Buried to my Eyeballs

I am so far behind, I don't know if I'll ever be able to catch up. The paying job has me so buried that I can't even see the light of day right now. I'm hoping it'll get better but I don't know. I guess that's why there's been such a lack of posts as of late. No time to get anything done outside of the paying job.

And to add to the frustrations, my son caught a stomach bug and was sicker than a dog last night and today. So now there's my son getting better, a horse in heart failure, and our beta fish is constipated. I didn't even know a fish could get backed up! So now I need to figure out how to make everyone feel better and yet there's no time to run to the store.

We had that terrible snow storm blow through Monday. Luckily I stayed home. But the problem with living in the country and working in the country, is that I'm not anywhere near a store to swing by and pick stuff up. So that adds a layer of difficulty.

I know I'm just dumping on everyone here tonight but it's been a long and stressful 24 hours. Well, make that week. When it's Wednesday evening and I took today off to take care of my son and I'm already ahead in hours at work, that sort of says something. It says that the paying job hasnt' left me with any time to do anything with the Sanctuary other than to feed and water the horses.

I had to move Bo to the back pen yesterday because the wind was coming right into his pen. He's not thrilled with being there either. But I can't put him in with the big herd. He's still not completely healed from his cut and his leg is still swollen but now three of the four legs are swollen. I guess that's to be expected. But he's now taken to turning up his nose at hay. He'll only eat alfalfa. Even last night when I went to feed him, he turned up his nose at the hay AND his grain for his alfalfa. I'm not sure if that means I underfed him alfalfa in the morning or what. He hasnt' given me the sign that he's ready to go but I'm not sure what to do. I don't think he should go back into the big herd now that winter is here and if he's so picky that he won't eat anything but alfalfa, what am I to do other than keep him separate. But there are no decent pens for him to be in. So for now I guess I worry.

I know the holidays bring on some stress, but this stress is totally different. I owe thank yous to a number of people and haven't had the time. There's also bills to pay (both Sanctuary and personal) and I'm behind on those as well. On the bright side, I think we are down to four more payments on the little tractor. Woo hoo!

I normally keep a close eye on the weather but I've been so busy I haven't had time. Now I hear that we are in the single digits tonight along with a wind chill. That's all news to me. I would have maybe done chores differently tonight so I would be more prepared for tomorrow morning.

Ugh...It's all just too much. I'm ready for a vacation. Who's with me?