Rabbit Crazyness

Okay this thought just randomly popped into my head as I was thinking for something to write about. My rabbit Cookies n Cream a.k.a Bunnyatail is an english spot which basically means she's white with black spots. First you need to understand her a little bit before I can answer a question. So she's really smart and inquisitive and I'm not kidding. Cookies knows (wow did I just really say Cookies? I mean that is her name but we even don't call her that. It's Bunnyatail for some odd strange reason, anyway back to what I was saying) what time it is to eat or in her case beg for food and when it's time to come out of her cage. She stomps her foot and runs back in forth in her cage demanding food first thing in the morning and at night. It's like a circus in there and it's quite annoying! Also at night she stomps to be let out and boy does she keep it up. It's like the saying I've heard, "You don't train rabbits, rabbits train you." We're her slaves to every command she makes. And why do we do this? To keep that rodent happy and quiet! This animal is just too smart. We can't outsmart her!
Okay now the happy side of things. She's very inquistive and hyper active. Out of that cage she zooms like a rocket blasting off. But wait you haven't seen anything yet. She races around the room like she's on a sugar high and jumps up on the couch or just jumps; which are called happy hops, my favorite words. Then it's like she has some obsession with the curtains because she runs behind them and stays there sniffing about and admiring them or something. Very strange if you ask me. Oh and then she has 2 tricks. Trick one she will lick your hand. Trick two she will chew the carpet and nudge you to be pet.
So I ask myself, why does my rabbit behave like this? After listing my rabbit's personality I think I may have come to several conclusions. First of all she thumps because that is her only way to gain attention and either recieve food or be released from the dreaded cage. Then she zooms out of her cage because she's excited to be let out. You need to know something, my rabbit is left in her cage all day and the only time she can really be let out is around 8:00 pm. So she's in the cage all day and needs to stretch her legs and run around. That's where the happy hops come in; the need to jump around. So then the curtains I think are her marking her territory. She rubs her chin and neck against them where her scent glands are. And lastly her tricks. She licks us because either she wants the salt on our hands or the fact that it's her way of making and staying friends since rabbits lick eachother alot. Now the carpet is very interesting. I've noticed that if she chews the carpet she will stop immediately as soon as I touch her head. This is a sigal that she wants to be pet. Also if you stop petting her she will begin to chew the carpet again, but will stop as soon as I pet her. She also nudges you to signal that she wants you to keep the petting. This rodent loves attention!! She is still very crazy in my mind. But anyway don't we all love to pet cuddlely, fuzzy, rabbits.

Sleep

hmm well this might be a better question to use, why am I so tired all of the time? In 9th grade I did a research paper on sleep disorders so I think I have a prettty good idea what my problem is.
So first of all since I was very little I've always had trouble getting to sleep. An hour would pass by and I'd finally fall asleep. It seemed only during girls camp that I'd manage to fall asleep faster. So then I asked myself; why can't I get to sleep faster? Usually in the past I'd read a book or play my game boy before falling asleep because I just didn't feel tired. Today what I like to do is dream of some story idea I thought of. For example I'd make myself become a character in the Lord of the Rings and help Frodo on his quest. These are the three reasons why I can't go to sleep which is key to understanding myself.
You see I've associated my bed with work or something besides sleep. Experts say that you need to work on things off of your bed, and not on them or otherwise when you try to sleep your brain thinks its time to work and do those things instead of shutting down.
So I think in order for me to get enough sleep I need to stop reading, playing my gameboy and stop dreaming before bed or any other time in the day. This will be hard. I've tried to stop it but my brain just keeps thinking. I've stopped reading and playing my gameboy for the most part but dreaming well lets just say I enjoy it.
Also another thing I thought might help with my sleeping problems is to get a new and different bed and find somewhere else to study and relax That way I can start over and associate it just with sleep and nothing else.
Usually during girls camp or if I'm on vacation, what I've noticed is that I tend to fall asleep faster. This may be because I've worked vigourusly all day and my body and mind are just so exausted that they shut down faster. It might also be that I'm in a new invironment and I my body is not used to the bed. Or in other words I haven't associated it with anything, so its easier to fall asleep.
Today my bedtime is around 9:00 pm. I'm still not sure if I need more or less sleep because if I go to bed earlier, my brain will be more active for a longer time. Yet if I go to sleep later it still will be active but not for a longer time. At home I've noticed no matter what time I choose for my bedtime it always takes the same amount of time for me to fall asleep, one hour.
In concluding I've come up with that I have a little bit of Insomnia since it takes them awhile to fall asleep. Hopefully by decreasing certain elements I can try to sleep more peacefully and wake up feeling refreashed.

Why I am sad

After hearing the news that Ruby, the chestnut filly was sold I decided to try and figure out why I felt so sad. A friend in my ward, Brother Simpson has often invited me to come and help out at his ranch where he has many horses. I got to help train a particular horse which was Ruby and after awhile I got pretty close to her. She was just so friendly and fun to be around which leads me into thinking why I missed her so much.
When I heard the news that Brother Simpson sold her I was sadend. The reasons I felt this way probably are that she was one of the only horses that I acutally got to know and train, and I hadn't seen her in a long time. I mean it was like she wanted me to train her and she enjoyed my company so much.
Also I haven't seen her in many months, and this weekend I was looking forward to spending time with her to train her. Brother Simpson and I could have gotten a saddle on her very soon which ment that I could have rode her if I wanted to, but now she's gone.

Testing

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