Es regnet
I had eleven lessons scheduled between Thursday and Friday. I managed to do one.
It rained Thursday morning, it rained Thursday night. It rained again Friday afternoon. It was sunny a bit on Saturday and we dragged the arena with Kitt a bit Friday while it was sunny. The horses got some brief turn out from Friday evening to Saturday at about 2pm when it rained more.
It was sunny for Christmas and I wish we had had another 30 degrees cooler because then we would have had snow instead of rain!
The horses were cooped up in their stalls until this evening. There's still giant puddles and lots of mud in the arena, but the rain came in sideways on Saturday and their stalls aren't much better at this point.
Wednesday before all of the rain I believe I mentioned that Susanne rode Mac. Chris got a picture of me holding him.
Once we dry out a little bit I'm anxious to see how he does under some of my other students. I need to do a sand test on his manure and see how we are progressing on that front and, again once we dry out, redo the flexion test on his right fore. The farrier is due next week so I should be able to get an opinion about his feet at that point.
Once the mud gets cleared up we'll see about getting Mac acquainted with the herd and getting a cover on the final stall. I got the first check back and mailed out the one for our agreed amount so he will officially be ours when it goes through. Fingers crossed all goes well!
And the countdown begins. The Nudge is now allowed to come. We moved the crib and baby dresser into our room, lifted the mattress, and I started getting my "go" bag together. There are some things we need to get from the store this week (like infant diapers) and I need to boil all of the bottles and my pump so we can start fresh. Tomorrow is the final ultrasound and the beginning of weekly appointments.
There's a part of me that's ready to be done and over this stage and moving on and the other part that know there are some aspects of this stage that are easier (no diapers, spit-up, buckling into a car seat). Granted I am ready to get my body back and am over my sore thigh and loin as well as the stretched/puffy sensation in my hands and feet. They don't look very swollen, but the skin feels tight across the joints.
Less than four weeks! Hopefully he volunteers a little earlier! Today I felt like he was dropped pretty low, but he seems to have drifted up again. Tristan and I hand raked and hoed the roundpen to improve the footing. It looked pretty nice when we were done and I was a bit wiped out.
I'll probably write about Christmas specifically at some point, but there's the hodge podge above for the moment. So tired of mud.
Onward!
It rained Thursday morning, it rained Thursday night. It rained again Friday afternoon. It was sunny a bit on Saturday and we dragged the arena with Kitt a bit Friday while it was sunny. The horses got some brief turn out from Friday evening to Saturday at about 2pm when it rained more.
It was sunny for Christmas and I wish we had had another 30 degrees cooler because then we would have had snow instead of rain!
The horses were cooped up in their stalls until this evening. There's still giant puddles and lots of mud in the arena, but the rain came in sideways on Saturday and their stalls aren't much better at this point.
Wednesday before all of the rain I believe I mentioned that Susanne rode Mac. Chris got a picture of me holding him.
Once we dry out a little bit I'm anxious to see how he does under some of my other students. I need to do a sand test on his manure and see how we are progressing on that front and, again once we dry out, redo the flexion test on his right fore. The farrier is due next week so I should be able to get an opinion about his feet at that point.
Once the mud gets cleared up we'll see about getting Mac acquainted with the herd and getting a cover on the final stall. I got the first check back and mailed out the one for our agreed amount so he will officially be ours when it goes through. Fingers crossed all goes well!
And the countdown begins. The Nudge is now allowed to come. We moved the crib and baby dresser into our room, lifted the mattress, and I started getting my "go" bag together. There are some things we need to get from the store this week (like infant diapers) and I need to boil all of the bottles and my pump so we can start fresh. Tomorrow is the final ultrasound and the beginning of weekly appointments.
There's a part of me that's ready to be done and over this stage and moving on and the other part that know there are some aspects of this stage that are easier (no diapers, spit-up, buckling into a car seat). Granted I am ready to get my body back and am over my sore thigh and loin as well as the stretched/puffy sensation in my hands and feet. They don't look very swollen, but the skin feels tight across the joints.
Less than four weeks! Hopefully he volunteers a little earlier! Today I felt like he was dropped pretty low, but he seems to have drifted up again. Tristan and I hand raked and hoed the roundpen to improve the footing. It looked pretty nice when we were done and I was a bit wiped out.
I'll probably write about Christmas specifically at some point, but there's the hodge podge above for the moment. So tired of mud.
Onward!