Playdate!

Today was a fascinating day.... 

I was hoping to sleep in because it was supposed to be raining all day, or at least all morning, so I figured maybe I could sleep in. Especially since I had opened the far field so maybe the horses would stay out there. But nope... 7:15 or so... Dan started banging. Non-stop. Fine... FINE... I'm up. Jeeze! But when I went out to feed he was in Lyrics stall and not facing them. He was facing the hay stall. Odd... and staring. So... I looked and the black cat with socks was on the hay pile. And he just stayed there. And didn't move when I came close. So.. yeah... Dan looked concerned. So I went and got Mike and we came back out to investigate. Mike is the cat whisperer and convinced him to get in the carrier with some treats. Dan was relieved. But man did that cat stink! So... he sat in the carrier while I fed and then I took him to the clinic. Dan told me his name was Toby... I thought Spaghetti Jones was better, but... Toby it is. Anyways... Toby is now in the office chilling and recovering from his wound care, neuter, vaccines, and medications. And Dan is glad we saved him. 

So anyways... after that I rode Lyric at home. Dan and Funny came galloping up as I got Lyric out of the pasture. Goobers. And then they followed us back. But Dan rolled. And oh my goodness he was NEON orange.. NEON ORANGE! It had rained all night so that red clay was super sticky. Dude.... DUDE!!!! Oh well. After I rode Lyric I took Funny to Ashland and then once we got home.. it was Dan's turn. I had invited Judy and Teller and Kirsten and Eiffel over for a play date. I figured we could run through the obstacles. So... I debated hosing Dan off or just brushing him off. Luckily by the time it was his turn, he was dry... so I opted to just brush him off. 

 

We got to use our new breastcollar because his "giraffe tugs" had arrived. Ha! I custom ordered him a breastcollar and she sent it to me and it fit, but... the strap that goes to the cinch was WAY too short so she remade it for me and shipped me new tugs too, since they were on the last hole. She joked and said she felt like she was making tugs for a giraffe. Ha ha.. I mean... ;) Anyways... it fits now. Almost. Ha. Now it's a hair too big, but I can shorten it and/or punch holes so we're fine. 

 

We walked on foot up to the arena because I told the girls that Jean's horses may come galloping up. Instead it was MY mares.. They came in hot and loud! Hussies! Sorry.. I'm so sorry my horses are awful! We all made it to the arena and then the girls came rip roaring towards the arena. Good gravy. Luckily everyone eventually settled and we had a fun ride. 

It was fun sharing my arena with friends. Although I'm a dumbass and can't do geometry or math or read for comprehension. Part of the reason my double slalom line was so hard was because I made it way too short! ha ha. It was supposed to be 23' apart instead of 20. Which, no big deal. But then I had set my second line of poles only 10 feet out instead of 23' out. Oops. No wonder!!! Plus, you're supposed to have more than 5 total. It's 5 and 5, not... 3 and 2. Oh... Dang. Good thing Kirsten set us straight!

We had fun though. We warmed up and then took turns going through the obstacles and giving each other pointers. It was nice to have friends over enjoying the arena with me. And I got some good pointers. AND... I wore my "jeans" and they worked with my cowboy boots and spurs, though I did put my rowel spurs back on. Although I didn't canter so.. we'll see how that goes. So yeah... it was a fun "dress rehearsal" kind of... even with him being orange ;)