Rabbit & Cavy News

We decided not to go to De Witt, Iowa today for the River Bend Rabbit Club show.  I guess we just couldn’t get our act together yesterday and get everything ready.  We would have had to leave around 3:30 or 4:00 am today to get there early enough to get a spot inside the building and due to some unforseen circumstances yesterday - we just couldn’t finish all our chores in time.

Driving without enough sleep seems to be getting harder and harder for me.  When I was younger it seemed I could ‘party till the birds were singing’ and still function all the next day at work if I needed to.  Now….if I don’t get at least 5-6 hours of sleep, I become toast by 3 pm the next afternoon!

Coming home from this year’s WI State Convention proved to be one of those defining moments - having gone without much sleep that Friday night, then again Saturday night (we camped out of the van and my air mattress conveniently deflated at 3 am….) Sunday afternoon’s long drive home was almost treacherous.  I came very close to falling asleep while driving - what is scary is that it just creeps up on you without you being really aware of it - and all the sudden you ’snap’ awake and realize you can’t clearly remember driving for the past few seconds. 

So……I took this last warning seriously and now I am more inclined to skip a far-away rabbit show unless I can manage to get at least enough sleep so I can drive safely.  Yesterday was packed with so many errands and chores, I knew I couldn’t get everything done in time enough to get to sleep early, plus Kelly was invited to a large gaming party and wasn’t due to be home until 1 am Saturday night - so I knew Sunday would be a challenge for her too.

Oh well, I guess we’ll wait till February for the Elkhorn show - all our carriers and show equipment were already packed away for winter anyways.

Nice break for the bunnies too.

Good luck to you if you are going to this show - wish we were there too!

Cathy   LaReau Lops & Cavies