Caught: Pink handed!

So my old mare Donna has had a huge reaction to grass ticks this season, and she is COVERED in the little beggers! And a s a result, she has been scratching her face raw trying to relieve the itch.

Today I sprayed her with pink antiseptic spray, and now I have a black horse with a pink head, and blotchy pink-stained hands.

Wedding plans? Erm... no money. It's looking more and more like it's going to be a no dress, no flowers, photocopied-invitations-printed-in-black-and-white type of affair. Crap! And the horse I'm riding to the service on now has a bald pink face covered in parasites.

Seriously? Could this kind of thing happen to anyone else?

Anywho, have not lost any weight (suprise suprise) and my pants are feeling really tight and uncomfortable. And on top of that, today i had a day-long school excursion with my class and it was HOT. And it's only September! The first week of SPRING!

This is bad. Real bad. I HATE hot weather. I LOATHE IT.

So here's my problem: The only way to beat the heat is to swim. Which equals swimming costumes. Which equals:
PURE HORROR!!!

Seriously folks, I swam a total of ONCE last year, such is my fear of swimwear. It is the only thing that truly overcomes my hatred of Summer.

Reality? More like this.