So, my schedule is...homeschool, ride, make dinner, hang out with family. There are a few days of running around to 4-H things and homeschool activities...but the rest for now is riding. I have to say no to a lot of things. But...it is just this season. It isn't forever. :-)
Today was very pretty out! I even had the kids outside jumping on the trampoline after their school work was finished. But I did see some storm clouds as I hopped into the truck on the way out to the barn. Then I found great annoyance that the vehicle ahead of me on my way out was going under the speed limit...
I realize I have ridiculous PMSING rage. But seriously. Don't be a jackwad. For real. Not cool. He went even slower when he approached his turn onto Helena road. But THANK GOODNESS he finally turned. So annoying.
Okay...onto more fun things like...today is my little Aussie's FIRST birthday! Happy birthday Sydney puppy...what a joy and amazing addition he is to our family.
There are my dear daughters and their pup. He adds a lot to our family. The girls like him better than Gideon because he listens to them. :-) Gideon ignores them. He doesn't feel they have any authority in his humble opinion. ;-) The girls made Sydney a hotdog breakfast, and lit a candle that was scary for him and then blew it out themselves. My kids are funny.
That was totally random. But hey...whatever...it's my blog...I'll throw random things in there if I want to. Sooooooo, after the road rage (back to the original story) I went to the barn to tack up and ride. I could see the storm clouds moving in fast. I made sure to hang my pony's blanket up in the tack room of the trailer so it wouldn't be sopping wet like I knew she would be when we got back.
We went into the side entrance off of County line road today. I ran into my friends Muree and Susan, they were kind enough to join me today because I was going to attempt to cross the river and use the other side for conditioning. They told me it was really high. So remember in my last post/video I said...Maybe it's just a big stream...or creek...but we named it a river?? Well folks...after all this rain...today...it was for real a river!!!
It was moving pretty fast, I was glad my dog made it, he got some good swimming in today! After the river, my dog got behind my friend's horse and got stepped on twice! Ouch!! Dumb dog! I simply can not help him with that. Thankfully, after he limped for a bit, he shook it off and it doesn't look like any lasting damage.
It began to rain pretty good on us. We decided to cross the levy today. It was pretty much overflowing....Sydney thought it was fun...Renata doesn't even bat an eye
at this stuff anymore and is getting pretty good at it. If you look closely...you'll notice my friend Muree only has one stirrup she is riding with. We galloped up a hill today and all of the sudden the leather stitching came loose on her stirrup and it just FELL OFF. So...she got to ride with one stirrup the rest of the way home, but she is a been there, done that kind of girl and rides her horse bare back, so it didn't bother her. She found some bailing twine along the trail to tie up her stirrup behind so they could get it fixed later. Just all the fun mishaps that happen during riding you know? Feel privileged to see the behind the scenes of the endurance horses and riders. :-) Haha
Most of Alpine was under water today. All of the trails became streams and so...we practiced not stopping but trotting through all of the puddles. She did good. Some of those puddles were up to her knees, that was interesting for holding on for myself...pretty bouncy trotting through puddles!!
After being in the weather, I was happy to come home, peel off my drenched breeches, climb into a hot bathtub and enjoy a glass of red wine. We did our job today. It was good for the mental conditioning for both of us.
Happy spring shower conditioning everyone!!! Hope your are enjoying the liquid sunshine as much as we are. ;-)
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