Horse and hound

Remember that scene from Knotting Hill? Hugh Grant gets a call from Julia Roberts and she invites him to her hotel. Once he gets there he realizes it is a media circuit for her new movie. They ask him what publication he is with and he pauses and then replies, "Horse and Hound".
That really doesn't have anything to do with what I am writing except the horse and the hound part.
Last week we leased a pasture for the horse. And the week before we filled out the application for the hound. Both are for E for the most part. Companions. We are looking for ways she can focus her energy, soothe her anxiety and keep her off the streets as they say....our streets....or rather our backs. It's a long day when you have to spend the day pretending to be normal. When she gets home she is wound up like a top. When she has no way to release that tension it comes out in some of the stragest ways......
Making very wierd sandwich concoctions for the dog resulting in punishment for both she and the family as well as the dog. She for the mess and waste of food, the dog for the upset stomach he soon suffers from, and the rest of us for the upset stomach that the dog soon suffers from! ARGH!
Calling her brother unbelieveable names.....
stainer of furniture
blue boy
football head
basketball boy
4th grader
among hundreds of others
Clapping....
clapping like she was just told that Hillary Duff was really her big sister
like she was given the freedom to bring home every stray dog from now to infinity
Hence the "our backs" comment.....both she and the family will be so much happier if this "energy" was put to better use.
Let's hope the horse and the hound are both up to the challenge.