... And I'm lovin' it!

I should have gone to school today-- it if weren't for the fact that the buses weren't running, and the vehicles didn't want to start. (I had to pack squares bales by hand across the yard, today, cause the Gator wouldn't start). And how my little siblings school was shut down because the water lines broke, and flooded the school, lol.

So yeah, I got a snow day on my birthday. Pretty lucky I guess.^^
I also got to see a herd of deer playing in our yard today. 3 does and a young buck, with antlers. It was pretty awesome, because the does were all from a group who've been frequenting our yard for a week now, and they have the coolest markings.... Like, their all whitetails, as far as I can tell (Well, judging by their tails... But who knows, maybe their crosses of some sort...0.o) but they've got these dark patches all over their bodies. For the does, all three have a diamond shaped dark patch on their chests, going between their forelegs, the one has a 'collar' mottling around her neck and shoulders. Another has dark patches almost like bloody shoulder in horses going along her one side. Its pretty interesting.

It was funny, watching them this morning and seeing them run about, surprisingly like dogs, actually. They'd sort of get a whole 'lay bow' thing going, then they'd pounce on eachother, or stand shoulder to shoulder, and freeze, then bolt away or onto the other when the other made a move.

*sigh* I wish I'd brought the camera out sooner, and gotten some shots of that. Got some other shots, but they weren't nearly as interesting as that group playing.

2 Days till my birthday. Actually, from the moment I started typing this, it is exactly 1 day, 10 hours, 24 minutes, 31 seconds till my birthday. And what do I have to look forward to that day? Homework. Cause it's a monday. *sigh*


I'm still working on catching up on what I owe.

And have a tonne of half finished posts that will eventually overtake the Vale, and BBA after my pathetic inactivity for the bit.

And I need to get a hold of some grey and white fiber so I can continue felting =HorseRidingGal's and *Losmios's gifts. Maybe I'll get them finished and shipped before christmas this year. *fingerscrossed*

*yawn* I should log off now. Maybe tomorrow I'll get off my arse and clean out my inbox.*looks at messages and winces*

Good night!

I just got back from taekwondo. You are all now reading the journal of a greenbelt! XD *bounces* I was promoted today, albeit after what I consider was a disastrous belt test (on my part). Um, yeah, I don't think its good when you forget your pattern partway through, and have to restart. And I really don't think its good to actually get hurt during sparring (but if anyone could do it, it was me.XD). ...Yeah-- In my second match, I was partnered with Joseph, and he accidentally sidekicked me onto my ass (I was moving in for a front leg round house kick, and forgot I was in the right place and range for him to basically pwn me).

And then he forgot that yeah, I'm only 5' 1'', versus his like.. I dunno, maybe he'd be six feet? He's taller than me by almost a head, I'd guess. But, either way, he forgot he's taller than me, and more flexible, and accidentally landed a kick high on my left shoulder, which glanced off and caught me in the jaw. But, after two days, I can chew fully again, lol. Poor guy looked like he'd died a thousand deaths when he realized he'd hurt me. Not that it hurt, unless I clenched my teeth. But I think I was a little shocky, I dunno, maybe from it having been like a head injury of some sort, so I started trembling and shivering, and every little bit I'd end up teary, which grew old very quick, because physically I felt fine, hell, I was even laughing my ass off. It made me feel bad because I was tearing up for no reason at all, and making him feel bad, to the point that he didn't believe me when I was fine.XD

Everything else went fine though. I know I did good on my vocabulary, and I broke the boards with my newly learned, nifty flying side kicks.^^ So yeah, I'm a green belt now! And its a pretty shade of green, like, this colour:
Except a nicer shade of green.XD

So yeah, that was my happy note for the bit. That, and that my birthday is in 13 days.XD Oh, and the fact that I updated my icons.XD They now feature (respectively) Iambe and She. Its a bit of a hint as to how She's plot at the vale is going to advance, *hinthint*.


*sigh* And now for some less heartening news. Quincy died Sunday morning. We think he might have been pushed into the corner of the shelter awkwardly while laying, and that it broke his neck. Or that he was crushed, like the others. Neither is a big surprise, he was a tiny cria, very, very slim, and fine boned. And we knew we would be lucky if either he or Erith made it through the winter. But its still depressing, and still brings me to tears thinking about it. Why is it pets always seem to die so young? Sparts wasn't a year old, Munsch was just entering her prime, Russ and Snowballs both were just out of kittenhood, and Quincy...*sigh* My friends keep telling me, "Well, stuff like that happens on farms all the time", but it still hurts. We supplemented him and Erith, kept them warm, bottle fed them, and have been trying our best to keep them healthy. With so much effort into it, it is just do disappointing to lose one, especially to something so stupid as the fact that their miniscule compared to the others.

