Been a while

It’s been so long since I wrote anything on this blog post and it’s because my current job as an article writer has been keeping me sooooo busy, together with college and trying to get my high fantasy novel ready for the March submissions to Angry Robot ... well spare time's been hard to come by. I am still straining and going to a lot of shows as well.

Missy's fitness levels are not where I want them to be, but she is looking very good, though perhaps still a bit porky, but I can see her reduction in food has made her trim down a bit. The lunging aid I have started to use is also improving her general way of going and I actually managed to get her to achieve self-carriage in canter during one of our dressage sessions, but doing such thinks at a show is an entirely different and difficult affair with her.

Studying animation is hectic and overwhelming, I must say I am having difficulty keeping up, as the moment I get the hang of one program, we start using another and I forget what I just learnt - I seriously have student brain ...

Now I've review until middle chapter four in my fantasy novel but I need to get to chapter 6 before submission date and I still need to add about 20 000 words to my novel, but since I write about 10 000 a day for work, it should not be too difficult, if I could just get some spare time.

Until I have something meaningful to say - cheers

A weekend away

After the hectic week my family had and our friends family had we decided it would be a good idea just to get away from life for a bit and go to a game farm. I was seriously happy as my hands needed a break from typing! Esther's family owns a game farm neat the Waterberg mountains and we left early on Saturday to go for a visit until Sunday afternoon.

It took us 4 hours to get there! And they told us it would only take at most 2 hours. I didn't believe me when I showed them on my stopwatch and I still think they don't. Belinda, Esther's daugther, said she never realised it took so long and that she will from now on seriously consider not going the next time they visit. I seem to have caused some trouble, oops. But the trip was great, seriously hot, but great. We relaxed in air conditioned rooms, same in a pool and had great food and drinks all the time. My poor sister had to ride in 30 degree heat at 8am and she had such a bad cold after her trip to Ireland - she is currently stuck on the coach in front of the tv trying to recover.

It was really nice to just relax, good company, great and too much food, nice cool drinks, relaxing game drive and comfy beds all added to a enjoyable weekend. Everyone was also relaxing and no one mentioned any of the troubles we had to return to on Sunday evening. Me and Belinda really hit it off and spent most of the time together, we even went on an unsuccessful trip walking through the bosh to find nice tree stumps to take home. Its nice to find someone you click with and her little dog, who usually only pays attention to her and bites anyone who comes close adores me and I am the only one who can pet her when she is sitting on Belinda's lap - I think this made Belinda like me more.

Now back to reality, I am waiting for more writing assignments to come in. Hope they will soon as I hate the waiting game ... until then I think its time for some overdue gardening.

Sleeping giant of the Waterberg