J has just left for the airport and im feelin the loss already...its going to be a weird couple of days methinks.
Anyhow to recap, Sunday was Js last night in Eitental ..the end of things really rolls on fast! Unfortunately it was a weird morning...we both thought each other were in grumpy moods, perplexing because neither of us were, perhaps the bad vibes came from the whole leaving sensations ...no reasons to be fed up, unless i was subconsciously forseeing trials and tribulations for the next few days as the sole helper; before G has to go it alone until the next one.. maybe thats what had me jaded.
Nevertheless we had an undarkened ride, jaunting along on Barrack and Gnome...i think J was pining to be on Creo ...but she got a good gallop from the former whilst i struggled on my mount stuck between the slow ones, Ah well you cant win them all!
Afterwards G vanished for a lie down so we decided it would be the perfect time for a last SAUNA which unstiffend the sinews and sweetened us for the gauntlet of culinary concoctions et al for the last supper . Although J was a little stressed about the preparations..G laughed as she saw her pace up and down from the window...I felt chilledout about the whole thing, i reckon that was because B did the stables at 2pm! Simple things huh --cos it meant a lesiurly evening body and soul!!
Hunted high n low for all sorts of dishes and salad bowls and ...ooh we found Ws liquor cabinet!!! I tried to give J some space in the kitchen so she could do her thing as i worked at a pièce de résistance with the dining table for 12. There was plenty of food and i put out enough bread to feed 5000, Hm cooked a soup for the starter, though she didnt turn up to taste it herself poor thing, must have tired her out!
E and H arrived with PRESENTS! a bottle of very good sect, some chocolate bars...can never fail with either :p and a special gift for us each...a hanging er something i forget what she called it in Austrian..the type you can put up at the window, or decorate the christmas tree....mine was circular with a girl holding a candle...actually looked like J hehe so i can put her in my pocket then lol ....with PEACE in different langs around the edge ...i recognised Finnish..Rauha!
The dinner was a triumph, everyone turned up and everyone licked their plates clean! My only quandary was being stuck on the corner of the table between H (okay so he cant speak much english) and W who were making a brisk and loud conversation in German, totally ignoring me ..in fact it was German and Spanish going round the whole table ..(J practicising with HandJ over the rubicon) ..at first i tried to isolate the words maybe recognised the words but then i gave up a tad peeved ...G noticed i had finished and made me start to clear everyones plates away ...well at least i got to run out into the fresh night air.
Our dish of the day was PEET-ZUH with a load of random toppings we bunged on. ...I tried rid my blasé self with some beer ...hooo wheaty SNEEZES...W never opened that bottle of champers ...though another sect bottle made an appearance so that brighten things...then i dashed off again to sort the pudding out and load the dishwasher, gahhh!
Later we presented G with a mini montage of pics, and J wrote an awesome poem about Gs camel farm which went down exceedingly well !!! Plus she finished off the manual for the rest of the helpers which had gotta be BIG HELP..i was soo lucky J was here to induct me into everything...
Nearly forgot where i was this morning; followed by lack of tolling bells...awkward start to the day without them...hmmm counting down the days when i dont have to be up at 6am 24\7 ... ahhh And shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to school...
Broke fast over a sea of glasses.....thats the trouble with cooking for a dinnerparty, you have to face the washing aftermath!! .....We searched in vain for that chocolate cake that we saved from the nightbefore, ..core, bamboozled by people who are supposed to be on a diet!!
Both J and I had been looking forward to one last ride ...J still aching to ride her baby, Creo...to our dismay however plans changed again and J had to whizz off very suddenly. I hate goodbyes. Fullstop. I was soo happy to find her at the camel farm , we get on quite well considering my calamatious antics ...maybe we will have a reunion in Oz or backing in a summery Wachau where we dont have to get up at the crack of dawn! WHO KNOWS!....i went back to the room looking around forlornly then headed on down to the office to ask G about this horse ride ! ... hehe
As it turned out she had to drive off somewhere but decided to wait whilst she let me loose on Creo in the deer park HAPPY HAPPY!! this horse can be soo laid back it really makes for an enjoyable ride under blue skies...FEELING GOOD...to have plenty of cantering on the straight stretches ..even though G told me to take it slow hehehe....Creo heaved a big sigh when we came back and guzzled down water to his hearts content...I could have easily ridden twice more! Oh and Mustafa made me burst into a fit of giggles when he startled from drinking, shook his head, muzzzle going blaaarrggghhhaarggle with droplets of water and foam which he then wiped on Halefs coat ...naughty or what !!! Actually being precise and deliberate about it !!
