Going and gone

[glenatron]

We sold our old house! Last night we did the last couple of cars full of stuff, hoovered around and then locked up for the last time. It's odd knowing we won't be back there after five years living there and everything that has happened in that time, but I don't think I will really miss the place. It was a roof over our heads but it didn't really feel like home in the way that other places I've lived have done.

Now there is very little time before I go. I'm trying to decide whether or not to get a Flu jab before I leave, just because it would really suck to lose any course time because of being laid up with that, but it is near the end of winter and I have by some lucky chance been alright so far so I don't know for sure that it's worth it.

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[penella22.livejournal.com]

Big news getting the house officially sold!

Never been a fan of flu shots myself, mostly because they often seem to make people feel lousy for a day or two...and some years the shots don't work at all. I dunno, is flu prevalent down in Texas right now? If you don't get a flu shot, there's a No Flu tea formula at my local herb shop...I'd ship some to you in Texas for just in case. :-) (yum, yum!)

Seriously, I would make sure you have some echinacea tincture on hand to boost your immune system after /during traveling if you decide *not* to get the flu shot...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

I've known people to be knocked back by them as well, but I worry about being on a plane full of people with various colds and just catching something that flattens me for a few days when I should be riding...

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

yes, do it. you are guaranteed to get sick with something, this might help insure that it is a small cold instead of intercontinental crud.

And WOOt for house selling. I always hate that part. And moving. I like having been somewhere for a while.

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

lemme rephrase that. I'd do it, because every little bit helps me, but ymmv and all that.

Also thanks for the pointers on seat and hips - I need to spend more time riding while thinking about it, I think...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

One of our teachers is also an Alexander Technique instructor and it's very interesting the little adjustments she suggests that just help put you much more in balance as a rider. Finding the spot where your back is neither arched nor slumped but just upright and relaxed is surprisingly tough. I find having my eyes closed helps because it's easier to feel whether I'm tipped forward or back at all.

[penella22.livejournal.com]

I always find that balance point easier to find with eyes closed too...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

One of my long term ambitions as a rider is to have as much feel with my eyes open as I do with them closed.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

That is my concern. I will have antibiotics with me cos my dentist prescribed some in case my tooth blows up while I'm away, but I think it may still be worth it.

[spoondog.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

I find the excitment and promise of the new house outweighs the sadness of leaving the old house. That said I don't know if I'll feel the same leaving this place or if I knew i couldn't go back to Mullock.

Where are you actually going? Don't just say Texas, I believe it's quite big.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Sanger, a little bit north of Denton. About an hour north of Dallas as I understand it.

[spoondog.livejournal.com]

Cool. My cousin used to live in Houston, which is miles away and of no relevence to this.

I just looked at a map. It is rather large.

[ownedbyhorses.livejournal.com]

That has to be a great feeling! Moving is exhausting but at least it's done before your trip.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Yes, although some might say leaving sleepsy_mouse behind sharing a house with her in-laws for a month is a bit mean. It's a good job they're the nice kind of in-laws really...

[ownedbyhorses.livejournal.com]

Hmm well she will definitely get a "owe you one" on that... :)

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Also a month of looking after my horse, who tends to be a stroppy great sod for me and a total nightmare for everyone else.

[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

Goodbye to the old house is always a strange moment. Still, sometimes it's good riddance.

I quite liked your little house. There was something rather bless about it, and where it was situated. I'm looking forward to seeing your new place.

On the subject of travel and illness, I believe you'll just feel like crap for a few days after getting off the plane. That was my experience of that. I have no idea how to alleviate that, though my thought about a flu jab is that depending upon how much time you've actually got, it might actually bring your immune system down for a bit before you get the benifit.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the consensus- I could get it tomorrow and I fly on Sunday, so maybe time is a little tight.

[shiva-matimbres.livejournal.com]

It's all happening for you at the moment. Have fun in Texas and send me your new address - I've still not posted sleepsy_mouse her book.

[harnessphoto.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale!

[stu-the-elder.livejournal.com]

I've just had a look at Sanger, Texas, on Google Maps' satellite view.

There is no greenery.

None.

Prepare to ride robo-horses. They're the only thing that'd be able to live out there.

- Crump

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Don't be deceived by the british idea that horses need lush green cow-grass to eat. They evolved in arid conditions and they get by very well there.

Also, there is hay!