Trail Rides, Puppies, and a Shotgun Wedding
Look who's lifted now Bobby-Jo! |
Holy crap! It's already April. I missed the last few days of March.
Finally got to start hitting the trails again thank god. Brantley and I were both going nuts in the arena, inside and out. He was so happy to get out there again. We've been exploring like crazy and found two more horse friendly trails. Okay, so one of them I have to drag a mat or ply-wood over to because some roots are falling through, but I can't even tell you how awesome it was for my horse to squeeze through and under trees and NOT freak out. We're doing it! We're getting there! A branch even fell on my shoulder and with great care, I tossed it to the side. We overcame the creek for the first time this year... After interrupting a serious make-out session in the middle of the swamp. That was interesting. Did some jumps, and cantered down the straight-away. Success!
I've been going out with the BO too which is nice. I love going out with her because it makes me feel less like an outsider at the barn. I've got my rough-board girls, but sometimes I feel so set aside from the rest of the barn. I'd say "no matter how hard I try" but lately, I'm a hermit. Go me. Anyway! We went out with R & Mickey and it was short lived. Mickey in very few words... Was a complete dick. But we played in the puddle that built up from the last rainstorm when we came home.
So for the trail ride above... B and I hand-walked. Why? Because he pulled a shoe. That was the least of my worries when I drove into the barn and saw him standing in the back of his paddock with his head down and leg-cocked. No big deal right? Except that he ALWAYS picks up his head when I pulled in. What made it worse? The tape line was pulled all across his paddock. Talk about wanting to vomit. I couldn't breathe, talk, cry, vomit, think... Nothing. PTSD at it's best. I grabbed him and ran into the barn, S and N were there with Comic wondering what was wrong with me... I checked the horse, he was fine, threw him back out and started to fix the fence and started sobbing. I called K, the hubby picked up and handed the phone straight to her. You know you have a good friend when she knows EXACTLY why I was having a meltdown.
Moral though? The horse was fine... And we walked with R & the BO to K's through the trails and had a shotgun wedding. Yes, Ms. Sherry & her fiance Tom finally tied the know and K's hubby did the "I Do's". It was great. Party soon!!!!
Pony being an overachiever... |
B and I are working on gathering him up with some contact... And remember that saddle issue where I couldn't find one... Well I found one (not the picture above)... I will post it hehehe. Love it, and it fits him, and it was an AMAZING deal. Rode Comic in it today and he was great, we even went out on his first trail ride with Lu & A.
What a good boy! |
"Almost got it." |
"QUICK! She's looking!" |
Update on Mitch: He's doing great. Lost some weight. Spending more time outside (I know I'm a bad mom but he's a happy cat). Still eating the expensive Royal Canin SO, always hungry. His two new things? Jumping up on the cabinets to knock over pictures, and smacking me in the face open-palmed (and clawed) across the face at 0430. Jerk... But, he does have his moments still when he jumps in my lab and curls up under the covers. Love him... And he's been loving up on Chevy too which I'm also okay with. What I don't think Mitch was okay with was... Well... I'll let you see the picture yourself.
"Can I haz de Cheez-it?" |
Mitch was DEFINITELY there first... ----------- |
LB and his boy. |
2 Comments:
OMG THOSE FREAKIN PUPPIES. Too. Darn. Cute.
and I still keep cracking up at the pic of Chevy sitting on Mitch… poor cat. lol.
and wow at Mikhail being 18 now!!!! Didn't realize just how OLD we all have gotten….
I know, I want them all but obviously I can't. ^.^ And yes... We're ancient at this point. Mason's going to be 16!!
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