Only a small palava later, a pipe had burst outside the camel stables, they were all huddled inside, making growly moans ! Hmmm only 4 more day left ...must get organised ...my previous host had to cancel on me (Germany) but i managed to find another place, although its far north near Hamburg i think..so im hoping to CS in Munich ...got my Salzburg one sorted btw whoop!
Oh and i scored a slice of cake which appeared in the factory today...and they left overnight...silly silly!
hehe right bedtime...in a strange quiet room
Monday, 28 February 2011
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Day 25..Hei Big Spender!..
HELLUVA NIGHT!!
Where O where shall i start....right ok THE PROLOGUE....damn really should go to bed, im like a walking zombie from being a dirty stopout since 5hrs ago....anyway it came to pass that Freitag was another polarific morning and further stable stunts. Right after breaky G let us go riding ..just the two of us!! WOW ..on Creo and Barrack, J led the way up the mountain ..literally backcountry style, screw the trail lets go up this hill wooop! well im all for the road less travelled. This time we were equipped with 2pairs of gloves but not enough socks, poor little toeses. Barrack also decided to throw in a couple of sneaky bucks as we cantered along frozen leafy mud, I gotta admit that had me on tenterhooks for the rest of the ride, cursing silently, not to be hurled into a tree or down the cliff ! But it was smooth, and made a nice change to go our own pace.
Bit of a palava back at the ranch, J noticed Wolga shivering so G whips out the ole thermometer and proceeders to show us how to check for fever, yep that would be wriggle the tiny themo up the horses ass like so, oh wait, some spittle to lube it up....wonderful . Vet was called out...J had to check twice more Wolgas temp...tehehe. G kept trying to find us things to do, J responds with 'how about EAT lunch..' which we had been tending to when the vet came. :p
Pottered around in the factory for a while singing out of tune..earphones in...as we toiled with the elastics ....whence we took prize of a few hosenträgers...braces...for Js last night out ..farewell party..sniffle...IT WAS AWESOME ...I had lime green NEON, J had purple/black/green stripe..and we sorted out a pair for Jk..bright pink ! and her sister..cute red ones!! Time for dressing up and having fun!! :D
Began the evening with dinner invitation to Es where she made another deliciously divine meal...ooo soo good ..we of course polished it off with titillating tastebuds..plus many glasses of sect ...and chocolate dessert Austrian style. They are such a lovely couple, and i think its such a blessing that they have been together 40yrs since 16yrs old! E offered her apartments to us to stay freely if we ever came back for a visit...which we definitely will, especially to see the Wachau blossoming in summer!
G drove us to Johnnies bar, where Jk had got all the people we had met together and we whipped out the hosentragen to much delight! After a few drinks there, it was time to hit the Roadhouse...Americanish rock bar, barn ...although it was crammed with emo teenie boppers...or rather not so bopping haha ,,just standing around trying to look cool drinking coke ... we all cleared a nice space once we started to boogie snapping our fandangle braces ....really let my hair down which havent done for a while, felt good...until ...sheesh i have such broken elegance to fall on my ass again CRINGE J tried to drag me off the floor to no avail lol, W finally hefted me up under the shoulders ...QUICK to the bar ..nothing happened ..just checking the gravity ya know! ....oooh tequila...
Next stop..Friends ...yep i made it this time, and i was super impressed how i at least managed to keep standing..from the drink anyway, considering the varity we consumed ...sect, spritzer, a beer, tequila, random bloody mary shots, and somebody kept buying redbull and vodka.... Friends was a big discotech deal ..lots of jiving to be had, we attracted a lot of attention with our sexy hosentrager ....(we are bringing back the fashion! )...which equalled free drinks ....! ?Dancing on the tabletops and much much fun ..topped off with a small drama on the way home ....no no that was not when i cantankerously fell on my face in the middle of the road ..what an oaf and i was actually thinking, hey i havent falle---WHACK! ...
