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05/16/2002: "Depressing Morning, Lovely Afternoon"
For a day that started off depressing, yesterday afternoon turned out to be very nice indeed. Yesterday morning, I tried yet again to work on getting DJ’s web site converted to a Memorial to him, and change some of the pages to go on Indy’s site. It’s proving an extremely difficult task. I can only work on DJ’s site for a few minutes before I break down. It’s SO hard to look at pictures of DJ and realize that he’s not out in the barn waiting for me. I can’t wait to work on the web site until it gets better, because I’ve already done that. This is as “better” as it’s going to be for a long, LONG time. But, I did manage to make some progress.
I was still feeling down by lunch, but had no time to worry about it because one of my vets, Dr. Karin Jensen, was coming around 12:30 or so to give Ami her second West Nile vaccination and Indy his first. I took the horses their lunches, gulped down my own, and went back out to the barn to wait for Karin.
When Karin hadn’t come by 2:00, Mike came out to tell me that he hadn’t heard anything from her on the phone and had put in calls to her mobile phone as well as to her house. This was VERY strange, because Karin is NEVER a no-show. While I waited to hear from Karin, Mike was getting things ready to fit a load of shavings that was to be delivered sometime that afternoon. Actually, we were waiting for a call from the shavings guy as well, to tell us when he expected to be here.
We got a call back for Karin very promptly, and she said she was sure that when we’d talked the week before, and rescheduled this appointment from that week to this one, that she’d told me she’d be coming later in the afternoon instead of the Noonish time of the original schedule. Aw, she did - I’d just forgotten. Sometimes I wonder about my mind, I really do… but, what the heck. It was a lovely afternoon, one of the very few we’ve had all spring, so why not hang out in the barn with the horses all afternoon?
Since I had plenty of time, I groomed both Indy and Ami - even to putting ShowSheen on their manes and tails. Mike and I put Ami’s flysheet on Indy to get an idea of what size we needed to order for him. These things run SO big, measuring doesn’t seem to work very well. Ami’s sheet is a bit too big for her, and seemed even bigger on Indy, even though he’s quite a bit taller. I guess Ami takes it up in width LOL! Anyway, we decided to order one a few inches shorter for Indy, and we now know for SURE he’ll never be able to use DJ’s.
When Karin got here, she finally got to meet Mr. Indy :o) She and her assistant spent a bit of time getting to know him, as well as admiring his beautiful coat. Indy handled the shot like a pro, which is good since I’m going to be the one to give him the second dose in three weeks. UGH! I DO hate giving shots.
It WAS a lovely day, and spending time with Indy and Ami always makes me feel better. And, it was a good thing we took full advantage of yesterday, because today it was back to rain, rain, rain. Not only that tomorrow is supposed to be chilly with scattered FROST tomorrow night. Good grief! I guess I know why Indy and Ami haven’t finished shedding out yet - they still NEED that hair!
Oh yeah - when did the shavings arrive? The same time as Karin, of course.
