Need someone to tell me to stop stressing!

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Sorry if this doesn't make any sense :p all written out on my phone which doesn't help ... I'm off work with a knee injury now until after christmas, this means I can't see/do Ethel every day and I now haven't seen her in a week, was meant to see her today but snow meant otherwise. The reason I'm stressing is because I asked my friend to let me know when she had half a bin left of mix and I would order more mix and chaff to be delivered there so she didn't run out. On sunday I knew she was nearly down to half so reminded friend to let me know when I needed to order more. By the wednesday she hadn't spoken to me so I text her asking if Ethel needed more food, she eventually text back saying yes as she was nearly out. I placed the order asap and thought it would get there in time. Spoke to friend today, feed hasn't yet arrived, ran out of mix AND chaff, but luckily can borrow some mix from work but no way of getting any chaff for her. Now I'm getting worried as I dont know when the feed will get there, will she get colic for suddenly not having any chaff, will she try and bolt her feed although she has speedi beet too, anything could happen! Now, this isn't meant as a rant against my friend in anyway at all, she has been great looking after Ethel for me and maybe I should've placed the order after I knew how much she had left just to be safe. I cant get there until christmas day at the earliest to visit her and thats only if the weather is okay. I feel so bad for not being able to see her, she probably thinks I've abandoned her :( sorry, I've been rambling ... Just need some reassurance :o
 
The fact that you are stressing just shows how much of a dedicated mum you are. :) I'm sure when she sees you on Christmas day she will be calling out to you for some fuss so doubt that she feels abandoned!

Hope you have a smooth recovery :)
 
Its easy to stress lovely, but as the previous poster said the fact that you are so stressed and worried speaks volumes. You are clearly a lovely caring mummy, and you need to calm down! You are not going to do her any good by stressing out and slowing down your recovery. Fingers crossed your chaff arrives, but neddies are more resilient than we give then credit for. Take care darlin, and dont stress. Just think what a good christmas pressie will be when you will see ethel and she whinnies to you across the yard. Hugs xxx
 
Thank you Lauren and BandA :) she means the world to me, I've only had her 9 months and have never had this long away from her. I really hope I can get to her on christmas day, it would make the day even better :) still worrying though, cant seem to help it!
 
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Mine is out 24/7 and I couldnt get up yesterday so I know how you feel! The YO has a tractor so can easily pop haylage in for them and the other ladies live local so walked up to check them. If there was something wrong with him, then they would call me! Part of me thinks though that as his owner, I would be the only one to notice something less obvious. :(

There's no point stressing as you will have nothing to gain from it! If there's something wrong, your friend/YO would contact you.

I spent yesterday planning things to do with him in Jan when the snow goes - it made me feel much more positive :)
 
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