friends :) i spent most of it at the farm dog sitting again and working. luke came out and met oreo which was a lot of fun :) i love my little pony. on wednesday i got my midterm mark back from my bird taxonomy course and i got the highest mark in the class, 99%! :) i am still extremely excited and proud. the prof, who can be pretty harsh, even emailed me to congratulate me and said it's a pleasure to have such keen students in his course :) i feel confident that i will do well on the final too and look forward to the most satisfying A+ of my university career.

speaking of careers, i've been meeting with the school's career counselor over the past few weeks and am working on applying for summer jobs and thinking about what to do after that. i hope things work out because i really don't want to settle for anything mundane or unfulfilling. i'm sending out a bunch of resumes this weekend but i have a lot of cover letters to write. we'll see what happens.

i'm a bit stuck about designing this website for my thesis. i've never really designed a website before and i want it to look professional but feel a bit lost. hopefully i can work on that this weekend too. but tonight is all about fun :) bringing the date to meet the friends! i hope they adore each other as much as i adore them all :)

farm sitting

life is continuing on and i think i'm dealing well. my heart feels heavier in my chest and i think about her every second but i don't think i show it. thank goodness for oreo and for billie's baby, opal. i've been spending a lot of time with the two of them. i'm living at the farm for three weeks at the moment. i'm one week in (and what a week it's been). i didn't like it at first. the nights are quiet and lonely and spooky, but i'm getting used to it. i'm supposed to be out here writing my thesis but i haven't done a thing. i applied for a job yesterday but that's all i've accomplished. maybe monday :(

it's been 72 hours since she left. the only reason i believe it is because i stroked her face and there was no life inside. i miss her.

rest in peace

this morning i lost one of the best teachers i've ever had. i'm going to miss her more than i can describe.

are you kidding

i was just paroozing through whowhatwear.com and found that Free People are actually trying to market riding breaches as the new style of leggings. i spent my teen years embarrassed to be seen out in public in these things and even now that i'm old enough to care less what people think, i still don't consider myself fashion forward when i'm heading out to the farm. these are functional gear people. inner knee grip pads and velcro ankles are not going to be seen on me at clubs or on dates. no way

long eyelashes and a velvet nose

update: i bought her. or, have committed to buying her. at first i was freaking out a little. mark called me this morning and said someone else was offering to buy her and pick her up today so did i want her or not and i was just like uhhhhhhh yes. so then i hung up and started crying i don't know why. i was shaking. i think i was just really overwhelmed. i mean, i've been riding since i was born, taking lessons for 17 years, and my family could never afford a horse for me. all the other kids had horses but i always had to ride my coaches horses or my friends' horses. i had horses that i loved and even a few horses that i leased but i've never had one to take care of and call my own and it's a really big deal. but i know i chose the perfect one for me. i've always felt like oreo and i were exactly alike. if i were a horse, i'd be oreo and if she were a human, she'd be me. i think after a few hours it's starting to sink in and i'm getting really really excited :) i've also decided to apply for government temp jobs in order to finance this big event.

big decision

today the love of my young life, and one of my best friends, was offered to me at the price of $1000 or make me an offer. either i buy her, or she is getting sold to strangers, and i'll never see her again. buying a horse is like getting an expensive puppy. it's a big commitment. especially for someone who is going to be traveling for the next few years like i am. i can afford it, but it would be a purely sentimental purchase. i've known and loved her for the past 6 years, but have been especially close to her for the past 3 or 4. i have to decide in the next few days whether to make this little lady a permanent fixture in my life for the next decade and a half ish. i love her more than words can even describe. she is the sweetest most fun and loving soul on the planet and the thought of her leaving is gut wrenching enough for me to fork out a grand and end up with a pony. ugh i don't know what to do but i think i kind of do.



oreo and i competing at the nepean national equestrian park in 2007