Life is like ... a country song

Last week was one of those trying weeks that has you wondering what exactly you did to piss off the universe. Like I told my friends mid-week, it was like I was living a country song.

It started off with a swollen foot that I've been too stubborn to really take care of. It was injured in the Big Bazinga accident and all I can figure is that I twisted it wrong then made the issue worse with lots of walking around at Keeneland during the meet. Because I'm stubborn and don't like to take anything for aches and pains or injuries, it just festered until we got to last weekend. I rested it up, the swelling went down, then after walking miles upon miles yesterday at Rolex, the swelling was back this morning. It's kept me away from jogging, which is a huge stress relief that I need to get back to so I gave in today and am on the ibuprofen plan. 

Luckily for my body (or not so much, depending on how you look at it), I'm accident prone so I know how to take care of this.  I'm just too stubborn to nip problems before they turn into halt activities and rest problems so that's where I'm sitting today. But I should be right as rain in a few days if this is anything like past injuries. 

Since I don't want to make this into a pity party, I'll just say that between the ankle, news of an old pet dying, and not getting into a program I was really hoping to get into, last week sucked.

But it's a new week and I have a plan of attack. I can reapply for the program, so I'm doing that, I'm also going to apply for the Fulbright again since I think my research proposal that I used last time is really important and helps my goal of growing racing and just horse sports in general. 

Both of these are long-term goals that won't take place until the summer/fall of next year if I get in to either one so I have a while to sit and stew on them. In the short term, I'm riding my typical post-Rolex motivation high so poor Vegas is going to get kicked into high gear on the "doing something" front. I've wanted to event for a while now and have set next Spring as our "do or die" deadline on going to a horse trial of some sort. 

Yes, next Spring is a year away so technically that could also be considered a long-term goal but considering neither of us have any idea what we are getting into yet it's a goal that we need to start working on now. First order of business, sucker  pay or talk someone into helping us at least get the basics. At the very least, it will be entertaining to anyone who watches!

On a final note, happy Kentucky Derby week! Don't forget to tune into the race next Saturday and if you need a pick, Samraat and Medal Count both look like they could be big contenders and I believe Dance With Fate is a nice dark horse.

Until next time,
Mel