.The other fiasco was a 'did you steal my bf?' conundrum between J and D .soo another awkward ending, driving home with j in the front...possibly passed out...and D sobbing and yelling in Austrian, poor girl..but possibly a good jolt in hindsight since her bf has a reputation to be loose.as jk told me. J felt totally shit the next day, it didnt help that she couldnt remember much, but shes not the type of girl to sleep with anothers bf even if she does find him hot, luckily it seems everything has sorted itself out..she didnt burn her hosentrager lol thus not a tainted end to the night.
HAHAHA i say ''night'', by the time they dropped us off and we made hugss and apologies, it was 4.40AM!! J ran for her bed whilst i thought ...feel free to shoot me....it was too little hrs for sleep and i knew i would feel worse having to climb out from a stupor!! I flew to the kitchen, like you do when your not far off from being trashed, in control of most of ones faculites...except for gravity maybe.. anyhow i gobbled down bread mit jam, made a brew and spent the wee hours surfing the net, actually i proabably passed out at some point....Then i stumbled back to the room, about to drop into bed which didnt happen as a heard the bells tolling.. forbbidding my desires for Zzzzz. Those camels have never moved so fast when i came hurtling round the corner ..whooosh one stable down, zooom 5 horses fed, i bumped into a startled J who was even more startled than i had everything going !! I held of bed for another half hour or so as we had breakfast and i charged to the showerroom...ICK hair stinking of smoke, which smelt like it was rising off in fumes when i turned the water on it! There all clean and hydrated, going to hit the......
Sometime later...the sun is shining through the window and J knocks on door asking if i want to go for a ride? At first i mumbled No ...too cosy, but the sun kept tempting me until i pulled myself back into jods. I was particularly grumpy after having just woken and got myself into a pickle over Barrack, dreading a buck. Stupid. Took me ages to saddle him, as i pondered in the tack room, until i came to the decision that i was being foolish and would regret not going out on such a nice day. Great ride of course...chillout time between evening work..J made some tasty soup..and then i went to bed at about 7pm! haha
GOOD TIMES
Where O where shall i start....right ok THE PROLOGUE....damn really should go to bed, im like a walking zombie from being a dirty stopout since 5hrs ago....anyway it came to pass that Freitag was another polarific morning and further stable stunts. Right after breaky G let us go riding ..just the two of us!! WOW ..on Creo and Barrack, J led the way up the mountain ..literally backcountry style, screw the trail lets go up this hill wooop! well im all for the road less travelled. This time we were equipped with 2pairs of gloves but not enough socks, poor little toeses. Barrack also decided to throw in a couple of sneaky bucks as we cantered along frozen leafy mud, I gotta admit that had me on tenterhooks for the rest of the ride, cursing silently, not to be hurled into a tree or down the cliff ! But it was smooth, and made a nice change to go our own pace.
Bit of a palava back at the ranch, J noticed Wolga shivering so G whips out the ole thermometer and proceeders to show us how to check for fever, yep that would be wriggle the tiny themo up the horses ass like so, oh wait, some spittle to lube it up....wonderful . Vet was called out...J had to check twice more Wolgas temp...tehehe. G kept trying to find us things to do, J responds with 'how about EAT lunch..' which we had been tending to when the vet came. :p
Pottered around in the factory for a while singing out of tune..earphones in...as we toiled with the elastics ....whence we took prize of a few hosenträgers...braces...for Js last night out ..farewell party..sniffle...IT WAS AWESOME ...I had lime green NEON, J had purple/black/green stripe..and we sorted out a pair for Jk..bright pink ! and her sister..cute red ones!! Time for dressing up and having fun!! :D
Began the evening with dinner invitation to Es where she made another deliciously divine meal...ooo soo good ..we of course polished it off with titillating tastebuds..plus many glasses of sect ...and chocolate dessert Austrian style. They are such a lovely couple, and i think its such a blessing that they have been together 40yrs since 16yrs old! E offered her apartments to us to stay freely if we ever came back for a visit...which we definitely will, especially to see the Wachau blossoming in summer!
G drove us to Johnnies bar, where Jk had got all the people we had met together and we whipped out the hosentragen to much delight! After a few drinks there, it was time to hit the Roadhouse...Americanish rock bar, barn ...although it was crammed with emo teenie boppers...or rather not so bopping haha ,,just standing around trying to look cool drinking coke ... we all cleared a nice space once we started to boogie snapping our fandangle braces ....really let my hair down which havent done for a while, felt good...until ...sheesh i have such broken elegance to fall on my ass again CRINGE J tried to drag me off the floor to no avail lol, W finally hefted me up under the shoulders ...QUICK to the bar ..nothing happened ..just checking the gravity ya know! ....oooh tequila...
