So do I! Gah! 

Funilly, my fridge sometimes seems to notice and starts throwing chocolate at me when I open it... I do love that fridge! 


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I need a little rant, again I know, sorry! 

I had a feeling for a bit, and now after watching Benedict in Vincent, Painted with Words... I realized my mental health is failing me again... I don't want this to happen! *deep breaths* I can work through it though, I'm sure I can! 

What kind of chocolate would you like, Davina? 

Well, in the future, I will do this will all the ladies 

Any chocolate will do, although my favourite is dark bitter chocolate and I'm not a fan of white chocolate.

Such a stressful day yesterday. Went to see lame horse, she is at friends who compete her. Swollen leg up towards her knee.  Cold hosed for 20 minutes. Also noticed a weird crack in her hoof. Bandaged leg. Spoke to the riders mum saying that need vet as I think it might be cellulitis. Vet comes 2 hours later. Yes it is cellulitis. The bacteria have entered through a tiny rub from her boots where the skin was slightly compromised. So...mega antibiotics including penicillin, injected, plus steroid injected,plus bute (painkiller/anti-inflammatory injected. Leg in big old bandage. Box rest. She's got to have a shot of antibiotics again today. Vet back on Monday. Hopefully leg won't be as swollen. Once that is sorted then we need to sort the white line disease that she has in her hoof! That the farrier has somehow (god knows how) managed to miss!  It has compromised her hoof wall!

To add: this is the same horse who managed to rear up last week, hit her head on the gutter of the stables and ended up with 7 staples in her head from my vet. I have already put a claim into my insurance company for this but have paid up front myself already.

Even more complicated: my friends called their vet this time (he is especially good with legs and feet) and now he has to suck up to my vet as to why he was called in and not my vet. I am also going to have to explain why to my insurance company. Plus i expect my vet to have the hump with me as well. For God's sake why is nothing ever straightforward.

And the bill? Well the call out fee at the weekend (of course this had to be the weekend!) is £100 for starters. Thank goodness I have insurance for her but I still have a £135 excess to pay first!

PASS THE CHOCOLATE!  PLEASE! Wine wouldn't be refused either!

Oo thank you! I think that is the third thing for poor horsey now so (not that I am superstitious or anything) I am hoping that is it now. Keeping my rings crossed and touching wood!  I've never met a poor vet!

Davina, maybe you would like to try some of the dark one with candied violets? My favourite at the moment 

I might be one of the few people who actually does not feel that bad about the giraffe, but I agree with you on the whale.
When I saw it on the news yesterday I was hoping the entire time that it would roll over and crush the idiots. Either that or the reason it died was some nasty infection that they caught when crawling on it. The whole scene made me want to dance on their graves. Wonder how that would make them feel?

Note to self: Back trauma is not fun.

Three days ago I managed to get myself kicked in the back at around the area where our loveable organs called kidneys are located (the circumstances of said kick will never be disclosed); anyway Saturn thinking: "I'm young; not even thirty yet; no big deal". 

Three days of back pain later and Saturn has come to realise that back pain is a big deal regardless of age. Today marks the first day that I can finally bendover = is still painful but movement is not limited like it was before.

Saturn hoping that back will cease to be painful within a week. If not; me will go find one of those sports bandages and stick it on.

Trolls are bad. I hope you'll get rid of that person. Don't let them spoil the fun for you.

Swanpride I would definitely change your Wordpress blog so that you have prior approval set up for any comments. Some folk are just deliberately provocative. Don't rise to them.