God Loves Me.. and so does Dan!!

 Today is hard. I'm exhausterwhelmulated. :) It's been a rough month. I'm feeling overwhelmed and I'm tired.. I'm cranky.. hormonal. I didn't sleep great last night despite being exhausted after adjusting 14 horses and a dog. I woke up cranky, grumpy and tired. But I had to work... on my day off... again. Because of the snow day. I'm carrying the weight of multiple friends/family members struggles (not because they've asked but because I'm a fixer... but there's nothing I can do and it sucks and it's making me sad and overwhelmed). I want to ride... 

  

I got up and headed out to feed and noticed that there was a gorgeous sunrise. Oooh, that's a really pretty one. And then it just kept getting prettier. And then... a double rainbow!! It was like God smiled down on me and told me He loved me! And I was smiling and felt better instantly! Thank you God! 

 

It ended up being a fun work day. I got to see a great client and her two ponies.. then went and worked on 3 mini's, which always makes my day. Even if it wasn't Cloud or Sky. Although I did give snuggles to Sky, who tried to bite me on the nose! Naughty girl! Then I grabbed lunch and headed home. It was only 2ish so yahoo!! I figured I would inject the ponies and then ride Funny at home and then hopefully have time to spread manure and drag the arena before the rain tomorrow. And.. ha! I barely had time to lunge Funny, and definitely didn't get the tractor out. Sigh... But... I got Dan injected. And Lyric.. sort of injected. ;) 

 

I started with Dan because I figured he would be the better one to warm up on. Plus he was going to take a lot longer to dry off since he's so much hairier. So I did all the things. And sedated him. And then injected him. He was perfect! I did go a little too deep in one spot and he jumped and shot me a dirty look, but then held his ground and let me finish. I don't even know that he was still that drunk by the time we finished but he stood like a gentleman. He does love me!!! I also shockwaved his shoulder girdle and did his atrophied area too because why not?! And then I had to rinse all the goo off him and figured I might as well rinse his butt too. Luckily he was super and ate his hay and didn't roll.  Good boy! He really is a good kid. Sometimes. ;) 

 

I really hope that this helps him and we can get him happy and comfy again. And to be honest, I hope he can get back to riding more than just trails. I'd LOVE to jump him, but even just dressaging him again would be nice. But... God's will. I'm still so grateful that he's around... and he's hackable! Because he is so much fun to hack. He's just also so much fun to do other things with too!

 

 They watched me lunge Funny.

Cheater

Dan and I went to Ashland and had a nice hack. I kept it fairly short because I was hoping to get back in time to inject their backs. But, sadly, my needles weren't in the delivery box today. Ugh... Oh well. 

We did have a nice ride in the sunshine. We did our trots. I trotted him over a few logs on the ground and he cheated and cantered a few strides before and after as we went over the log. Cheater! Hee hee.. But I enjoyed it as well. And I didn't ask him to do it, so.. he felt good enough to do it on his own! 

 

 

 

 

Rehab at home

Today has been non-stop and I ran out of time to really ride Dan but I at least got my auto-waterer fixed. Hopefully! It's got to dry and set before I can check it. So, I hopped on and rode at home. 

We walked and trotted in the field for 2 of our 5 minutes and then went into the arena for the last 3 minutes. I did some lateral work and his tongue came out with turn on the forehand to the right and turn on the haunches right. But only for that. He did feel a bit trippy and sluggish today compared to yesterday. But our leg yield at the trot was better. So.... ??? 

 

Chasing the sun

Mom and Britt and the kids and Chandler and Chavvy all came to visit and take us to lunch at Town 220 today to celebrate me and Mike's birthday. We met them at Town 220 for lunch first and it was delicious. Then we came home and they wanted to say hi to the ponies. Plus it was warm enough for me to pull blankets. So... the ponies all got a ton of carrots from the kids. They mostly behaved. Then we had cake and cookie cake and king cake! All the cakes! And then most of the family left but Chavvy and I hung out and chatted while Mike took Chandler for a ride in the mustang. It was nice! 

But then.. they all finally left and Mike let me run away to Ashland to ride! Thank goodness! We had a good ride. We did our trotting... we did the water treadmill. And we even did some lateral work in the arena and no tongue. Good pony!!!