Next stop..Friends ...yep i made it this time, and i was super impressed how i at least managed to keep standing..from the drink anyway, considering the varity we consumed ...sect, spritzer, a beer, tequila, random bloody mary shots, and somebody kept buying redbull and vodka.... Friends was a big discotech deal ..lots of jiving to be had, we attracted a lot of attention with our sexy hosentrager ....(we are bringing back the fashion! )...which equalled free drinks ....! ?Dancing on the tabletops and much much fun ..topped off with a small drama on the way home ....no no that was not when i cantankerously fell on my face in the middle of the road ..what an oaf and i was actually thinking, hey i havent falle---WHACK! ...
.The other fiasco was a 'did you steal my bf?' conundrum between J and D .soo another awkward ending, driving home with j in the front...possibly passed out...and D sobbing and yelling in Austrian, poor girl..but possibly a good jolt in hindsight since her bf has a reputation to be loose.as jk told me. J felt totally shit the next day, it didnt help that she couldnt remember much, but shes not the type of girl to sleep with anothers bf even if she does find him hot, luckily it seems everything has sorted itself out..she didnt burn her hosentrager lol thus not a tainted end to the night.
Sometime later...the sun is shining through the window and J knocks on door asking if i want to go for a ride? At first i mumbled No ...too cosy, but the sun kept tempting me until i pulled myself back into jods. I was particularly grumpy after having just woken and got myself into a pickle over Barrack, dreading a buck. Stupid. Took me ages to saddle him, as i pondered in the tack room, until i came to the decision that i was being foolish and would regret not going out on such a nice day. Great ride of course...chillout time between evening work..J made some tasty soup..and then i went to bed at about 7pm! haha
GOOD TIMES
Friday, 25 February 2011
Day 23...Arctic Atoms...
Thursday 24
Another glacial essence to the rise and shine ...greeting the stratospheric icebox outside which takes our noses hostage ! Definitely in minus DOUBLE FIGURES today. Exchanged routines this morning..I ventured to take another stab at wrangling the camels alone..J kept an eye on me of course...they responded pretty well, though I reckon half of that was because I faffed about so long they got fed up and went to stand in alotted feeding places...can hear collective sighs of Food Girl, Food!! J said it went all smooth and groovy...lets hope i can keep it up, I certainly dont want a chunk out of me as a souvenir!
E picked us up 8.30 sharp....damn it was cold, her car thermo read -10...no wonder my legs were fading into numbness out in the paddock! Anyway we volunteered to accompany E to the English class she teaches..(for J it was the second time) luckily G let me go, earlier in the week she was quite strict, telling E she could have both. The lesson was packed, about a dozen or so ...we spoke a little about ourselves, and heard about them too...then we all strolled down to Cafe Melk...J and I getting sidetracked by SALE boots...chatted some more and were treated to CAKE, alota people have fairly big gardens down in the Wachau ..with orchards and honey bees ...one of the pupils actually dashed off home and brought us back a pot of apricot jam (i think) HOMEMADE!
H collected us and we all took a diversion back to that trendy boutique, having fun trying on all the random items ..but we were good and didnt spend our money!! ..more for beer ..
Shopping time Wooo ... grabbed some ingredients for a pizza gigantica on sunday ..a farewell meal for J ..and W has promised to crack open a bottle of champers !
Another glacial essence to the rise and shine ...greeting the stratospheric icebox outside which takes our noses hostage ! Definitely in minus DOUBLE FIGURES today. Exchanged routines this morning..I ventured to take another stab at wrangling the camels alone..J kept an eye on me of course...they responded pretty well, though I reckon half of that was because I faffed about so long they got fed up and went to stand in alotted feeding places...can hear collective sighs of Food Girl, Food!! J said it went all smooth and groovy...lets hope i can keep it up, I certainly dont want a chunk out of me as a souvenir!
E picked us up 8.30 sharp....damn it was cold, her car thermo read -10...no wonder my legs were fading into numbness out in the paddock! Anyway we volunteered to accompany E to the English class she teaches..(for J it was the second time) luckily G let me go, earlier in the week she was quite strict, telling E she could have both. The lesson was packed, about a dozen or so ...we spoke a little about ourselves, and heard about them too...then we all strolled down to Cafe Melk...J and I getting sidetracked by SALE boots...chatted some more and were treated to CAKE, alota people have fairly big gardens down in the Wachau ..with orchards and honey bees ...one of the pupils actually dashed off home and brought us back a pot of apricot jam (i think) HOMEMADE!
