I'm Lazy

What? I am. I just haven't felt like doing squat lately. I have these four beautiful horses who are just plugging around in the pasture and no one is riding them; I think that's my fault. We even got a new saddle yesterday.

Well, I guess part of my problem is that nobody goes out with me and it's lonely by myself. Ben hasn't gone out much at all since he broke his arm a year and a half ago. Mom's knees bother her and Dad has way too much other stuff that he needs to get done. Susannah is usually too busy with whatever chores she hasn't gotten done. My other friends live several miles away and I hate to ask them to spend so much gas. I hate you, gas prices.

I got a new fiddle! This exciting feat happened while I was at the National Oldtime Fiddler's Contest the third week of June. Oh, the sound is so lovable. After trying it out at the shop there, I went to practice my old fiddle and I felt like a beginner; I sounded terrible! We had to get it. It's cool. I even played in the contest the day after we bought it. Oh, and I got 24th place out of 58 contestants in my division. :)

Swim team has officially started. We had our first meet on Tuesday. We won. We usually win because our team is one of the largest in the league. Anyway, I felt so sluggish. After I swam the 100 yard freestyle, I felt like someone had knocked me out. I'm sure that part of the reason that I felt so out of shape was because the pool in which we were swimming forgot and turned on their heater the night before. It felt like bath water; not good for energy levels. We have a home meet today. I'm hoping that I can beat some of my times from last year.

Well, I suppose that I should get off my butt for a change and go do something productive. There's still rotten hay in the barn that needs to be cleaned out so we can put some fresh stuff in it. I also have been so lazy and busy (oxymoron, I know) these last two days that I haven't practiced my fiddle at all. I should be practicing at least three hours a day.... :D