Sultan has been retired, health insurance is right around the corner, Teamster party this Saturday and Im going to look super sharp :)

Started a new anime series that I am obsessed with Rosario + Vampire, Habib is adorable, Mustafa is a little less cute and much more spatially retarded. He will learn to respect my space after enough pushing around.

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So long Denver Co and hello Mo. The transition has not been an easy one. Last few days were spent next to misery. Saturday the crew arrived to a flooded barn that had horses standing in water up to their ankles.

The decision was made to move everyone and everything inside so we set to work mucking stalls, walking horses to the convienently ( Read more... )

Past couple of days have been filled with pretty dramatic things.

Being given a different task at work due to the absence of two people. We were really short staffed one day so I had the opportunity to learn how to stand at the ring door and lead Zues (a black fresian) in the show. During practice I made one mistake and during the show I was almost ( Read more... )

Altitudinal changes are causing a few of us with more sensitive mucous membranes to experience allergies and sinus bleeding. Not comfortable at all.

As soon as I am covered by health insurance Ill see a doctor and get a few meds for a few different ailments...

Life at the barn has gotten much better as of late thanks to a certain stable master who ( Read more... )

Havent posted in a few days but of course the thoughts are as deep as ever... maybe a little more scattered and hard to grip unfortunately but anyway...

Been working on my social life here. Got a few good friends to hold onto and a potential love interest. Too bad all of the friends are male. There are a few females in my social circle tho :)

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This place doesnt quite breed emotional stability. In fact the horse barn depreciates self esteem, decreases learning ability, and threatens to convince you that you are incapable of achieving goals.

Dont know how it feels to be a part of other departments but the reason for these developing feelings are my bosses. Two of my "superiors" are very ( Read more... )

The theme of the past two days has been learning experiences. Yesterday was entirely normal, in fact slightly boring, until the last show was about to begin when back stage Ali spooked something fierce and fell.

I am not at liberty to divulge details here but we do have rubber mats to prevent such things. However, if a horse is genuinely afraid it ( Read more... )

Yesterday day off, no animal walk for me:
Woke up at 8 and thought hell no! I can sleep in and shall do so. Got up around 9 and met Thomas in Union Square to headed to the Exploratorium where we meandered and stared at things for a great many hours. That place was marvelous and full of information regarding perception, mechanics, engineering, and ( Read more... )

Yay! Thomas made it and weve seen so much more of the city in just a few hrs than the two days I walked around with crew members. Seeing him has made me a tad more aware of how much I miss home and just how bad the circus might be for my mental health. We talked so much of how people on tour can go psychotic, my rm might make me claustrophobic and ( Read more... )

Last night was one of my best days here at the circus. The reason being my family visiting. Aunt Slyvia, Cousin Steph, and Uncle John plus 5 of their friends arrived around 330 to go have lunch/ dinner and then see the show.

We had champagne and caught up on mostly my life. I had intentions of asking what their lives were like, however, i was hoping ( Read more... )