H collected us and we all took a diversion back to that trendy boutique, having fun trying on all the random items ..but we were good and didnt spend our money!! ..more for beer ..
Shopping time Wooo ... grabbed some ingredients for a pizza gigantica on sunday ..a farewell meal for J ..and W has promised to crack open a bottle of champers !
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Day 22...Mohnkuchen...mmm
Two afternoon rides came our way, with B.....G stayed to hibernate in her room, which was unusal, cant say i blame her though and she didnt miss anything because it was pretty darn cold outside! DIVINE Snow kissed ride with Barrack..watching the glowing peachy sky between the silent bare trees....come back to me sun!!!ahhhhhhh Think the last rays were glinting in J and I's yearning eyes...back to the yard for a swift swap of mounts...Optima ...a tad awkward generally but we got some brilliant gallops once i decided to hold her back as the others went round the corner, she even took half a branch on the ground as a mini jump WOO .....unfortunately it dramatically dropped a couple of degrees on the second round, cause for another pair of gloves as fingers disappear into numbness. I got a shock when i jumped off to the hard ground with frozen toeses :p
We plunged into the stables with extra haste, not only because of the biting dusk but we could also smell delicious roasting aromas coming from the kitchen ..'looks like chicken tonight' J whispers..slight false hope there...since W ate most of it...I watched him whilst shovelling rock hard camel poo, devouring some steaming grub .....felt like a little frost bitten orphan from Oliver Twist haha.
Rushed inside and managed to rustle up a few veges to go with the 3 potatoes and the last chunk of deer meat ...weaving in the midst of W and B ensconced at the table of the tiny kitchen ...sooo couldnt wait to getoutathere!! we set up the mess in the dining room with those stuffed rams for company...also musing over that MANGO they had decimated as we cooked, why are you peeling it!! gah, heathens ! :p
J pondered whether W had ever cooked for himself or even cleaned up, her words never became truer when he asked me whats in that plastic bottle on the draining board (i guess he thought it was some special drink ) ...'This..no, its washing up liquid. !
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Day 21 Elastastic...
Brrrrrr! Yesterday's bestowal of a cheery warming sunset was an ephemeral glory....my radiator packed up during the night..OOH NOO.. thus I awoke to a refridgerator room which made getting up alot harder! Outside it must have been at least -2, okay it doesnt sound that bad ,but this was an especially raw glacial cold...with snowy wafers gracing the air every now and again. I was properly cocooned with godknows how many layers, a head buff, big fluffy scarf...which stayed throughout the mornings toils. Ahhh it was soo crackerjacking super to finish before 8am ...i hope i can beat the the time down when im on me onesy next week! In 6 days J will be living it up in Rio ..CARNIVAL..im pretty jealous :p it will be like getting off the plane into a sauna complete with beach and cocktails !
The breezy call of morning wasnt over yet ..busy busy ...G told us M, her nephew wanted us in the factory ..(back to the salt mines :p ) to help out with some random production involving the elastics to go inside machinery, (one job was to cut the right length and burn the ends, other was to loop ends with bolts ), we made 20 trials of those so M could see if our work was up to snuff....I got there eventually...
Afterwards we got to hop on the horses and take the camels....ok bye bye camels...back in the yard we switched steeds - first time on Creo..Native American spotted apoloosa breed - and we took off to find the camels again. Mini adventure on the return ..only 9/10 camels ....Sky managed to get himself stuck in deer labyrinth, silly bugger obviously too busy munching to notice the herd disappear...anyway we rode to the paddock to get the rest in the pen leaving Sky pacing up and down in frustration. Then just a small cafuffle upon opening the gate, untill he galloped off home ..in the right direction.
.....Stomaches Grumble....M wondered if we'd be doing anymore handywork with the elastics ...umm not yet, we had more important things to do..EAT! haha....On that note we feasted on crossiants, a cinnamon swirl and a little cake with an interesting poppy seed mix stuffed inside. Mmmm
Later on we had an industrious hour with the elastics whilst blasting music in the empty factory...also took a tour of the hundreds of rolls with various patterns..horses, harleys..beer..funky neon colours...got my eve on a couple :p
The English lesson group is coming to Gs tomorrow, be nice if we get to join in again....also got my couch surfin host sorted ..weeyhey, should be good fun..cant wait until the last weekend !
