I live.

Sorry for the serious lack of posting, everyone. I have been having a series of things pile up here, with family drama, and too many hospital visits. I contracted MRSA two years ago, and it seems to come back once a year at the worst of times. Whilst I am not passing out in showers this year, the petechiae (small blood clots) have returned to my legs to pester and confuse the doctors. If that weren't enough, I fell directly on my neck on asphalt back when I was in college, knocked myself out, memory loss, the whole nine yards. I'd never gotten it looked at as I didn't have insurance then, and since I was planning on going to the doctors, my neck pain decided that it should come too for the holiday season. So with with now-diagnosed bone spurs in my cervical spine, degenerative changes, and a reverse curvature (so far--possible follow up MRIs to come...), sitting on the computer has been far off of my list of things to do. Compounded with the fact that my laptop refuses to hold a charge and the charger is now dead... it makes posting nonexistent.

I seem to be pretty banged up for a 24 year old, but I can still function, I just complain a lot. ;) The animals have all been good, and I believe Odie will be scheduled for the snip-snip time with the vet. He is so good with me and with everyone else, but he has started eating Key for sport. Since I refuse to keep him alone, it will be better for him to be a gelding. A wise horseman once told me, 'A good stallion makes a great gelding.' We have one of our goats pregnant for March I believe, and possibly another if she ever goes into heat!

Plenty of things to keep me busy here, that's for sure. I'm going through physical therapy for my neck, so I'm hoping that once we have this managed again, I can get back to my computer rituals.

I hope everyone has a good holiday, and apologize for being absent for so long. Stay safe!

Happy Holidays!