Sheesh! It's been raining for forever down here in Alabama! It's like the rain won't stop! It didn't rain at all yesterday and I thought that was amazing. I went out and rode Deacon seriously for the first time in a good long while. The ground's been WAAAAY too muddy to do anything serious at all. Even in the Dressage arena (where it's mostly sand) it wasn't safe to do anything but some very basic trotting exercises. We got to canter a little yesterday, which was a miracle, and I was really looking forward to being able to jump on Saturday during the lesson but at this rate that's not gonna happen. I doubt we'll even be able to do Dressage. I can't stand this cruddy, unpredictable weather anymore! It's nice in the mornings and horrible in the afternoon or vice versa or just bad all around. I'm not joking, people. I'm not ranting because I can't go ride my horse, I'm ranting because I'm tired to rapid temperature fluxtuations that throw my health and mood completely off course and make me mean and basically not nice to be around. Ya know? I just want a few days where the weather is nice. It's almost Christmas and I don't want to spend Christmas shut up in my house when there's things to do outside (like Bacche Ball or football). Not to mention, this Saturday we're (that is my family and I and my sister's boyfriend) are going to the New Orleans Bowl to cheer on Southern Mississippi (GO GOLD!) and I don't want to be walking around downtown New Orleans at night, in the rain and the cold. Cafe Du Monde looses all its appeal when it's nasty weather as the vast majority of the thing is outside. It's covered, yes, but it is also open, like sitting in a car port or summat. Do you see WHY the weather can affect me so? It ruins things! FUN THINGS! RAWR!

Which also explains my lack of artistic interest in anything recently.... Ah well, enough complaining, sorry to waste your time with my ranting. I just had to talk about it. Have a good (insert holiday of choice here {in my case it's Christmas}) and a happy New Year!

~Danbamina