The breezy call of morning wasnt over yet ..busy busy ...G told us M, her nephew wanted us in the factory ..(back to the salt mines :p ) to help out with some random production involving the elastics to go inside machinery, (one job was to cut the right length and burn the ends, other was to loop ends with bolts ), we made 20 trials of those so M could see if our work was up to snuff....I got there eventually...
Afterwards we got to hop on the horses and take the camels....ok bye bye camels...back in the yard we switched steeds - first time on Creo..Native American spotted apoloosa breed - and we took off to find the camels again. Mini adventure on the return ..only 9/10 camels ....Sky managed to get himself stuck in deer labyrinth, silly bugger obviously too busy munching to notice the herd disappear...anyway we rode to the paddock to get the rest in the pen leaving Sky pacing up and down in frustration. Then just a small cafuffle upon opening the gate, untill he galloped off home ..in the right direction.
.....Stomaches Grumble....M wondered if we'd be doing anymore handywork with the elastics ...umm not yet, we had more important things to do..EAT! haha....On that note we feasted on crossiants, a cinnamon swirl and a little cake with an interesting poppy seed mix stuffed inside. Mmmm
Later on we had an industrious hour with the elastics whilst blasting music in the empty factory...also took a tour of the hundreds of rolls with various patterns..horses, harleys..beer..funky neon colours...got my eve on a couple :p
The English lesson group is coming to Gs tomorrow, be nice if we get to join in again....also got my couch surfin host sorted ..weeyhey, should be good fun..cant wait until the last weekend !
Monday, 21 February 2011
Day 20..Magic Pills..
Monday 21
Caravan HO!
G produced some plant alchemy after i spent a loooong time in the shower harhahar untill my skin was red!
There was some kind of cream, I guess akin to Savlon and a mini bottle of tiiny white pills ...take 3 every hour...apparently it helps with the shock ...and other stuff. I mused about heavy duty pain killers ..or a bottle of RUM..
Well whatdoyaknow... IT WORKED. I'm still feeling bruised and battered but not as painfully stiff as i thought it was going to be. The night was awkward and i woke up early to the sound of pattering feet in the walls ...I say in the walls because I scanned the rooms, besides we live at the top of the house by the stairs so it cant possibly be the dog....oohherrr rats and mice and all tails nice..EEK...literally :p
Made it through the morning ...thinking i could do with a back massage...I got a little grumpy at some points watching the sun rise higher....(oo there was a freakish misty moon before dawn shrouded in a glowing aura, felt like i should have been in a fairytale)....then checking the watch to see it tick past nine only to remember that i hadnt done the flipping stables yet! G asked me if i wanted to ride a camel...hmm bit dubious about that, for today at least i would rather recouperate ..or ride a horse...but I WILL ride a camel again.
Now G is driving to Germany, said she'd be back in evening....plenty of time to rest then ...J should return this afternoon..hopefully we'll go with H to the market..all food wiped off the map..particularly bread...although there is a black bin bag of loaves outside the kitchen wtf?..Should ask somebody about that.
Right camels want hay..and i want bed after! Over and OUT!
J hath returned! Woop! I left her a pile of poop in Optimas stable as a welcome home present :p ..by accident you know! Lovvee it : ''Well you just plum forgot!!'' - Where on earth is she getting all these phrases haha too much Jeeves and Wooster!
Afternoon stables were a piece of cake once again ...and the sun peaked over the top of the valley ..ahhh so not a bad weekend really ..it was nice to be my own boss, as it were...but two is definitely better.
G produced some plant alchemy after i spent a loooong time in the shower harhahar untill my skin was red!
There was some kind of cream, I guess akin to Savlon and a mini bottle of tiiny white pills ...take 3 every hour...apparently it helps with the shock ...and other stuff. I mused about heavy duty pain killers ..or a bottle of RUM..
