I'm upset

[Spoof]

But I typed it out and it didn't help. I cleaned the toilet instead.

That didn't help my upsetness but it did take care of the rust stains. I think fixing the problem would do it. A 6AM phone call has started the process... I'm tired. I need sleep but I can't because it's someone else's problem.

You ever have one of those?

 

[tunes]

Stop talking in circles woman! I don't think I've ever had one because I don't know what you're talking about!

 

[mishellyshel]

one of those days........yes.
whatever ever else you are talking about.......maybe???

 

[Spoof]

It's from lack of sleep, lmao. Funny to read that, I wonder if the original post would have made sense?

I've now had a nice nap. I agreed to take in my friend's horse for a "short time" due to her wanting to move her to a new barn - which has now been four weeks. The horse keeps escaping, then walks around my house on the concrete and wakes me up at ungodly hours. Except last night was different as I had pulled her shoes the day before. I kept feeling a 'thump', thinking it was a large critter in my attic/wall above my head. I spent from 1AM to 8AM trying to figure out what the **** it was, loosing my marbles and running around like a headless chicken, jumping out of bed repeatedly (a feat given I sleep on the top portion of a bunk) and when I'd allllmost fall asleep waving my top around thinking it was going to get me.

Turns out it was the horse... again. I called her at 6Am with a good flamer telling her the horse needs to move SOON.

When the horse does stay in I'm tormented by little itty bitty mice making very large noises. Those were out last night too, just secondary to the thumping. I tried trapping them, they're too small. I tried sticking them - they get out. So as of yesterday I've got a bunch of Decon sitting around.

Long story short, I've had very little sleep over the last three weeks and what I do get is in short day naps. I've lost all my marbles, most of my screws, have no bathroom door, and my master bathroom in it's entirety right down to the wax toilet seal is sitting in the master bedroom.

I now understand your racing toilet dilemma. Home Depot had no less than 19 toilets to choose from ranging $89 (I selected this) to $1400.

I have a job interview tomorrow, which is scary as I have definitely fallen off the rocker. Hopefully they have a sense of humor as there is no telling what will come out of my mouth if I don't get a good night's sleep.

That's a small portion of it. The entertaining and not depressing portion anyhow.

 

[Heku]

:hug4: I hate when things are out of your control. Hang in there! PM me if you need to rant!

 

[addictedtochins]

I have been out of my depression medicine for about 3 weeks and I understand your insane-ness completely.

I kept feeling a 'thump', thinking it was a large critter in my attic/wall above my head.

Never thought a horse was in my attic though, cool, you've reached a new level of crazy, yay!

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

oh wow. That's crazy and I thought I had a bad day.

Hang in there.

 

[saphire]

Stop talking in circles woman! I don't think I've ever had one because I don't know what you're talking about!

:laughitup: I have to agree, I don,t understand the original post

Spoof, sorry for your day, yep we all get those days where you would want to throw the towel in.

Good luck on your job interview tomorrow.

 

[Spoof]

That would be the single most embarrassing interview I've ever done. Ouch.

 

[tunes]

Planning on sharing?

 

[Spoof]

Planning on sharing?

No, just wallowing in the self pity. Maybe even find me a nice dark rock to crawl under.

 

[addictedtochins]

I went to an interview at an elderly lady's house who needed some home health care. Her caregiver answered the door and seated me at the diring room table saying she would bring her shortly (she was in a wheelchair.) I started having a coughing fit for absolutely no reason, No one was around so I stole some grapes from the table fruit bowl trying to quiet the cough. Worked for a while, but I started uncontrollably coughing again while talking to the lady and gaspingly told the lady excuse me, I have to go.

 

[Spoof]

Ouch, lol. My friend and I went out for our birthdays today - we're both 30, or "over the hill" as Ina says... In the US it's 40, but apparently Brits don't live as long or have multiple hills or something.

 

[AZChins]

Good, I have awhile until I am over the hill...in my own mind.

I do not share my age with people. The standard response the last several years is that I am 24.

