2013: A Crazy Year in Review

My, what a year it is has been.  So many ups and downs, twists and turns...  In short my life got flipped-turned upside down (yes I did just quote Fresh Prince).  But, for a year that started out so crummy, it really did end up pretty good.  Now normally I prefer to keep my home life out of my blog posts... this is for my horse adventures after all.  But, if you look back at my posts in January and February of this year you can see the rumblings of an unhappy me.  A post about feeling pressured into selling Cash is perhaps the widest peek I gave my readers into the fact that things were, in fact, not well at home. And, then on March 9th my husband did the unthinkable and took his own life, and it completely shattered my world.  I was awed though at...

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Finally a day with the ponies

Is it seriously Christmas Eve already?? YIKES. Anyway, this past Saturday I was finally able to escape for a couple hours to the barn for some much needed R&R horse time.  Man oh man did I ever need it.  I had only been out to the barn twice since Thanksgiving, and each time only for about 15 minutes of feeding treats and giving cookies before I had to scram to work or school or homework or something. So I bundled up and took the mutts with me and went to have some fun. Fiona is ready! After teaching a quick lesson I pulled little Sassy pony out.  Rosemary wants me to try and get her going in harness.  She is their...

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Done with the semester!!

HOORAY!! Fall 2013 is officially in the books.  My first semester as a full time student and first time doing 300 levels courses (and of course, I was a rockstar and unintentionally picked out 4 of them) and I will be getting at least a B in all of them (potentially two will be As, crossing my fingers!!). Now... I have no idea what to do with myself for the next month without any *gasp* homework.  I have been going a million miles an hour for the past 4 months that it's just this blank feeling of "now what do I do with my time?" Maybe I'll start with getting caught up on laundry, ha! In the mean time I'll do things like partake...

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I'm alive yet!

Phew what a busy fall it's been. Finals started as of today, so I have 1 final down, 2 exams and 1 group presentation to go.  My last final is next Friday at 7:30pm....  Oh boy. Weather wise, we have finally come out of the deep freeze... days straight of barely making it to double digits gets old.  Reminded me of winters growing up in the San Luis Valley, I sure don't miss those!! Brrr!!! Subzero temps make for a looooong 1/2 mile walk to class in the mornings It did make for some beautiful sunrises though! Work has been nothing short of insane with the holidays going on.  Black Friday and Cyber Monday were NUTS....

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