Hey la, the insomina's back

Yay, another fun night of almost falling asleep only to wake up again. And again. And again. No idea what's triggered it this time, but 2 nights in a row is not fun :/
So took the morning off to try and catch up, since going in to work yesterday only resulted in a splitting headache and much crankiness.

Was almost dreading yesterday's riding lesson, what with the headache and the tired, then arrived to see them setting up a course of jumps and very nearly turned tail and ran ;p One jump I can handle, 7 (8 with the double) in quick sucession with lots of tight turns, rein changes etc? EEEEEEK

Got caught before I could leg it tho... Two rounds over 2'3", including a 1 stride double which i hates.
( jumping stuff )

Scary as hell, but the buzz from actually doing it and doing it right (mostly) was huge! Once it wore off I was knackered again and thought 'yay now I will sleep'. Alas I was wrong :/ But the few hours this morning seem to have restored balance, for now. All I have to do now is talk myself into going to work...

Ulster Scots

I can't help it. I try, but I can't help it. It makes me laugh so much...

We just got some of our guides to monuments 'translated' and they are cracking me up. This one in particular... To get the full effect, try reading it out loud.

( Tooer-Hooses in tha Coontie o Doon )

The best bit has to be that they even translated (feh, mangled) 'the French boy' quote.

I don't really want to get into the whole language/dialect/political tool debate, it just makes me laugh :p
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There are some great made up phrases, tho they have alas stopped referring to disabled children as 'daftie wains'