Non-sequiters.

My horse has a black eye this morning. Ok, so it is just swollen, but it looks like he got into an equine boxing match. The vet is on her way. I get to work from home. And by work, I mean catch up on bills and budgeting, make a shopping list for my spring horse supplies, catch up on e-mails over two pots of coffee, and THEN start to work. I also will miss the lunchtime "weighted workout" that was to follow up "cardio core 'n more." Oh fee.

It is nearly impossible to have enough hours in the day to accomplish all that I have set out to do. I am still doing all of it. I'm learning to live with that.

I had a very challenging day at work yesterday with a minor panic attack, an embarrassing moment on th phone with opposing counsel, conflicting advice from respected attorney friends, and in the end agreed once more with where I'd started (thank you, dear Dad, oh sage and respected attorney, judge, father, friend). Now I have to determine how to support this position in a learned and persuasive way. It is a good mental challenge. I enjoy it. It also makes me enjoy all the more the most basic of tasks that are required of me every morning and every night like clockwork. Feeding, watering, cleaning stalls, and putting each horse where he or she belongs for the day or night. Simple tasks. Concrete results. Routine. I don't know how I would practice law without this grounding. I don't know how I would spend a life with horses without the challenge of a brain-y profession. For this balance, I sacrifice sanity. And yet I also gain it. Hm.

I also sacrifice a clean and tidy house and car! Oh well. Life is too short...

Looking forward to a family birthday party, the "Bowling Ball!", a horse and supply buying trip to NH, egg dyeing, and Easter all in this one little upcoming weekend. Work and mud be damned for a day or two!