Vet Life Skillz
| March 29, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I wanna go to vet school! What classes/grades do I need, and can I come volunteer in your clinic for vet school experience???????? This is the second-most common work-related conversation in my life. Multiple times a day. All day. This is not a post about what classes to take and what extracurriculars to focus on. […] more
The lesson of the first domino
| March 24, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The problem is the time I have available for running, horses, and any of my other hobbies the-things-that-give-me-purpose-in-life is after dinner. Yes, that time in the day when I want to collapse on the couch after a long day of ER or surgery, after picking up the kid from school, and making dinner. Most days it’s […] more
I froze but then I thawed (like frozen things do in summer)
| March 15, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yes, yet another post about polo. On Friday I was awarded the horsemanship award at the mini club tournament. The first thing I assumed was that there was some mistake. I had been *given* it because of *reasons* because there was no possible way I actually *earned* it. Around 10p, at a lull at my […] more
Absolutely mental
| March 11, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I can ride a horse. I can even ride horses that are not exactly beginner friendly horses. This has been independently verified by other people. You put a mallet in my hand and poof! I am quickly overwhelmed by everything. What do I mean, “everything?” I mean everything. In a game, on a horse and holding […] more
The mare has opinions
| March 10, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Forget the child…it’s the horse getting older that I can’t get over. Farley is 24 years old. Yes, TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD ? as of this month. The child that lives in my house that is a biped human? Yeah, she’s six now and getting older, taller, and more awesome-er, but that’s to be expected. […] more
Buy Quality
| March 8, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you buy quality, you only cry once. Those would be the wise words of my mother when I was seized with paralyzed indecision over whether to buy a rated you-most-definitely-probably-won’t-die-if-you-fall-off-and-get-run-over-by-eight-horses-while-getting-beat-with-mallets-on-the-way-down helmet. Except…then I forgot that I hadn’t exactly told my husband how much it had cost at the time, just sort of laughed nervously […] more
Running. Again
| March 7, 2022 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’ve been running twice….twice…this week. And once I get done working on this post this *morning, I’m going to lace up my shoes and run a third time. That beats any other week in February, January, or December. *this post was started last Friday After Burning River last July, I wrote about how I felt […] more
