Ugh.....
I hurt. Badly.
This weekend has been a cluster... I tentatively made plans with a bunch of people to fit a bunch of things in because... suddenly there's too much fun things to do and not enough time. The Haunted Trail ride is about to close and I haven't taken any of my horses.... and this weekend and Tuesday are my last chances. Then I don't have many days available for lessons with Liz, so we tried to schedule that. And then last minute Kirsten scheduled an obstacle play day (free) at Ashland, which I really wanted to do... And Sharon and Laura and Kelli all wanted to ride... And I also needed to do a bunch of things like grocery shop, get my tack together for the tack sale, prep the barn for winter, put together Fleck's photo frame, invoices, reports, etc... arghh!! And I couldn't really make plans because I wasn't sure what was happening with my vet visit, and then I was waiting on Liz and then Sharon bailed because her saddle doesn't fit and then it rained...
So yesterday Liz and I decided that we would do a lesson on Funny and she would stop by on her way home from Aiken, sometime between noon and 4. ;) I told her about the obstacle play day thing so she was going to try to either come right at noon or wait til closer to 3/4ish, but... that did make it tricky. But then this morning she messaged and said she was feeling icky and had a fever, so we cancelled. So I decided to do some house and barn chores, go to the chiropractor because my neck and shoulders were killing me and then... I could take Dan to the obstacle thing and walk him around a bit and then come home and go back with Funny and then do some dressage. Unfortunately Kelli's plans got messed up so she could tentatively only come around 2ish... which.. meant I couldn't really do both and hang out with her.... and she wasn't even sure she could make it, so... I decided to go with my original plan and take Dan first.
Sigh... bad plan. I should have asked God... or at least listened to my gut that maybe he was too sore from yesterday. Or been a good friend and waited on Kelli... or just waited for the next free play day next month... but no.. I'm stupid and impatient and justified it thinking that Dan needed mental stimulation and that we were just gonna walk and that maybe I'd do it in hand.
So... we loaded up and got to Ashland. At least I had k-taped him this morning so he had some support. I threw the bareback pad and bridle on and then opted to get on and ride him over. I had peeked and saw that Missy and Indy were there! So I figured.. yay... best day ever.. he can see his bestie AND have fun with the obstacles. So we headed over and he saw the stuff and froze!! WHAT IS THAT?!? Ha ha.. I know buddy.. it's not usually there. So we stood and minute and then he walked over. He immediately went up to Indy but then Indy got mad at him. Which... fair, because Dan immediately tried to chew on his leg, but... that's the usual way of greeting him, so.. I don't know. I think Indy was upset being away from home. And Dan was a little unhappy too. He was a little chompy. But he settled and we walked around and did the obstacles.
He was super. He tried to eat the garocha pole and pull it from my hand. ha ha. No.. don't eat it. We did spear the ring at the walk twice and put the pole back. He didn't mind it swinging around his head.. just tried to eat it. :) We did the cup thing... which he also tried to eat. And then we did the circle walk.. we just didn't do any backing because he was getting fussy. He nailed the rope gait, but again... a little fussy with the few steps of backing up. He weaved the poles. I tried to get him to sidepass over a tiny barrel and he didn't even take one step. Fair enough... I know that's probably too much stress on your stifle, so I didn't ask a second time. We weaved in and out of the barrels and... then I think that was it.
At that point Missy had left and Dan was a little upset. I wanted to do one more thing because Kirsten was setting up one more obstacle so I let him snack. He had been grazing on and off. So I took a photo and was texting Kelli back while he was grazing.. just sitting on him bareback with the reins at the buckle. I don't know if dan realized he was alone or something spooked him but he suddenly threw his head up and scooted out! I think he cantered but because he was lame it was a crippled weird canter. Unfortunately I had my phone in one hand and then the reins at the buckle, so... I didn't stand a chance. I just bounced and then tumbled off his backside. I landed on my right side and kept the reins. I tried to get up and my side got a sharp burning pain. Ouch!!! I sat back down... tried again.. nope... I think I may have torn my back muscle... it BURNS .... like sharp searing burning pain ... like on fire... everytime I engage that muscle. It's right above my hip between my spine and hip bone. I took a good five or ten minutes before I could get back on. He spooked one more time and spun around me. Seriously Dan??? Ugh... I tried to get on from the bench but it wasn't tall enough so I didn't even try. I did get back on at the mounting block and it didn't really hurt to sit on him so I took him back over and we did the weave poles again. I did try it at the trot and we managed 3 of the 4 before I decided it hurt too bad.
Sigh... I was hoping it would settle down but nope. I didn't get to ride Funny. I don't know if I'll be able to work tomorrow. I doubt I'll be able to jump Funny Tuesday. Feeding horses was okay but picking up hay hurt and blanketing them almost made me cry. Sigh... I'm so mad at myself... "I learned patience God.... "... except NOPE. I certainly did not. Sigh... I'm never gonna learn.. you'd think by now I'd have figured it out, but no...
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