Christmas and New Years In General

Hello there, I know it's been a while.. but [insert lie here].
I have been telling everyone that shopping is a dangerous thing, but they didn't believe me ... well now I have PROOF! I was looking for nail gels and the 'pots' were on like glass shelves and as I was trying to reach the back of the shelf I cut my middle finger really badly actually on the side of the the glass shelf because it wasn't smooth like normal shelves should be, but jagged. My friend saw that I was going an odd colour and quickly got out a tissue, but the cut still really hurts and that was like 2 days ago :/
So I advise everyone to shop with precaution!
:D

Anywhoooo.... I just wanted to express my feelings towards Christmas and New Year. I can understand why people like it and all, but unfortunately I think there's more fuss than enjoyment.

Lets start with Christmas. I LOVE buying presents for other people like seriously I LOVEEE it, but buying 300 presents at the same time... not so much...

My present buying process is as follows :
- Realise that I have to buy K. a present
- Think about what K likes (time taken : 2-4 weeks)
- Go out and buy the stuff ( Usually I like making other people stuff, or buying them something really personal, that makes them think e.g. ' Oh wow, I didn't think you knew that I love Pokemon' [yes silly example I know] )
- Give present to person.

Well not for Christmas, that one goes :
- OMGCHRISTMASISNEXTWEEK
-Try walking around shops for 3 days hoping to find inspiration because of short notice.
- Buy myself a bajilion new things.
- Panic and tell everyone that I 'left it at home' or 'let's not give each other our presents yet'
- Buy 10 huge chocolates and 5 teddy bears.
- Half give half chuck things at said people.

Yeah... compulsory present shopping, because I just LOVE spending a ton of money on things that I know aren't going to be of much use to the people I give them to (Y)

Oh and don't even get me STARTED on the food, my diet has been going exactly as planned.... in my head... my 'mind' weight is currently 65kg, although I haven't yet discussed this with my scale who probably would tell me that I'm around 70kg, but who trusts scales now-a-days anyway?!

New Years
Next in the 'Compulsory' series is Compulsory Parties. 
'Where are you going for new years?'
'So do you know where you're going to be spending the new year?'
'OMG I'm going to the BEST house party ever, and you?' 
'Yeah me and my friends are getting together, I'd invite you but... well you know it's like a 'private party', but I'm sure you'll have somewhere to go'
 'Oh, you still don't know where you're going, but it's like tomorrow?'
You get my drift...

It's not like I have any problems finding somewhere to go, ( I usually end up letting 3 people down because I don't go with them )  but still, WHY is it like compulsory? I don't get it... Poor people who are sick, they're going to have to listen to the 'OMG do you remember at that New Years party' stories for a whole year, if not more...

Everyone knows that house parties are the best, but no-one wants to have it at their house, so everyone is just coaxing each other to have one, but eww who wants to spend a whole day cleaning up afterwards? And watching that no-one knocks over your mums china cupboard, making sure all puke goes INTO and not around the toilet, telling everyone to not smoke in the house, being under constant stress because there's always at least ONE retard who doesn't understand that no, he should NOT make himself feel at home. 

There's the other extreme case where everyone want's you to be with them for New Years and if you're like me and can't decide, because you hate not making everyone happy, then you end up hurting a ton of people's feelings because 'You could've at least TOLD me a week ago'. 
Hmm... Yeah I could've but then I'd have felt bad for half a day that I didn't make you happy, as oppose to now where I won't be able to sleep for a week because I let you do-Hey wait a minute....

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Wow I sound like I'm having a hissy fit :D I'm not, I swear, it' just I bump into the same annoying things every year.

But I shall stop procrastinating and clean my poor fishies, who have now got an oxygenater thingy and 3 snails to keep them company. I might post a picture once they're clean :D

Happy holidays everyone and have a spectacular New Year ;)
'Till next time here are some happy cupcakes and cookies I made!

