Almost Friday Fragments

Fragment 1: Tequila has been very ill, but is looking up. She is on so many meds, especially pain meds, that she finally decided tonight that she can in fact eat dog food. She just felt too crappy to eat until then. For the last week or more, she has been living on hot dogs and yogurt. Hallelujah.

Fragment 2: Baby Poops-a-Lot is on day 3 of not pooping a lot. That may really be over. Thank sweet Jesus.

Fragment 3: I took the first dip in the pool this evening. A little chilly, needs more cleaning, but an hour in there with a good book can un-do a lot of tension. I love the smell of swimming pools. And getting to watch Tequila move around comfortably while I hung out made it even better.

Fragment 4: We went to dinner at the Country Club with my parents. I ate more carbs in one meal than I have in a week and it was totally 100% worth it to me.

Fragment 5: Barry went to Chicago for an interview on Wednesday, and has been offered a job. It is a lot of responsbility, and has the complication of him having to live in Chicago--300 miles away. It is not final yet, as they have not shown him the money as of yet, but it is promising. Meanwhile, another company contacted him today and set up a meeting to discuss the potential of setting him up in business down here--kind of. That is all kinds of encouraging for us. Laid-offed-ness does not suit us well.

Fragment 6: Today, the new Deputy of our office was announced. We have been waiting for some time to hear something about who is taking over. We are thrilled with the choice. She starts in July. We respect her brain, she is so nice, and gets along well with people. It should change us for the better for sure.

Fragment 7: We are going camping this weekend with Jodi and Ed, Headleys and AmyP and her law partner or boss or whatever he is. I have not met him yet, but it should be a great weekend. We are taking Gyro, Hawk and Radar, so a nice selection--a horse for every mood, kind of.

Fragment 8: In order to go on vacation and still have my mares bred etc properly, I have to send several sets to sleep away camp to be dealt with while I am gone. I did it last year with Squeak and Diablo and their kids and it went well. This year, it will likely be twice as many mares. But in any event, I started putting together all the paperwork on that tonight--boy howdy, is that a lot of instructions, coordination and arranging! I have to get all my contracts in order, contact lists for each mare, their anticipated schedule, and get it to three stud farms (at least, maybe 4), the barn where they will be staying and Dr M. I probably ought to put pics of each mare with each set of instructions. Add that to the list.

Fragment 9: Today was a scary day in that I heard via Facebook that my friend Meagan who is 24 weeks pregnant with twins and has been on bedrest for two weeks had gone into early labor again and been sent to Carbondale to the hospital. I worried all day. Tonight she posts that she is now in St Louis being monitored and the babies are where they are supposed to be. Her goal is 30 weeks. 27 is the absolute minimum they want her at. We are praying they simmer down and stay put, and it sounds like they are trying to do that tonight. Thank goodness for that.

Fragment 10: Friggin mouse just ran down the hall. He clearly has no shame.

Fragment 11: I am now within 7 hours of having to be on the road for a meeting with an investigator tomorrow, on a death case. I should have been asleep two hours ago. This feels so lawyerly, going to meetings and such. I rarely feel lawyerly.

Fragment 12: Barry put up some laundry. I only asked once. And he swept the floor. I only asked once. I do not know who he is some days.

Fragment 13: Cute new restaurant opened in town, a Mexican joint. It has a beer garden that is so cute. I cannot wait to go to it. This is the perfect time of year for it, but I only have one potential Friday to go to it, since vacation etc will interfere and then it will be too hot. That is next Friday, the day before we leave for Bonaire. THAT will be awesome.

Fragment 14: This took so long that it is actually Friday now and not Almost Friday