Never Leave a Meeting Early

Never leave a meeting early when they are holding elections.

This coming weekend, the science fiction club to which Jack and I belong are sponsoring a science fiction convention called “COSine”:http://www.rialto.org/cosine/ here in Colorado Springs. Friday night, I attended the last COSine meeting before the con, but left before the business meeting of the club itself, which was holding annual meetings.

I was elected secretary of the club. I thought this was curious since I rarely attend more than one or two meetings a year. Jack explains that the plan is for someone to take minutes, which I will then put on the web. I actually had volunteered to maintain the club’s website.

I am reminded of WSFA in DC which was notorious for years for electing people as secretary and then never seeing them for the duration of their term. I think I broke this trend the year they elected me secretary.

Sunrise

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Because of the trip to the vet, I had to feed early yesterday morning during a beautiful sunrise.

Fantastic Voyage

Thursday night, I was helping my trainer by feeding the horses at her barn. She has been suffering from a bad cold, so I had done quite a few of her chores for her that day.

Her oldest horse, Havoc, had been having problems since Sunday. Although he didn’t show other signs of colic, he had become very reluctant to eat. My trainer had the vet out to see him Monday morning, who diagnosed a possible case of choke. (This happens when the horse gets something stuck in his esophagus. Even after the blockage passes, it can leave the area bruised and inflamed.)
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Hap

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I brought Hap home on Friday from where I boarded him. The person who had been half-leasing him couldn’t do so for a while. Hap has lived here at home before, and gets along well with both Smoke and Rags. All three horses are free to wander except during meal times, when Hap and Rags get closed in stalls.

Better than Obedience School

As a cheaper alternative to sending your dogs to obedience school, agree to dogsit a year old, hyperactive, fifty pound puppy that can scale five foot wooden stockade fences. We lost Gracie from the dog run three times in the same morning. (Obviously, she is a faster learner than I am.) After I gave her back to her owners Monday morning, our dogs looked like miracles of canine deportment.

St Mary’s Cathedral

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Saturday, we went to the wedding of the son of some old friends, which was held at St Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Colorado Springs. The snow was very decorative, but made for a tense day, since at one point we heard a report that the freeway home was shut down with weather related accidents. However, after the reception that evening, we were able to make our way home without too much difficulty.

Gracie

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We are taking care of this year old pointer cross for some friends for a few days. She is a affectionate, friendly puppy, but an exhausting reminder of why our last few dogs have been adult adoptions. Lody and Dudley like her, but seem to be as appalled by her energy levels as I am. Fortunately, she was quiet in her crate in the corner of the bedroom throughout the night. More or less.

I just found her playing with my teddy bears.