I got home last night and noticed Lyric was missing a shoe. But it was dark already. So I figured I'd look for it today. And well, today was a busy day. I had an "art and worship" session with Liz and Kelli. We met at the Church and painted silk scarves and worshiped and talked about God. It was really cool. But it was from 1 to 4 pm, so... riding was going to have to happen first thing in the morning. But it was also rainy and scattered showers for most of the morning and steady rain in the afternoon. And my truck was still unhitched from getting it retuned. (A long story.. ugh, but hopefully this makes it work nicely again and keeps my mpg up still). So I debated on what to do... I could take Dan to ashland... but it would have to be a quick ride. And I still needed to get Mike's Christmas gift (which required the truck) and really needed to go to the chiropractor. And it was icky. And now I had to find Lyrics shoe...
So, I decided that I would get them fed, eat breakfast, and do the dishes and a load of laundry, and then go back out and hop on Dan bareback to try to find Lyrics shoe. It was randomly spitting rain but luckily it was only a very light rain and it was for about 5 minutes and then would stop. I grabbed his bridle and cookies and went and got him and hopped on. We started meandering to look for the shoe and Funny started after us and then got sassy. So then Dan got sassy! He did that thing where he snaked his head and slung it around and popped up the tiniest bit up front. Um no sir!! I'm a little traumatized from falling off you last time and I didn't put my helmet on. (Kind of on purpose... I didn't think he was going to be naughty!). i growled at him and we carried on. And then the girls went towards Jean's driveway so he got fussy and chompy. Daniel.... why are you so upset?? Ugh...it makes my heart hurt. I think ever since Fleck died, he's been so much more herdbound... or worried about the girls flirting with Jean's new horse maybe. I don't know. But he was so upset that I almost got off because I felt bad for him. He was also threatening to rear and spin and bolt a few times. Luckily only half-heartedly and I was able to settle him. But I really needed to find the shoe and... we were just in the pasture... and the girls were in sight. So, we rode a few more spins around trying to find the shoe. We didn't come across it so I decided to just let him loose and search for it on foot. He was trying hard to be good but was clearly stressed. He did get a little better but then got more anxious again. I was smart and walked him almost all the way back to the girls before I got off though, so he didn't take off after I pulled the bridle off. He was actually good and hung out with me for a minute. And then Funny came over and he was either trying to protect me or just trying to keep her away from any possible treats because he lunged at her and then sort of lunged back at me. Um sir!! Careful!!!
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