YOU: How was your spring break?
ME: I had the flu.
YOU: (see Below)

Below: There are two types of people in the world… they give me the two common responses.
people one (the realists): Oh man! that sucks.
people two (the always helpful, never empathetic optimists): Oh man! well at least you didn’t get it during school.

To people one I respond: yes. yes it did.
To people two I respond: you know i didn’t even think of that, geewillickers! thank goodness i got the flu over spring break!

No, but really, it wasn’t that bad. I only had the flu for the beginning of spring break, and for real thank goodness I didn’t get it during Dangerous Liaisons…cause then Mike would have gotten it, then Erica, then Robby, then Lindsey…(if you saw the show, this makes sense. if not, poo on you!) I guess If you’re going to have the flu, spring break is a good time to have it cause you don’t have to worry about classes. But why “if you’re going to have the flu”? Why not NOT have it at all. I’ll take that option.

Anyway, all flus aside, my spring break was wonderflu, flutasticly flufilling, full of flun…

i’m done.

Mother and I showed horses at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Actually we showed horse (singular), who ended up very tired when all was said and done.

a very tired Spencer.

Spencer, the horse, and I did really well – especially considering I had not been on him in months. Our proudest placing was a 2nd in amateur western pleasure. Along with the 25 cent red ribbon, the admiring congratulations from our adoring fans, and the defeated glares from our wannabe rivals, I think we might have also won a little money in the whole endeavor. not to shabby.

here’s two of me and Spense in a class called western pleasure. this competition is sort of a horsey fashion show, where you strut around the arena at different gates looking as gorgeous as possible.

As for the two giant bags of books and schoolwork I brought home to study, I am proud to say that they remained, for the most part, untouched for the duration of the break. I hoped to come back to Trinity with a flu plate (sorry, i’m done for real now.) a full plate of tests, papers, projects, and more. I wasn’t disappointed.

that is all.
mady