I stay crazy busy. crazy mostly.
Still working late evenings with the job - 3p-1a or so. Head to my parent's house to help my still bedridden mom, feed my horses (actually do this first, since Buddy takes an hour to eat his grain!), tend to my rabbits, gather eggs, let Buddy out of his stall. Bed around 230. Back to my parent's house around 9, feed the horses, let Buddy out, tend the chickens and rabbits.... rinse repeat
I have a little bit of garden in. Have pea and corn yet to plant, but can't seem to get motivated, and it is going to be too late soon. I have pulled lots of radishes for my dad, took up a bunch of mustard greens, and yesterday picked my first 2gal bucket of english peas. Tomatoes are coming in, squash and zuke have blossoms. Never did plant cucumbers. I am a garden slacker.
Chicken yard is 2yrs old and showing some breakdown at one of the raggedy gates I built myself. I need to work on it but I don't know when that may become a reality.
I work out with a personal trainer at the gym 2x a week for an hour each session. She kicks my hindend and hands it to me lol.
At least once a month, sometimes twice (like this month and May) I walk / jog a 5k. My goal is to jog the whole distance in May.
Also once a week I take Rio to a group training class. The first one was just because my friend wanted another big dog there with her Great Dane pup (140lbs). The one starting next week is to help out a friend who has started her own dog training business. She is actually the one who trained Rio at all of his classes he took, so I am excited to work with her again.
Sometimes I actually have time to work the horses.
End of March I took Titan and Buddy on a fundraiser trail ride for the equine rescue. My 16yr old nephew rode Titan so that left me on little Buddy.... whom I had just picked up from the trainer being broke to ride! It was a 4hr ride with 10 obstacles. My novice nephew and Titan did great! I had given J about a 5 minute riding lesson before the ride started and he was navigating obstacles like a pro.
Buddy was amazing! He is such a clever little horse. Obstacles were things like ringing bells that were hanging from a tree, walking through one of those turtle sand boxes, walking over a tarp that was laid between 2 trees that had pool noodles sticking out like low branches, rubbing down your horse with a lariat, stepping over jumps, etc. It was crazy and Buddy took it all in stride. My nephew won me a hay bag, and Buddy and I won a grooming tote box! Coolness.
It was all good after that1
Good to hear from you, again!
