Flu!

[Wan2bEventer]

I was wondering whether the rest of you have a similar attitude to me on this one...

I wonder if there is such a variant of flu as 'horse-owner' flu, a distant cousin of man flu! Where as other flu sufferers merely have to get through the day at work before going home to collapse, we have an entire second 'equine' job to do both before and after work! I find myself bailing on work duties in the office and taking it easy before my horse-less counterparts might, purely because I know I have to perform my equine duties as a priority.

Nobody else will do the horse for me if I am ill (other half helps but he works long hours), but I know that nobody will suffer if a few emails dont get sent for a couple of days.

Do the rest of you have this attitude towards illness as well? Or am I a wimp?!

 

[jumpthemoon]

Oddly enough I usually perk up when I get down to the horses

 

[Wan2bEventer]

Well me too! And then I feel guilty for having opted out of things at work because I was feeling under the weather!

 

[jumpthemoon]

Well, the horses can't feed themselves, can they? I genuinely do feel better when I go to the yard as well - I think fresh air and activity is good for you. When you sit at a desk and have to make an effort to say intelligent things in meetings etc, there's not quite the same incentive!! lol

 

[Pedantic]

Yea I think Iv'e got the equine equivalent of yuppie flu, overworked last week and with the clocks going back and my daughter throwing up at 2.00 in the morning keeping us awake, it's caught up with me this week, I'm in zombie auto mode, plus tryin to email OCC regarding BMW fiasco zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz oops sorry nodded off, havin cup of tea then off to feed his lordship and put long kneck rug on him