Friday, July 14, 2023

BreyerFest Friday

I had originally taken today off work so that Teresa and I could have a fun, horse-filled NotBreyerFest day together, much like we did with Fabian in 2018.

Instead, I spent the entire morning at the dentist. I didn't get home until after lunch. I was exhausted, my face was simultaneously numb and painful and I was feeling pretty sorry for myself. So, of course, I logged onto Facebook and made it worse.
photo by Maddie Miller
Hello, FOMO.
photo by Clarice Bone
I looked at pictures from the Open Show.
photo by Kristian Beverly
photo by Tiffany Purdy
photo by Danielle Feldman
photo by Kristen Cermele
photo by Erin Corbett
photo by Carrie Sloan Meyer
photo by Lindsay Diamond
I looked at of the real horses.
photo by Jackie Rossi
photo by Meghan Namaste
photo by Kelly Weimer
photo by Sandra Gibson
I looked at pictures of model horses.
photo by Heather Malone
photo by Kelly Weimer
photo by Sandra Gibson
Mostly, I looked at pictures of my friends have the time of their lives.
photo by Tara Reich
photo by Shauna McDaniel
photo by Kelly Weimer
photo by Tara Reich
Not going to lie, I started feeling pretty bad for myself. Then my phone buzzed. It was Teresa, asking if I was still up NotBreyerFest. I wasn't feeling it at all, but I told her to come over anyway. We sat on the couch, played with the dogs and looked at BreyerFest photos.
We went out for (soft) food.
We took pictures with the NotBreyerFest celebration horse.
It wasn't BreyerFest. It wasn't even a proper NotBreyerFest. Still, it was a whole lot better than nothing. Thank you, Teresa. I'm not going to say it was a good day, but it was a lot better thanks to you!

7 comments:

  1. That seems like it was really fun! I'm sorry that you're not feeling well 😔
    I hope that you feel better soon!

    Btw, there are lots of people who aren't going to Breyerfest, so don't feel too left out!
    ...I can't even afford to do virtual Breyerfest, much less in person. 🙈

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    1. I've been a part of the model horse hobby for a really long time, and I've only been to three in-person BreyerFests. It's fine, and really, it was my choice not to go this year. I am happy to live vicariously through my friends. Today was just hard, mostly because of my teeth.

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    2. Yeah, I totally get that 😊
      Sorry about your teeth!

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  2. I'm so sorry that's how your day went but at least it got turned around a little. Here's to today being much better!!

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  3. What a special friend you have in Teresa...
    Hope your limited NotBreyerFest helped with your FOMO!

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  4. Yay for non breyerfest celebration horses… my online breyerfest plans were ruined when the power went out so I’m trying frantically to catch up on the drama now!
    Elliot

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