4 posts tagged “sick”

...make me wish I was living in a convent somewhere.

So I'm sick. I'm a big weenie when I'm sick. I spent a little less than an hour at work before they asked me if I wanted to go home, and I did. Spent the day sleeping.

Lily attacked the cat over a rawhide today. Then when I went to see what the hell happened, she growled at me over the rawhide. I was putting a slip lead on her at that point, so she found herself very suddenly facing the other direction. No more rawhides for her. The cat is ok, just a little swelling over the right eyelid, the eye itself is fine. Haven't seen much of her since then, which is unsurprising. If Lily wasn't staying before, she really wouldn't be now. I don't put up with that kind of crap.

The cat has been biting me, which I don't quite understand. She hasn't broken skin, but if she keeps it up, I don't know what I'm going to do with her. I don't need to live with an evil cat, I really don't. I was lying on the couch today, and she hopped up, sat there for a minute or two, then lashed out at me and got my hand, and sat there with her ears pinned and her tail lashing. Last night she did the same basic thing when I was in the bathroom, but she got my shin. She's been doing shit like that since I started free-feeding her, and she's starting to bite harder. She can be lying on my chest being sweet and purring, I'm petting her, and next thing I know she's got hold of my hand, her ears are flat back, her tail is lashing, but she's still kinda purring. Talk about mixed signals, psycho kitty.

Days like today make me feel like I don't have any right to have animals. 

*snort, snicker*

Merp went on an adventure today.

I guess I need to get her parking brake looked at. I've been feeling like utter shit the past few days, nausea, dizziness, etc, haven't been going to classes, which makes me feel like an ass, but anyway. I parked her last night after feed in a really bad spot that I wasn't gonna be able to get her out of, so I asked Liz to move her for me. Liz moved her, and left for her internship. Before she moved the truck, I told her she'd better not land the truck in the creek, and we laughed and left it at that. About 15 minutes after Liz left, Megan knocks on my door.

"Liz?"
"Yeah"
"Is that your green truck outside?"
"Yeah..."
"You'd might wanna come out here..."
"It's rolled, hasn't it?"
"...into the creek..."

There really was nothing I could do but laugh. The other option was freak out, and it really wasn't worth it. It was an accident, Liz stepped on the brake but not hard enough, it would seem. No real damage to the truck, other than losing the fender and bending the left bumper up about an inch. Called AAA, they came out in about 15 minutes and hauled my truck outta the creek. Ron was gonna haul it out, but didn't think he could without flipping it. *snicker* Oh well, no harm done. I just get people like Sam pointing out my really horrible luck with vehicles, and then saying "That's it! No more vehicles for you!"

In other news, I've felt like shit the past few days and haven't been to pretty much any classes, execpt barn class tonight. I feel like a complete asshole about it, but when you're having issues sitting upright on the PC for 10 minutes, going to class isn't really an option, and I saw no point in going to observe- Faith would've thrown me out of the booth and Jen would've asked why I'm not riding accusingly. John thanked me for not going to class. You'd think by now it'd sink in that I'm not riding for a reason, but whatever. It would've basically been useless for me to push myself. I'm feeling better, maybe not 100%, but I'm going to classes tomarrow.

I'm PO'ed, too. They took me off Stripes, which I'd otherwise be okay with, but he's not going in classes anywhere. Which basically means he's gonna rot in his stall, just as we were starting to get somewhere. *grumble* They put me on Drifter... who basically hasn't been out in something like 6 weeks. That should be fun. Especially in Faith's class. Oh well. It'd be nice to be on a horse that could actually -do- something, but I guess I won't whine too loudly.

I feel like I've got more to say, but I dunno what to say. Let's see... been spending oodles of time with Katie, which has been awesome, it's nice to have company again in the evenings. It's not like we get along or anything, I just use her for storytime and she uses me for neckrubs and my internet. *grin* It's a fair trade, and I love her to death. Good chapters in storytime tonight, can't wait for tomarrow night.  

And I think that may be it.

My gods, but I feel like crap.

Didn't do shit today except read my book (finished it) and sleep, and I feel guilty about it. I'll get over it, but still. I don't even know why I feel like crap. Throat doesn't hurt, only things that are really going on is some congestion in my chest and the occasional dizzy spell. I "feel" fine, but don't all at once. Oh well.

Hugh has fin rot, which is healing fine (thanks to the triple sulfa drugs...) and really, there's nothing new going on. Other than that job offer. I'm trying not to look a gift horse in the mouth, here. I never, ever thought something like this would come along, and it's the first thing I'm offered, not even out of school yet. Me, being the less-than-trusting person that I am has to take a step back and doubt this. Which is the smart move, I guess. I mean, come on: the state I wanted to end up(close to the actual town I wanted to be in), exactly what I want to do, the facility sounds perfectly amazing, and it would end up being mine, if I stuck around. *shakes head* I'm not gonna think about it too much. I should go shower or something. It'd be the first thing I've done all day.