Cabin

I am in a cabin. Filled with things to see, to do. There is a big window. Out this window I can see trees and birds. 2 deer came by earlier looking for food. When they saw we hadn't put any out yet they left with disappointed looks on their faces. We put out corn for them but they haven't come back yet. I named 1 Shelly and one Bilbo, everyone thought that was funny. There is a lot of talking here, about everything. Mostly things a 12 year old wouldn't understand. There's a squirrel in the tree I'm gonna name him benny. There's a cat here, her name's Petal she's really cute. There are lots of cool decorations here especially bears and loons. There are cool things from different cultures in the bathroom. There are some cool, and some fairly creepy, masks and there's also a sword. I feel like I'm in the middle of nowhere with responsibilities that aren't in existence. For the first time in quite a while I am completely free and relaxed.

Riding

People have told me: "Lindsay you're so good at riding horses" and that is so nice and it's flattering and all but then they go on to ask "How do you do it?" Well up until this point I didn't really know how to answer that. But I've figured it out now. These (in my opinion) are the 5ish (I'm too tired to count) most important things that make a good horse rider: 
Some of it is just instinct and it comes naturally for some people. Some of it is having enough experience. A lot of it is confidence and trust in yourself and these amazing creatures. But mostly it's choices. It's the choices you make to keep you and the people around you safe. But even more importantly it's the choices you make to keep your horses safe. A good rider knows if another horse is too close to your jump for you to go over it. Good riders know how and when to get out of the way if it's necessary. Even if it's your turn to go and the other person should get out of your way, it doesn't mean they will. A good rider is always prepared for any situation, problem, anything and everything. It takes a good rider to make a connection and a bond of trust with their horse and they know to keep that horse safe no matter what. That is what makes a good rider.

Dog Food

I wonder what dogs see in dog food. Why does it taste so good to them? Do they like bigger or smaller kibbles better? Well forget that question most dogs probably don't care they pretty much inhale their food without chewing anyway. I was curious about what dog food tasted like once. And being 9 I ate a piece. And let me tell you it was awful. Chicken flavored? I don't think so! It had a rough gravelly texture and it tasted like salty dirt. But mostly it was just gross. I have no clue at all why my dog goes so crazy for it. It has almost no flavor at all. I understand now why she eats wood.

My Little Elf

Hmmm...
Arg I can't think of anything to write about! Ok, so elves and fairies aren't real or anything but I'm desperate. So my Language arts teacher Mr. Streit told my class about some made up elf that lives on our shoulders and whispers to us about what to write. Oh little elf... Come out come out wherever you are... Grr nothing. Wait what about that little kid story about that lamp that if you rub it a genie pops out. Hmm but that lamp looks like a teapot and being 4'11" I can't reach the teapot at my house. Well I have a real lamp... If teapot lamps produce genies maybe real lamps produce elves. Well no one is around to laugh at me and I have no ideas of what to write about whatsoever. Alright I'm by the lamp *rub rub* nothing wow I'm shocked. Well what if I turned the lamp on... *rub rub*

*POOF!*

I look over to my right shoulder, nothing. I look to my left shoulder- "Ello mate g-day to ya!" "AAAH!" "Oi! whats all the racket about? I'm Benny your personal idea elf! ow can I elp you today?" 

Flies

Flies, why are they so dumb? Is it really necessary that they're around? They just fly around landing on us and buzzing in our ears. How do they even make that sound? It's so weird, not to mention annoying. What purpose does it serve? alerting predators? "Hey I'm over here come eat me!" Oh and don't forget about their favorite hobby: standing on poop! Fun... Don't flies taste with their feet I don't even want to think about it. Jeez flies have lots of design flaws when evolution decided how flies were going to evolve it obviously had too coffee because flies seem to serve no purpose. But though we think they're stupid they might think the opposite. Have you ever thought about how much flies take advantage of us? When they come in our house in the summer they're relaxing in the luxury of our Air Conditioning. And in my opinion more interesting: When they fly in our cars they're hitchhiking. Imagine how weird it would be to get in a car without knowing and a while later poof you're in a new place. Wait! Maybe they do it on purpose. If they have some reason to go they hop in a car and bam they get to start their life over. 

Ignored

Have you ever been ignored by a friend? I have, and let me tell you it's awful. But what's worse is if you don't know what you did wrong. Makes it pretty hard to make things right doesn't it? Being ignored is hard. It makes you feel terrible but at the same time angry because you can't fix anything if the person will simply walk away when you try to talk to them. I used to have a friend who would ignore me every time I did something they didn't like. It could be little stuff or big issues. Sometimes she would ignore me if I got mad at her just to avoid confrontation. Whatever way it was horribly frustrating. And every time I would come crawling back to this friend. I would beg for her to tell me what I did wrong, to forgive me for whatever it was I did. I did this Every. Single. Time. and believe me there were loads of times. This just showed her that her technique worked. We got through 6th grade just fine, our first year without a single fight ignoring session. I thought she had finally grew up, matured, moved on. But no, she did it again. but this was the worst of all. We went to a summer camp together we had fun for 1 day, then it happened. I noticed she hadn't been hanging out with me, we signed up for this camp together, so I tried to talk to her, I said: hey, are you mad at me? she looked over my shoulder and walked away. But this time I was not having it, I decided that no, no this time I was not crawling back. And I didn't. We haven't talked since. She is still ignoring me. Ignoring is going on all around us, people think it works, that if you ignore them your problems will go away, but ignoring doesn't work, it doesn't solve anything. Ignoring is even enforced to young kids by some adults they'll say "If someone is bothering you you could try ignoring them and they'll probably go away," well that's nice but hey, welcome to the real world. Welcome to the real world where ignoring gets us nowhere. Welcome to the real world where ignoring problems that may seem small can turn those problems into something so, so much worse. Welcome to the real world where ignoring gets you to a point where you don't know how to change your life anymore because every problem you have is bottled up inside you, ignored.

My Love Hate/Relationship With Mornings

Mornings ugh. I suppose I have to say more than just that...       On one hand mornings can be great they can be easy and smooth and they can bring along a great day full of happiness and excitement. But on the other hand mornings can stink. It's usually impossible to get up, you have to go through the process of realizing your dreams last night weren't real (which can be good or bad depending on your dream), and the whole time you're just hoping that existence is cancelled today. And sometimes you get to work/school/other and realize it wasn't worth it at all because your day didn't turn out that great. On second thought I suppose I mostly just have a hate relationship with mornings.