so I have nothing of interest to blog tonight here in my 3rd day of Austin, but I will comment on eric and I.

Eric doesn’t like me wiping the excess butter off the knife ON the butter dish. and I hate it that he can’t manage to close any potato chip bags….

I’m really grateful that these are the irritants in our relationship, instead of other ones. Which will remain off this blog thread.

wow, this is by far my healthiest relationship. It’s interesting.. and scary… I’m 30 and it’s taking me roughly 15 dating years to figure out what I want, what I won’t put up with and what’s important.

thanks, babe.

we just got in from the concert. it was sooooooooo good. love her!! she played all the songs from her album and did a cover of Sheryl Crows song “My Favorite Mistake” which rocks twice over cause that is one of my fave songs by her. so I got a double treat.

she’s really cute. and really ordinary. I could totally know her and hang out with her.

well not much more cause my head is sort of spinning and i’m about to go pass out.

So yesterday morning I went to see Cook at 730 to ride before I left. Mere rode with me! yay! It was interesting. Mere was riding a new horse. Cook was GOOD, but very interested in who and what the new horse was going to do. She had her head rather high and I had to try and keep her attention forward and not looking at where the new horse was. her knot was better. I think she kicked herself or something. who knows! So we headed up about 945. Lauren W. helped put Cook away and mere and I hauled tail to the airport.

I hadn’t even left the parking lot and I already missed her. I know she will be fine but I want her to be the MOST loved and the MOST adored . :-) She deserves it.

So I caught the flight and made it into Austin. However my lunch almost didnt.

1st Flight - I think I got the pilot where it was his first landing ever. Nice! During the descent, he was a lil rough and it tuned my stomach. So that was a nice feeling that carried over into the second leg. But I made it.

So the thing is I’m here, I can relax and do nothing but I’m restless. I woke up about every hour last night. I complained and complained about having no down time and now I do, I dont’ know what to do with myself.

On the best note, eric is estactic i’m here. :-)

So it’s like 1015 here and instead of blogging, I really should be doing laundry and packing. I have this terrible habit of constantly driving myself to the point of exhaustion.

had a good day today. Went to Co picnic and saw Theresa and Baby Montgomery. He’s growin’, walkin’ eatin’ . so that was cool.

then went and had some QT lesson time with Mere. Cook was her usual GME self. I learn the most when we’re one on one like that cause I can stop and ask or get re-direction etc. I like lessons with Mere too cause she knows Cook, can hop on Cook, knows what Cook is capable of. that’s always an added plus to have in a trainer. So that was good to work back on basics. Mere hopped on Cook at the end and told me she always forgets what a lovely canter she has. It’s the best.

So cook’s lil knot was down but I wrapped it again in standings for the night just cause i’m a neurotic freak.

BTW, off topic of this post, I have the biggest bug bite EVER on my leg. it’s HUGE. what the HECK bites like that? please don’t let it be a spider. ugh.

nite, all.

So I have a bunch to do for this upcoming weekend and very little time to do it. Rich is coming up to take Birdie and Caddie for the extended weekend so i have to get their crap packed, clean my house, bake cookies for work picnic, blah blah blah!

So anyway I cut out of work at 445 today thinking I will get a jump on the laundry list of crap I gotta accomplish in the next 48 hours. I go out to barn to see Cook and she has a big knot on the top of her fetlock. ugh! it’s always something! But she’s fine. Sound. We walk / trotted. There were a couple of kids taking lessons out so Cook and I played lead walk/ trot with Lauren (not Upton or Wiggums - we have like 10 Laurens’ there) and Duly. Cook slowed way down and was good to the Doodles. So then I gave her a bath and put her in standings. She desparately needed a bath - I hate it when she looks all wild eyed, dirty and crazy… like some nutty dirt pony.

Mere stayed with me for a long while. I always like those quiet times with her… when everyone’s in munchin’ hay, it’s dark outside and it’s relaxed. Usually barn time is scurry-around time.

Well I need to stop wasting time and get to it.

nite!

Guess what I learned to do?

Braid!

mere taught me saturday night.

my first victim… Elvis, my son-in-law.

he looked good.

that was fun.

I do feel sorry for cook however… cause guess who is gonna get braided for shows!?

So here I am already slack on keeping up my blog. well bleh! but I was busy over the weekend at the state fair. it went pretty well… the kids did good. I was tired as all get out. 3 long days in a row takes it toll. It’s Wednesday and I’m still not sure I’m recovered. I’m going to post some pics and some video but I am not sure when I will get the chance to convert and download all of that before the weekend.

Today I just went out and rode Cook in the pasture with Rachel and Lily. Cook and I played lead pony for Rachel to practicing cantering. Cook is so damn special. She can start and stop and pick up Lily and I can yell from her back and she takes it all in stride. Good Pony.

I have some plans this week which I won’t write about now but will fill u in when I get back.

night….

Sooooooo it’s 1116 at night here on thursday and my butt should be in bed. I have an extremely long weekend ahead of me. The NC state fair is here and the kiddies at the barn are showing. I’m going to help Mere out of course but I am looking forward to seeing Alexis go. Cook, thank goodness, is staying home.

So good night for tonight!