 

Sick

I wasn't feeling too well yesterday morning, but I decided that for once in my life I wasn't going to let me being sick ruin my day.
I started on the long drive out to Timi's stables, I was feeling a little odd, my joints hurt and i've been a bit disoriented for the past few days ( Oh and i've had a cold since last Sunday ). I had to take the ferry, which scares me so I was already a little nervous but I felt more jumpy then usual.
Finally I got to Timi's place 45 mins later then expected -.- and we started working with Easter.
I felt a little woozy and really cold, but though it would go away... Within like half an hour I was feeling really dizzy and then I started seeing black spots and everything was getting darker and darker, so I asked Timi if I could sit down. She said sure and showed me where the changing room was.
I'm not joking... I almost fainted on the 50m to the changing room, I could feel the darkness pulling me towards it... Kind of freaky.

So I was sitting there for a while trying not to faint, and I started shaking uncontrollably, yeah it was cold but not THAT cold. I called mum and she told me that my blood pressure probably dropped ( I have low blood pressure anyway ) and to drink something sugary, so Timi brought me some raspberry juice. It took me half an hour to drink it because every time I took a sip I felt like throwing up. After about 20 mins of sitting and going through a wave of symptoms, mum said she and dad would come and get me. Timi said that I might have a fever.

My parents got there after about 45 mins, mum took me to the doctor who asked me if I had drank anything that day... I though about it and realised I had had NOTHING to drink at all other than the glass of water and cordial I got from Timi. She said I probably have a virus and not drinking enough water and being outside didn't help.

My head started throbbing at the doctors and kept getting worse and worse till it got to the point where I could barely lay without my head pounding, it was like every time my heart beat my head throbbed, and the stronger my heart beat was the more it hurt, so simple things like getting up and walking were terribly painful :/

We got home and I literally crawled up to my bed, my mum checked my temperature and as it turns out I had a fever of 38.4 and that's why I felt like I was dying. God it hurts to even think about how much pain I was in yesterday, like imagine if someone beat you up and the pain the next day would STILL not be equal to what I felt yesterday. All my joints hurt, I was shaking my head throbbed and I felt that if someone told me that I have to move 1cm physically I couldn't.

I slept from 8pm to 5am this morning, then after going to the bathroom, I slept till 10am. For me this is AGES, I usually sleep about 8-9 hours max and feel like I've over slept.

Today I'm feeling a lot better I actually had some food today :D 2 Potatoes and a bowl of rice and none of it came back up ;) ( Yeah yesterday I had an apple and that was it because I felt that if I had anything else it would take the quick way out )

Mum said not to go to school tomorrow :/ Which is great because after missing my friends birthday yesterday night AND not being able to go to that club opening that I mentioned in one of my earlier posts with my other friend, I really didn't want to miss any school, especially since were having a history exam tomorrow and I hate having to write tests separately.

I hope all of you are well though
Till next time ;)

Work

I forgot to mention that I've been buried by work lately and that is one of the reasons that I've not been posting.
I mean I finish school, then work 'till 6. After that who has time for anything?
For like the last 3 or however many weeks I've been working for I have had NO time for anything, no shopping, no friends, it feels like I might go a little crazy.
But tomorrow I shall treat myself to some one on one time with a tanning bed ( I'm really starting to loose my summer colour ).
Oh wow I nearly forgot I phoned Timi today and told her about Carlos and everything, and ages ago when I visited her she told me about a horse called Easter that I could loan, but then someone bought her and I didn't hear anything of her since. Buuuuttt when I phoned her she told me that Easter's new owner is keeping her at Timi's stables and that she is looking for someone to ride her once a week.
So I'm going to have a natural horsemanship and riding lesson on Saturday!! :D I'm really excited!!

I guess that's all, so yeah I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately it's just I've been working aaaa lot. But Hopefully I'm going cocktail dress shopping on Saturday because I have to be at my friends birthday party that night or at least I have to show my face before my other friends get mad at me for not being at some night club opening party they invited me to :P But then again that's another story for another time.
'Till next time ;)

Game Plan

I was looking at the animal shelters facebook and saw that the December 10th deadline they had said before had changed... To two weeks ago...
So I called them today and asked about Carlos and they said that they are going to look at all the places ( which they will probably be finished with by the 22nd of December ) and then pull a name out of a hat, and that person will get said horse...
Terrific I though sarcastically at that moment, so now my great chance has just shrunk to about a 5% chance...
Oh and to make things even worse the lady who I spoke to said that she thinks everything will be settled by May...
Yes MAY
I actually though that I might cry... Seeing as to me I don't know... It felt like a last hope... I haven't ridden in 4-5 months... and my weight loss plan has been faltering badly lately.

