Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
MIA
I know--I've been MIA from the blogging world for a long time. I really want to keep up with it, and have so much to say, I just haven't had time.
Today is no exception--too busy and stressed to catch up on the past few months.
We've moved in with my parents as we look for a house. While I'm super grateful for that option, it isn't ideal. We don't have our own space, a friend is keeping our cat and we miss him (my parent's cat doesn't like him), our dogs are stressed out, we have no routine, etc.
I was feeling really down about life in general and then we found the perfect house. We'd been looking for months, and I was getting really discouraged. We have a specific set of things we want, a budget (obviously), and nothing was the total package. I don't even think we were being unrealistic, just the market here is super competitive. We put in an offer yesterday, and their realtor KNEW we were putting in an offer, and he didn't wait for us and they accepted an offer before they even reviewed ours. Usually they do a "highest and best" and give us the opportunity to make a better offer (which we would have because we absolutely adored the house), but they didn't, and we lost out.
Now we will be in my parents' house for who knows how long. There are no other houses out there. I am so stressed. I know there are way worse things in life, and I'm lucky to have all the things that I have, but my stress level is so high, so is Jonathan's, and even the dogs don't seem happy.
Today is no exception--too busy and stressed to catch up on the past few months.
We've moved in with my parents as we look for a house. While I'm super grateful for that option, it isn't ideal. We don't have our own space, a friend is keeping our cat and we miss him (my parent's cat doesn't like him), our dogs are stressed out, we have no routine, etc.
I was feeling really down about life in general and then we found the perfect house. We'd been looking for months, and I was getting really discouraged. We have a specific set of things we want, a budget (obviously), and nothing was the total package. I don't even think we were being unrealistic, just the market here is super competitive. We put in an offer yesterday, and their realtor KNEW we were putting in an offer, and he didn't wait for us and they accepted an offer before they even reviewed ours. Usually they do a "highest and best" and give us the opportunity to make a better offer (which we would have because we absolutely adored the house), but they didn't, and we lost out.
Now we will be in my parents' house for who knows how long. There are no other houses out there. I am so stressed. I know there are way worse things in life, and I'm lucky to have all the things that I have, but my stress level is so high, so is Jonathan's, and even the dogs don't seem happy.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Regionals Flop
Well, I'm still not ready to go through our videos from Regionals last weekend. I'm not sure if I'll ever be ready! And I doubt I'll ever share them, either!
I already posted on Facebook, but for those who didn't see, we had the worst weekend we've ever had. I was so disappointed. I would be lying if I said there weren't tears involved as the weekend unfolded. It wasn't that we didn't win, or place, or qualify. It was that we are WAY better than what we showed. We just chose the worst weekend to have the worst weekend.
My frustration and disappointment was compounded because the trial was poorly run, and some of our runs were eliminated due to time (because our team was out of the running for placement). And also because of time, as soon as you took an off course, you had to leave the ring. Multiple times over the course of the weekend we were eliminated in the first few obstacles. So I couldn't even focus on the positive. Usually after an off course you have the opportunity to run the rest of the course--and sometimes those are even the best runs because you aren't worried anymore, you're just running and trying new things. But, we were whistled and had to leave. So the only thing on my mind were mistakes.
On the positive side, my girl is healthy and happy. I always go back to this, but after we found out about her patellas I didn't know if we would get to play together again. And I didn't know if she'd be able to trial, or hold up during a long weekend. But she did--like a champ. She was raring to go on every run, and had a blast doing it (even when I didn't!)
The positives from the weekend were few and far between, but on the first day we did really well.
Masters Gamblers:
The atmosphere was busy, loud, and crowded. But my crazy baby girl held every single one of her contacts until I released her.
Masters Jumpers:
So proud of this run. Lexi won the class across all 16" dogs--and many, many dogs were eliminated. Check her awesome back side of the jump before the tunnel. Good girlie!
I already posted on Facebook, but for those who didn't see, we had the worst weekend we've ever had. I was so disappointed. I would be lying if I said there weren't tears involved as the weekend unfolded. It wasn't that we didn't win, or place, or qualify. It was that we are WAY better than what we showed. We just chose the worst weekend to have the worst weekend.
My frustration and disappointment was compounded because the trial was poorly run, and some of our runs were eliminated due to time (because our team was out of the running for placement). And also because of time, as soon as you took an off course, you had to leave the ring. Multiple times over the course of the weekend we were eliminated in the first few obstacles. So I couldn't even focus on the positive. Usually after an off course you have the opportunity to run the rest of the course--and sometimes those are even the best runs because you aren't worried anymore, you're just running and trying new things. But, we were whistled and had to leave. So the only thing on my mind were mistakes.
On the positive side, my girl is healthy and happy. I always go back to this, but after we found out about her patellas I didn't know if we would get to play together again. And I didn't know if she'd be able to trial, or hold up during a long weekend. But she did--like a champ. She was raring to go on every run, and had a blast doing it (even when I didn't!)
The positives from the weekend were few and far between, but on the first day we did really well.
Masters Gamblers:
The atmosphere was busy, loud, and crowded. But my crazy baby girl held every single one of her contacts until I released her.
Masters Jumpers:
So proud of this run. Lexi won the class across all 16" dogs--and many, many dogs were eliminated. Check her awesome back side of the jump before the tunnel. Good girlie!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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