JFTDWS
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I've not really been having the best month here, and whilst some of it is "first world problems" and nobody's died (yet...), it could be starting to get my down by now... If you get bored of the pity party, skip to the end 
Thus far, my old lad, Jasper, played the lead in a major drama a few weeks ago, when he came back from a quiet-ish hack blowing heavily and subsequently started bringing up large volumes of fluid from his lungs, leading to a week's stay at the vets, a very large bill and a lot of late night diagnostics! He improved dramatically, came home and has been fine for 2 weeks, off his meds and everything...
Yesterday my land rover went in for some work and came out uncommonly quickly and cheaply. I picked it up and started to drive the 8 miles or so home. We made it about 5 miles and the clutch went, right on a roundabout on an NSL road - perfect! I was then stuck with it for 6 hours or so, waiting first for one recovery truck to trailer it to a local service station that was actually further away than my house, then waiting for the mechanic and come and "diagnose the problem" (i.e. say "clutch is screwed, send it to a garage" - because I clearly didn't already know this...), then finally for the same recovery truck to re-appear and take it back to the garage we started at. Oh joy! I finally got horses in at 1am and home by 2...
Today, aside from dealing with the fact the evil hound had chewed up my debit card, and I needed cash (took 3 ATMs to find a working one of the right type!), I got up the yard to find Jasper heaving and coughing again, now with added gunk... He's settled down a bit with a fairly stunning selection of medications, but it wasn't the least stressful morning in the world.
This month, more trivial matters include Fergs breaking his competition bridle, me smashing the screen on my ipad, and about a million other stupid things!
The real question is, do you let these things bother you? Last night, I felt it was a "laugh or cry" situation, and I chose the former. So while we were sitting in the HGV park waiting for recovery truck (2), this is what I was doing:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=241735816035472
Sorry, can't embed from fb... But I hope it's amusing - cc welcome
Thus far, my old lad, Jasper, played the lead in a major drama a few weeks ago, when he came back from a quiet-ish hack blowing heavily and subsequently started bringing up large volumes of fluid from his lungs, leading to a week's stay at the vets, a very large bill and a lot of late night diagnostics! He improved dramatically, came home and has been fine for 2 weeks, off his meds and everything...
Yesterday my land rover went in for some work and came out uncommonly quickly and cheaply. I picked it up and started to drive the 8 miles or so home. We made it about 5 miles and the clutch went, right on a roundabout on an NSL road - perfect! I was then stuck with it for 6 hours or so, waiting first for one recovery truck to trailer it to a local service station that was actually further away than my house, then waiting for the mechanic and come and "diagnose the problem" (i.e. say "clutch is screwed, send it to a garage" - because I clearly didn't already know this...), then finally for the same recovery truck to re-appear and take it back to the garage we started at. Oh joy! I finally got horses in at 1am and home by 2...
Today, aside from dealing with the fact the evil hound had chewed up my debit card, and I needed cash (took 3 ATMs to find a working one of the right type!), I got up the yard to find Jasper heaving and coughing again, now with added gunk... He's settled down a bit with a fairly stunning selection of medications, but it wasn't the least stressful morning in the world.
This month, more trivial matters include Fergs breaking his competition bridle, me smashing the screen on my ipad, and about a million other stupid things!
The real question is, do you let these things bother you? Last night, I felt it was a "laugh or cry" situation, and I chose the former. So while we were sitting in the HGV park waiting for recovery truck (2), this is what I was doing:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=241735816035472
Sorry, can't embed from fb... But I hope it's amusing - cc welcome
I must say I get a bit silly when stuff gets too much...like singing "Cell Block Tango - Chicago" on the way back from Tesco in the dark, wind and rain, with about 6 heavy bags!
I'm going to cry in a corner :'(