It might have been because of the book I'm reading ( Mistress of the game ) or because of other changes in my life... Today was the day I decided I would stop sitting around on my arse and so something about my life.

I call it my game plan. It's made up of quite a lot of jig-saw pieces, some may look pointless ( like the ones that have sky on them ) but in the end it will all congeal into the bigger picture.

Piece one : Weight
I will start to work out at home, seeing as we have an indoor bike... I might as well start using it. Tomorrow I will have a fruit day.. Or at least a mostly fruit day.

Piece two : Horse
I have decided that starting from scratch is the best decision. So if by the time I get to 62kg Mr D.'s horse Fugitive is still for sale, I shall buy him. If not I will weigh things ( pun intended ) and see what to do then.

Piece three : Dog
My mum and I have debated for ages about bringing Ruby up to the city, it would be easier for my grandpa ( Ruby is a girl and the other two dogs are boys and she is not neutered ) and we really miss having a dog. I would have someone to come with me to the stables, and I would have to walk her a lot so exercise would be easier not to mention I would be riding 7 days a week then.

Piece four : School
I'm not sure that this piece is something that I really want to go through with but I am thinking about it. Becoming a private student, I would have more time to be with my horse and dog, more time to actually study because atm what we do in school is a lot of things except studying.

Piece five: French
I have been studying French for ages ( really ) now and am not really getting anywhere I want to do my French final exams this year ( one year early ) so I wont have to deal with it next year when I will have to do my final history, literature, grammar and math exams. So from January I think I will start a course at the french institute and really try to do something about this situation. Oh and just fyi the french teacher in my school is terrible, she yells doesn't explain anything and wont even let you try and realise stuff on your own.

Piece six : Business
I have been toying with the idea of making my own saddle pads and  jodhpurs and stuff for quite some time now, I made my first saddle pad this summer. It didn't end up as bad as I expected it to, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
I LOVE doing crafty stuff and if that would be making me money at the same time then hey.. why not? But I think I could only do this properly if I was a private student.

Okay I know this is a lot to take in all at once :D but bear with me, I tried to make it as short and sweet as possible. Yes I over think EVERYTHING so just imagine how much time it took me to finalize these plans in my head, let alone write them down point by point :/

'Till next time ;)

Waiting and thinking

I've been waiting for the 10th more than I expected to...
I still have to phone my friend and ask her if I could take Carlos to her stable if I get him. She doesn't have stalls just like 6 large paddocks in front of the stables where the horse are during the day and then 3 smaller ones inside, that each have a rather large shelter and water and stuff. I know that he would have 24/7 someone with him who would care for him since Timi ( the owner who is a girl just fyi :D) lives at the stables. I'm still worried about Carlos being castrated before hand. ( The new owner can choose if he/she wants Carlos to be castrated at the animal shelter by the shelters vet, who they know very well, or have their own vet castrate him at the new place, and I thought it would be better for the horse to recover in an environment that he knows, seeing as the shelter is the second place he has ever been in his about 6 years of life... )  Seeing as I have no experience with stallions, I asked around and everyone told me that it takes about 6 months or more for the 'stally' to go out of the horse. But I don't know if that would mean that I he wont be able to go into the same paddock as a mare ( I'm guessing not ), or if he can't even be NEXT to a paddock that has mare. .. :/ I'm going to phone Timi sometime this week and ask her about everything.
But 'till then I'm still looking around for new stables, and have found a few potential ones. The problem is that the ones I visited ( before I found Carlos ) were all sport stables, with a rather busy environment, and I don't want Carlos to be in a noisy, busy environment at the beginning while I work with him, because it's rather hard to try teach him to lunge when lets say someone else is trying to stop their horse from spooking and almost collides with Carlos or whatever.

'Till next time ;)