She got spayed on Tuesday and finally got a good appetite back. She was really struggling to eat from her big bowl with her cone on, so I took it off. I'm going to leave it off for a bit and see if she can be trusted to leave her incisions alone enough to not need to cone. Anyway, she ate her fill then came to me and started rubbing all over me and purring and just being crazy affectionate lol. She even rubbed up on the dogs but didn't bait them into chasing her like she normally does. She just gave them affection and they licked her head and went about their evening.

Totally nobody's fault. She stepped on the toe of my boot by mistake and I stepped back to free my foot and I just kept going backwards. Smacked the back of my head on the ground so hard it bounced and my glasses flew off my face. I sat up and was pretty dazed and just sat on the ground for a bit to get my bearings. Then my vision got weird when I stood and I got hella barfy. Had my stepfather take me to the hospital and a friend put Sandy back into pasture for me. Sandy was very concerned when I was on the ground and wasn't standing up right away. She was also super upset that I wasn't the one taking her back to pasture and kind of threw a fit. The other folks there think she didn't want to leave me because I'm injured.

I also have epilepsy and according to my stepfather, I seem pretty fucked up and the hospital I went to really didn't take things seriously. Everything has been a blur tbh, which prolly ain't good.. I'm not having seizures afaik, but my concussion is obviously more than mild. My mom is going to take me to get a second opinion in the morning at a hospital associated with my neurologist.

Replying to comments will prolly be delayed, as screens hurt to look at and typing is nearly impossible because of my vision being weird.

I'll def update y'all at some point though!

The dogs were very upset and yelling at her and she didn't care

10/10 best honse

He and my other dog shredded it while I was on a work call. They're going to be getting blankets to sleep on while I'm working from now on

I made him wait three whole hours before I went to bed. He was ready at 7:30 but I was not. (I know, I'm an awful dog mom lol) He spent those three hours staring at the steps longingly.

Lil dude is the ranked competitive sleep world champ.

He has a fancy dog bed and an entire recliner to sleep on in the living room, but he just wanted to be in my bed with me holding him. His fave way to cuddle is to be little spoon. I call it baby spoon because he's my baby. He likes it so much, that he knows the command "be baby spoon".

He's so great. And dramatic. And just an all around 100000% USDA certified good boy.

Sandy even brought him over to me to meet me! It was so sweet! I'm gonna be so sad when Five goes back to racing. I hope Sandy doesn't get too heartbroken. She has trouble making horsey friends.

Lowkey jealous of his mane. Wish I had hair that fabulous.

Also, I got an inquiry about Sandy merch. Would any of y'all be interested in that? I was thinking of stickers to start off.

There's a racehorse gelding at the barn for summer break that she's become fast friends with. They have stalls beside each other and Sandy protects him in pasture. Everyone calls the gelding her boyfriend. He is called Five because he is five years old.

She's really robbing the cradle with her lil summer fling. She'll be 27 in September lol.

If I had money, I'd try to buy Five so Sandy could enjoy him for longer lol

Pixel has always been my mom's cat, but when I moved out, she had me take her to keep the other cat I had company while I was at work. With the other cat now long since passed, my mom asked yesterday if she could have Pixel back because she really misses her.

Pixel and I have never really been close. I agreed and my mom went all out and dedicated an entire bedroom just for the cat. Pixel is absolutely loving it and keeps bothering people to come look at her room. She also woke my parents up at 4 AM to get pets. She never did any of that while living with me.

Pixel tried to jump out of my mom's arms when we got to her house because she recognized it and wanted to go hang out in her face spot on the steps.

100000% a great decision.

I got a Medusa tattoo over the weekend and I'm tryna come up with names for the 4 cute lil viper gals that now inhabit my arm.

Edit: here's a pic. Art and tat done by Maura at Nice Ink in Canonsburg, Pa

She launched herself across the room and knocked over me, her brother Radar, and a table.

No, this isn't the first time she's done this.

No, it won't be the last.

He's just staring. I asked him to show me what he wants (a command he knows)and he just wagged his tail.

He's such a lil weirdo

The weather here has been nothing but crazy heat and torrential storms. It's been kicking my ass (hooray chronic illness -_-) and I haven't been going out much at all because of it. Haven't seen Sandy in two weeks and I decided to brave the heat to go visit and give her a good grooming.

I got about three brushes in before the heat got the better of me. I almost passed out and then puked up all of the water I'd drank in the past hour. I drank way more than I realized and had what my mom calls "water belly". I drank too much and my body couldn't process it quick enough and turn it into sweat. So I kept drinking to cool myself and ended up sick and not sweating enough.

Like, I hurled like a goddamn Squirtle doing that mouth water gun thing.

So I got Sandy put in pasture, snapped this pic of her filthy ass getting a drink, then went and sat down and poured water over my head until I was cooled enough to safely drive home.

Been drinking ice cold Gatorade and resting since I got back. I don't plan on going out to the barn until it's cooler but might make a brief exception on Sunday because my bestie is coming to town to visit for my bday and he and his wife wanna meet Sandy. I see my bestie and his wife in person maybe once a year because they live like 3 hrs away, so this is a very special occasion. We'd be going in the morning, just after Sandy has had breakfast, to beat the heat and see her while she's still in her stall. She has to eat before I do anything with her in the mornings or else she's a raging bitch lol. I don't mind planning stuff around her meals. Girl deserves to eat on schedule lol.

Anyway, there will prolly be very little Sandy posts for a while because of the weather. Just know that she's doing very well and is in great hands. :)