LaunchesKayaks

She got loads of attention from everyone and people wrote happy birthday messages on the barn announcement board. It made me so happy. I didn't get to spend as long as I wanted at the barn because I've had a tough day and it's hot outside. I made sure Sandy got the attention she deserves though and lots of treats.

My TBI symptoms are gone, thank goodness. I also was told my house insurance won't cover the foundation damage cause by a tornado spawning essentially on top of my house. The wind applied enough torque to twist my house slightly and it's beyond fucked.

I just want to get through the winter without the place falling into the ground. My dad wants to sign his place over to me when he goes to live the RV life in the spring, so if that happens, I can just sell my place to whoever the fuck will take it.

It's going to cost like over half the cost of the house to fix it. And that's only the foundation. There's a retaining wall that needs replaced, the erosion on the driveway from 10.5 inches of rain in a month needs filled on, my front porch is close to collapsing as is my patio roof, and a bunch of inside walls need fixed after the foundation gets fixed because they're cracking. Every day I notice more damage.

She seemed pretty bummed until we really started doing stuff. She's a bit ribby and lost some weight. Not much, but any loss is always noticeable. I think she's been a bit lonely because I haven't been able to see her, and her bestie Five went back to racing.

We did lots of grooming and I gave her so much attention. We did some groundwork, but not much because I don't want to push either of us too hard right now.

Her 27th bday is on Friday and I'm so goddamn pumped to celebrate it. I'll get awesome pics to show y'all ofc.

A tornado spawned essentially on top of my house in June and applied enough torque to fuck up my foundation. One corner of my house is coming off now. I'm fighting my homeowners insurance to cover it and I have a foundation expert coming out tomorrow to give me estimates for the costs of repairs. My cousin from ohio knows all about real estate, so he gave me and my mom so many tips for how to get the insurance to cover it. I requested a new adjuster for a second opinion yesterday and one should be contacting me next week.

This whole thing has me freaking out and more severe storms have rolled through and made it worse. The whole right side of my house has shifted on top of the one corner coming off. Found more cracks in the wall of the finished basement today. We had a crazy storm yesterday, which probably cause the cracks.

I had to drop off her supplements and I wanted to say hi. She made a noise at me lol.

I go to a concussion clinic tomorrow for the lingering symptoms. Nausea, visual weirdness with certain things, and headaches. The most annoying thing is the visual shit because it makes my work hard because text gets fuzzy and warps after looking at it for a while. Being outside in the day is fine as long as I have sunglasses on, so I can safely drive while the sun is out. I do it as little as possible though. Driving at night is a big no-go. Drove a little at night on Saturday and it was awful. Almost had to call my parents for a ride at one point. I pulled over and closed my eyes for a few minutes and that reset everything and I was able to get home.

I am hoping this vision bs can be fixed. I'm worried I did permanent damage to my occipital lobe because that's the part of my head that hit the ground.

My hobbies are also limited. I can't play video games very much or look at memes for long, so I've gotten back into drawing and doing cross stitch.

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!

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.