"You couldn't have done anything" or, "Well, thats sad news". Really? Really? I've been friends with these girls for how many years, they know how much effort and care I invest in my pets, and they couldn't even drudge up enough care to at least give me a hug while I was in tears. *sigh* That really left me feeling like Miss Wonderful, because not only did I get to sit there, having my friends half-heartedly ask me what was wrong, and when I work myself into tears explaining, the one actually didn't hear me the first time (She asked later on "what's wrong?") and basically be told canned sympathies while they did their own things. Wow.

*snirk* At least Joseph asked me what was wrong, and tried to make me feel better. Right before class on monday, when we belt tested and he decided to attempt to kick my head in.XD *sigh* Well, if anything, a sore jaw is a welcome distraction to Quincy.

Hrm, it has been interesting lately... Sort of? Life's been very busy, lol. More apologies for not getting art I owe done. I plan on having most of it finished before christmas! *oh ho, almost like christmas gifts!*

Three weeks ago Ali whelped out 5 beautiful puppies (Keep a watch on ~capricous because when I have time, I will be uploading photos), two males and three females. They are growing fairly quickly, all of their eyes are open, and their certainly able to bark well.^^ Poor Ali is already ditching her pups, can't blame her much though-- their starting to teethe.

We have them named as well. Their names (And descriptions so far) are:Tobes (Dark, plain brindle male); Callisto (light, plain brindle girl, my favorite pup); Fiona (Large fawn female); Maxwell (Flashy, medium brindle male) and Delphi (Flashy fawn female, the puppy we're keeping).

As for paca's... Got to move all the females and cria into their own pen yesterday, because Ellayo was being retarded and trying to breed Oprah, which wasn't very funny. Not with it being so icy and cold out.XD The cria are all massive, save for Erith and Quincy, who don't seem to have grown at all.

Other than that, not much has happened very much alpaca-wise.



But not the kind you guys get... Not yet, anyways, lol.:^^:

Last weekend I went to my first Taekwondo tournament. Needless to say I had my butt kicked in sparring by a girl two years younger than me, and about an inch taller.^^ The one kick she placed ended up knocking me so off balance I tripped on my own foot, and fell over like a turtle.XD Other than my foot being a little bruised from being tripped on, I came out relatively un-broken.^^

However, I totally kicked butt in my patterns! I got gold for my Taeguk 3 pattern.XD Even though I froze between my low stance/punch and my out-to-in-block for like... I dunno, I was told it was like 5 seconds, apparently it wasn't noticed, or I did good enough for the rest of my pattern that it made up for it.

Aaanndd of course I got shown up by my class partner. He got gold in both his patterns and sparring. Then rubbed it in my nose all the way home. Lol thats okay though, his pattern trophy has a chip in it, and mine doesn't. I told him it was defective.XD

*grin* It was almost as fun as an alpaca show!

*edit* Has anyone else recieved random emails from the Alborques Online Art Gallery? They keep on sending me newsletters, yet I never joined, and it is starting to creep me out.


Sorry for the prolonged absence. *sigh* Life is being a very distracting monster right now. I have pretty much only been able to log on for five minutes at a time every day to quickly check my amazingly overfilled message and deviation box.(I am now cleaning it, and have it down to 6,118 deviations, and like, 2,221 messages.)

So sorry to anyone and everyone who has been expecting stuff from me. Everything is sort of hectic right now. Ali, our boxer, has wound up pregnant, and is due any day now. Bailey Sue, Quincy and Erith, three of the alpacas whom we have taken care of this summer(Some of you may remember that we helped Bailey Sue deliver Erith (Complete with pics!) and that Quincy's mum died of old age, and so Bailey Sue adopted him herself.) are now ours, as we traded two cows for them,mainly because we got raped, pillaged and plundered over hay this year(Bales from last year went up from $50 per bale to $100 per bale. WTF!?), and simply cannot afford to feed nine cows over the winter. With careful work we *should* get the headcount down to three, Oreo, Nala and Happycow.

Soo, we have been supplementing Quincy and Erith, and finally have them both up to 19lbs, which is still, really low, but at least their gaining weight now. We have them in little coats so that they spend less energy on heating themselves, and all the extra treats and hay and bottles are hopefully helping them.

And schools busy as ever, if not more because I have been studying extra. Yay. Homework. So the only art I have gotten done is stuff in art class, a sketch or two, and a half hour speedpaint for my halloween contest entry for the Vale. *sigh* I miss the days when I'd just spend a day sitting at the computer, drawing.XD



So yeah, please forgive me everyone, for not getting stuff uploaded, done, and everything. I swear when I have the chance, I'll sit down and spend a day or two just catching up on what I owe.