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February 17-26 I was sick with the same illness I had in December. Yet again. Not fun. This time I saw my doctor (instead of the nurse practitioner). She said I had an upper respiratory viral infection along with bronchitis and a secondary sinus infection. She basically ordered me to bed until the following Monday.

I hate being stuck at home and not being able to get anything done. It feels like time wasted, you know? I ended up sleeping most of the time and realizing just how many things around the house needed to be done… and resisted doing them.

The doctor put me on Zithromax, a powerful antibiotic. That stuff really messed with my system. I had the runs the entire time I was on it. Here it is, two weeks later, and I’m still having issues from having been on the stuff. It did kick the sinus infection out of my system. I’m not sure what’s worse: the treatment or the illness. I’d almost rather have the sinus infection right now.

Only Horse People:

• Believe in the 11th Commandment: Inside leg to outside rein.
• Know that all topical medications come in either indelible blue or neon
• yellow.
• Think nothing of eating a sandwich after mucking out stables.
• Know why a thermometer has a yard of yarn attached to one end of it.
• Are banned from Laundromats.
• Fail to associate whips, chains and leather with sexual deviancy.
• Can magically lower their voices five octaves to bellow at a pawing horse.
• Have a language all their own (“If he pops his shoulder, I have to close that hand and keep pushing with my seat in case he sucks back.”)
• Will end relationships over their hobby.

• Cluck to their cars to help them up hills.
• Insure their horses for more than their cars.
• Will give you 20 names and reasons for that bump on your horse.
• Know more about their horse’s nutrition than their own.
• Have neatsfoot oil stains on the carpet right next to the TV. (And I thought I was the only one!)
• Have a vocabulary that can make a sailor blush.
• Have less wardrobe than their horse.
• Engage in a hobby that is more work than their day job.
• Know that mucking stalls is better then Zoloft any day.