Vacation day 1
| December 18, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On the first day of Christmas (break) my true love gave to me….
Ok, so my true love wasn’t even here for most of the day (left at three am) and the only thing he managed to give me prior to leaving was my second cold of the year… But it WAS my first day of Christmas break and after napping on the couch in front of the fire and playing withe Connor and Tess, it was 9 am and time to start my day. It was raining so Farley was saved for day 2 festivities.
I had Xmas Saturday night with my parents and had $$ to spend on myself. merry Christmas to me!
First off was to find a zippered fleece robe. Amazon failed me. LL Bean failed me. Sierra trading post failed me. Even google shopper failed, and it was only when I remembered that lands end that I found success.
Ok, that didn’t go as smoothly as I had hoped, but persistence did pay off and well, there was an entire day I front of me…..
Stopped to drop off the November board check since the original one had never cleared and thus me and the BM decided it was easier for me to just repay….only to find that I couldn’t actually find it. So I wrote a THIRD check for the month of November and dropped it off.
Ok. Just another bump in the day of vacation day 1.
Time for some more Xmas presents. A hair cut, and a pair of earrings, and then off to the tack shop to put one of the three saddles I’m trying to sell on consignment (anyone want an Aussie saddle and girth and pad for $250 plus shipping? Yes the price has gone down! I’m taking offers :)).
Time to get home and get to the real celebrating,
– ate an entire pillsberry can of cinnamon rolls and managed to bake exactly half of them (don’t ask me why I’ve stopped losing weight)
– watched untold amount of episodes of fringe on amazon (free with prime).
– even more Tess and Conner time
– a bowl of popcorn flavored with agave nectar and cinnamon and more fringe episodes.
– a nap
So far so good! This is EXACTLY what the first day of vacation should look like!
And then I looked out the window and saw that the pit bull was back.
Those of you on face book are aware of the dog drama – one part of which is, about a week a male uneutered out bull came on the property, at night, and attacked one of my dogs. We called the sheriff, but by the time he got there, the dog wasn’t on the property any more.
And today the dog was back.
It’s taking multiple deep breaths and perhaps a beer or two to get my vacation mood back.
Let’s review shall we?
On the first day of Vacation my school break gave to me….a pit bull and Stress management for me!
I wonder what my true love brings to me on the second day of Christmas (vacation)? Peace happiness and joy? Saddle time, good news and an end to this cold? A housekeeping elf? Sold saddles? Seven days of dinners? We shall see!
“…and a pit bu-ull in a pear treeeeee”
five chewed up thiiiiiings, four stressed dogs, three ballpoint pens, two broken mugs and a pit bu-ulll in a pear treeeeeeeeeee!