 

[starleomach]

Do share. At least your suffering can help others LOL

 

[Spoof]

Do share. At least your suffering can help others LOL

Ha Ha.

Well, the horse saga continues. I pulled it's shoes, right? She had foundered, but my friend didn't notice/seem to care or believe me. She hasn't worked her in four weeks, she comes out the day after I pull the shoes and works/rides her hard, then does the same thing the next day! Now the horse is so crippled up tonight she can barely move. I call her up - she says give her bute. She is very, very close to foundering again from that random act of stupidity there. I thought it was obvious that you don't ride a horse for a week or two after you pull the shoes (especially on a classically lame horse).

Now, really, none of this is the horse's fault at all - it's the lack of caring and respect showed by my friend. Respect = going and picking up you're horse's **** out of the neighbor's yard because it gets loose, knocking on the door and apologizing (or at least talking) because you were working in their yard without asking permission first. Cleaning up your mess at my house... offering to fix my steel shop that your horse just put a 2' dent into... that type of stuff.

The interview was downright embarrassing, but I haven't gotten a "no" so it couldn't have been that bad. Uhhh huh. <insert rolling eyes here> What happened to the cute rolling eyes graphic?

I've gained 10 pounds since this horse has arrived despite walking for an hour in the morning and up to two hours at night. I'm guessing it is the stress. Some nights I walk till I can't walk any more, then go to bed.

My bathroom is still a hole in the floor (that's how the mice get in). The contractor(s) I've contacted have never shown. It's been four weeks of steady contractor calling... no love. If I do get the job/move this house is considerably less marketable without a proper master bathroom.

That's the big items. Nobody has died or has cancer/terminal illness or anything so I haven't felt the burning need to *****, but it does drag you down.

 

[Spoof]

Overall I've probably done a couple hundred dollars in farriery work on this horse. She doesn't have much appreciation for it.

Here's the foot pictures - first one is of Kermit, he had normal feet. Others are of this mare, unshod in the rear, and shod in the front.

The bull nose on them is what happens when they founder, it's not good. The crack was apparently there when she got her - it's a fungal infection. An eight year old fungal infection - easily treatable. She has "seedy toe" and fungus in the bars too - all easily treatable.

In fact, that crack has now grown out about 1" since I've been treating it.

 

[arf2184]

Sorry for your troubles, but I'm glad the horse is with you if even if she is driving you mad(der). You need to knock your friend upside the head. I don't know a whole lot about horses, but even I can see those poor feet need some work (and this is after you've improved them, right?).

 

[eroomlorac]

That horse's feet are a mess! That has got to be painful.

How does it keep getting out? And I, at least, would be glad that it sticks around once it gets out of the fence. It could be wandering 5 miles down the road, etc.

 

[Spoof]

How does it keep getting out? And I, at least, would be glad that it sticks around once it gets out of the fence. It could be wandering 5 miles down the road, etc.

I'm not entirely sure but I imagine it has to do with crawling or rolling under the fence. It's not hard, the fence is only a single strand of 1/2" electric tape about 3' off the ground. You can see it here, not much to shout home about as it was temp for my horse too. It was only intended for him to be here for a month or two until I got enough funds to board him again - and I did and he went back to the barn. I even took it most of it down (that part he is standing in is no longer there).

Thankfully he was petrified of anything electric, he wouldn't graze within two feet of it. The way the land is set up I'm in a pocket of about 100 acres that is completely fenced. The yards are immaculately groomed to 1-2" so not attractive grazing, the only road out is about a block long, completely treed in with no grass anywhere. So she pretty much just gets out and wanders around the lawn verges, she doesn't appear to eat much - I think she just gets bored. I mean, up until four days ago her owner had only been out four times in four weeks, and only actually worked with her twice.

I think she re-foundered her, her feet don't look good this morning and she's very slow and tender. I will be on her to move her again today and at the party tomorrow. I don't want her to die here and I don't want the responsibility any more. At this stage she probably needs a stall with deep bedding.