wild horses
First, food for rest of yesterday…..main meal…1:30..roast beef, mashed pots. with a little gravy, carrots, broccoli, 1 piece bread……..snack..9:00pm-late, I know..small lo fat yougrt, 5 whole wheat crackers, 1 string cheese
We did horse therapy for disabled children last night–I had 2 lovely horses this week; my dau. had one just introduced to being a therapy horse who has anxiety issues and is on anti-psychotic meds; during the second session I really don’t know how she handled him and kept the rider on…he freaked out a couple times ( semi- rearing, dancing in circles, throwing his hea wildly) and I know I would have just let go of the lead line….of course, he is now her favorite horse!!!!…guess they knew what they were doing in giving him to her….me, I’d up his meds!!!
Food so far today….bfsk: grapenuts with skim, lo salt V8, decaf tea/skim…….snack @11:00am: 2 heaping t. of ff cottage cheese, 1 nectarine
Have to take dau. running shoes down to school for c.c. practice…also drop her period pain meds and an EIA inhaler and paperwork off with school nurse….I’ll kill the extra hr. or so at Barnes and Noble, then bring her home when practice is done….folk dancing tonight…
Today is Fri…….my usual gym and yoga day…..I went, I really did, I just couldn’t get my body out of the car to go in, sat in the lot….decided I was just too exhausted and came home and slept on the couch till neighbor called at 10:30am…….what’s this about???? been exhausted lately, gained weight ( and I know this is NOT the way to lose it)…I think it’s the weather…..we are on our at least 5th day in a row of gray and cloudy with drizzle or mist—–I NEED SUN!!!!!!! and I need it now………..
September 21st, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Oh, yeppers…..SAD, that’s what it is! Seasonal Affective Disorder…that’s what people get who are sun deprived! I’m the same way! If there are too many gray days, I’m just soooo miserable! Working with the TRP is impressive (on top of all the other things you manage to do!) and it’s really wonderful for emotionally disturbed kids…gives them the opportunity to interact with a living creature in some pretty basic ways, minus all the games and stuff. A program that I did some work with had a lot of kids from urban backgrounds who had never seen - or imagined seeing - a horse in the flesh, so to speak, and there were some interesting times, I must say. One tough little guy…guess he was @ 14 or so, but small & wiry and swaggering…got up on our gentlest and most docile old girl and she wouldn’t move…he sits up there for a few minutes, and then yells, “Whose got the KEY to get this one started???” He ended up being one of our best riders, and always willing to help out in the stables. That program really turned him around. I’m a HUGE fan of TRPs, and I think it’s awesome that you and your daughter volunteer at one! You are a woman of depth. my friend….Hugs,
E!
September 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I think you just must have needed to rest and your body was trying to tell you! Did you feel any better after that nap? Sometimes I get like that too. I often feel even more tired after the nap, which is weird, but I’ve discovered that the resting does eventually kick in. I’m also so impressed that you and your daughter volunteer with the therapy horses. What a marvellous idea that seems to be! I mean the therapy with the horses but of course also the volunteering. Take care, and be as kind to yourself as you are to others. Are you taking vitamins? ellabella’s story about the boy who was turned around is also wonderful….RubyJean
September 24th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Id love to have some drizzle. Its been so dry here this summer. Its rained a few minutes 2x in a couple months. Ill give you some sun, you give me so rain