Well whatdoyaknow... IT WORKED. I'm still feeling bruised and battered but not as painfully stiff as i thought it was going to be. The night was awkward and i woke up early to the sound of pattering feet in the walls ...I say in the walls because I scanned the rooms, besides we live at the top of the house by the stairs so it cant possibly be the dog....oohherrr rats and mice and all tails nice..EEK...literally :p
Made it through the morning ...thinking i could do with a back massage...I got a little grumpy at some points watching the sun rise higher....(oo there was a freakish misty moon before dawn shrouded in a glowing aura, felt like i should have been in a fairytale)....then checking the watch to see it tick past nine only to remember that i hadnt done the flipping stables yet! G asked me if i wanted to ride a camel...hmm bit dubious about that, for today at least i would rather recouperate ..or ride a horse...but I WILL ride a camel again.
Now G is driving to Germany, said she'd be back in evening....plenty of time to rest then ...J should return this afternoon..hopefully we'll go with H to the market..all food wiped off the map..particularly bread...although there is a black bin bag of loaves outside the kitchen wtf?..Should ask somebody about that.
Right camels want hay..and i want bed after! Over and OUT!
J hath returned! Woop! I left her a pile of poop in Optimas stable as a welcome home present :p ..by accident you know! Lovvee it : ''Well you just plum forgot!!'' - Where on earth is she getting all these phrases haha too much Jeeves and Wooster!
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Day 19...The First Battle..
It was mighty strange going to bed and getting up without J to share early morning grumbles with. I was tossing and turning before the alarm went off having nightmares of how i might easily screw up my work being the sole helper. Feeding the horses was okay, although I need to remember a deft hand to slug their oats into the troughs as I got an impatient head butt from Barrack which smattered a handful over the side ..well it was his breakfast not mine! :p
Moving the camels was almost effortless if it hadn't had been for Halef, the stubborn son of a gun DELIBERATELY took a 15 minute piss just to slow me down and wreck my routine! All i could do was seethe as he stared haughtly over his humps, very much mocking me chewing on an old bit of hay. Not long after I'd finally got stuck into shifting those flying poo balls, G came out and brought the camels into the yard to show me how to collar and tie them up. This was good to learn..Mustafa is the one to keep an eye on since he's the stallion baby....poor Halef puts on a ruse of Mr Tough Guy because he needs to save face to avoid getting bullied ..awww.
The camels are such funny creatures, its quite adorable when they dance about like theres hot coals on the ground and the way Halef poked his head around the bottom of the barn door reminded me of the dinosaurs in Jurassic park ..those Velociraptors in the kichen !!
Anyhow it was 9am when i eventually sat down to breakfast, a full hour later than when there is two of us! Shoved the horses into the field, swept the yard - Hurculean misson! G asked if i wanted to join her at the riding stables but I really could not be bothered after such a long morning. I might have been... if given the chance to join in their jumping lesson.....though i'm promised a horseback ride this afternoon...
Much later.....G rang after lunch, told me to bring all the horses in ready to saddle up 2.30. I hot foot it to the paddock..cue crazy herd of mud encrusted beasts coming my way...ahhhhh...arrgg the grubby buggers took me ages to clean up! A few more people arrived with G ...I got to tuck into some cake by the way...damn im such a glutton :p Anyhow we got a mini caravan going with 3 camels ..this time i was on Mustafa..he looks smaller than Halef but his humps sit higher ...I could have been on an elephant for all i knew!
Off we go...up a small gravelly path to the deer park where Mustafa decides to go LIMBO WILD ..typically at that precise moment i was taking the chance of shortening the reins.. HENCE no hands on the saddle holds...brilliant. Why is it always me ?? I can hear G shouting in slow motion Hooollllddd Onnn...
Whatthefuck I'm on a freakin camel wriggling like a woooormmmmmmm! arrrr SLIIIDDDINNGGG DOWWWN...the grey earth rushes up to meet me. THWACK! Shit that was a big drop!
There we go i did it again! Luckily no bones broken, my insides are completely shook up though..hurting right now...aww im gona have some nasty bruises....Later i found out mustafa was actually starting to gallop..they naturally undulate...thanks for the heads up. ...New resolution..Be prepared!!! So well done there...thats the second time i have fallen off in a month.
I got back on of course....thats a rule i've learnt, always get back on, if you dont.. fear will find you.....nothing can stop wounded pride however..which smarts like hell! I'm an epic fool in the making! Never known myself to be soo acident prone ...I have to admit i was a litte scared when we trotted and went down hill on the camels, Halef has a nice dip in the middle of his humps to feel secure on..
Mustafa..sitting on the edge of a cliff....AND I've never been so relieved to get back after a ride..teriffically embarassed, however I felt somewhat better when the girls told me they had fallen off plenty of times on the other camels. Good I felt less like a blundering nincompoop!
