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Annie
Her name is Annie. I get the sense that always was her name, since Jill and Shannon immediately saw her as an Annie once I proposed the name. So yes, my glorious, prancy, big, sweet mare answers to Annie now.
Just to be clear, this is not her namesake
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We went for a little ride today.
First, we practiced circling the mounting block until Horsie was standing still and lined up. Then we walked by the sign that scared Horsie yesterday. She totally ignored it. Good girl! We walked by Kermit and Bella and practiced focusing on the ride instead of their requests for attention. Kermit and Bella thought ( Read more... ) -
news! news!
I've been quiet for while, I know, but I have a *really* good excuse.
I was adopting a horse!
A horse! A big, glorious, sweet, young, prancy-sometimes, beautiful-always, wondrous, miraculous horse.
Here she is, as I led her around the field for the first time:
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Joe
My college boyfriend, Joe, died very suddenly of a pulmonary embolism on Friday night ( Read more... ) -
One Month
Right about now, one month ago, Rosie died. A few hours later, my mother and sister arrived at my house to take care of me ( Read more... ) -
updates
I taught my last class of the semester yesterday. I really liked that class, but I was ready to be done. Next week, they have exams and then I have to grade the exams, but then I get a few weeks off before I begin summer school. During that time, I really need to work on this talk I'm giving in the end of June.
Instead, I watch a lot of Scrubs on ( Read more... ) -
Grief
The grief is always just around the corner. I can feel it, lurking ( Read more... ) -
condolences
Grace lost her bootie today, so I walked around the field to find it. A woman drove by and paused to open her window. "I'm afraid to ask this," she started, and I said, "yes, Rosie died on Friday ( Read more... ) -
what I lost
I went to the barn for the first time since Rosie died. I wanted to see the horses and I told Shannon and Jill that I would continue to do the weekday feeds and be available to cover on weekends. I can't leave them in the lurch, but I also realized that I couldn't imagine not seeing Grace, Kermit, Sasha, and Bella regularly. I loved Rosie with the ( Read more... )