We hopped on the horses for another lap about deer mountain ...they forgot about me!!!! The horrors!! On the other hand it gave me the excuse to gallop after them on Gnome! Waaahoooo! Gnome was extremely skittsh and lively, thankfully he's not a go happy buckeroo like Barrack. Weirdly i felt nice and safe at manic full pelt ..which we got to do a fair amount of ..BIG SMILE!
Followed by another cheesy grin as B had done the camel stables...I made it through the eventide feeding with my poor aching side...really gona feel it tomorrow!
Methinks its time for a hot shower before slumping into bed ....if i can get out of this chair that it....
Moving the camels was almost effortless if it hadn't had been for Halef, the stubborn son of a gun DELIBERATELY took a 15 minute piss just to slow me down and wreck my routine! All i could do was seethe as he stared haughtly over his humps, very much mocking me chewing on an old bit of hay. Not long after I'd finally got stuck into shifting those flying poo balls, G came out and brought the camels into the yard to show me how to collar and tie them up. This was good to learn..Mustafa is the one to keep an eye on since he's the stallion baby....poor Halef puts on a ruse of Mr Tough Guy because he needs to save face to avoid getting bullied ..awww.
The camels are such funny creatures, its quite adorable when they dance about like theres hot coals on the ground and the way Halef poked his head around the bottom of the barn door reminded me of the dinosaurs in Jurassic park ..those Velociraptors in the kichen !!
Anyhow it was 9am when i eventually sat down to breakfast, a full hour later than when there is two of us! Shoved the horses into the field, swept the yard - Hurculean misson! G asked if i wanted to join her at the riding stables but I really could not be bothered after such a long morning. I might have been... if given the chance to join in their jumping lesson.....though i'm promised a horseback ride this afternoon...
Much later.....G rang after lunch, told me to bring all the horses in ready to saddle up 2.30. I hot foot it to the paddock..cue crazy herd of mud encrusted beasts coming my way...ahhhhh...arrgg the grubby buggers took me ages to clean up! A few more people arrived with G ...I got to tuck into some cake by the way...damn im such a glutton :p Anyhow we got a mini caravan going with 3 camels ..this time i was on Mustafa..he looks smaller than Halef but his humps sit higher ...I could have been on an elephant for all i knew!
Off we go...up a small gravelly path to the deer park where Mustafa decides to go LIMBO WILD ..typically at that precise moment i was taking the chance of shortening the reins.. HENCE no hands on the saddle holds...brilliant. Why is it always me ?? I can hear G shouting in slow motion Hooollllddd Onnn...
Whatthefuck I'm on a freakin camel wriggling like a woooormmmmmmm! arrrr SLIIIDDDINNGGG DOWWWN...the grey earth rushes up to meet me. THWACK! Shit that was a big drop!
There we go i did it again! Luckily no bones broken, my insides are completely shook up though..hurting right now...aww im gona have some nasty bruises....Later i found out mustafa was actually starting to gallop..they naturally undulate...thanks for the heads up. ...New resolution..Be prepared!!! So well done there...thats the second time i have fallen off in a month.
I got back on of course....thats a rule i've learnt, always get back on, if you dont.. fear will find you.....nothing can stop wounded pride however..which smarts like hell! I'm an epic fool in the making! Never known myself to be soo acident prone ...I have to admit i was a litte scared when we trotted and went down hill on the camels, Halef has a nice dip in the middle of his humps to feel secure on..
Mustafa..sitting on the edge of a cliff....AND I've never been so relieved to get back after a ride..teriffically embarassed, however I felt somewhat better when the girls told me they had fallen off plenty of times on the other camels. Good I felt less like a blundering nincompoop!
We hopped on the horses for another lap about deer mountain ...they forgot about me!!!! The horrors!! On the other hand it gave me the excuse to gallop after them on Gnome! Waaahoooo! Gnome was extremely skittsh and lively, thankfully he's not a go happy buckeroo like Barrack. Weirdly i felt nice and safe at manic full pelt ..which we got to do a fair amount of ..BIG SMILE!
Followed by another cheesy grin as B had done the camel stables...I made it through the eventide feeding with my poor aching side...really gona feel it tomorrow!
Methinks its time for a hot shower before slumping into bed ....if i can get out of this chair that it....
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