So I haven’t apparently been paying enough attention to what I’m doing at the barn. My life is so rush rush all the time, that I really need to slow downnnn.

Normally Birdie is my good little barn dog. She’s nice to all the animals and generally stays out of the way.

Yes the storm was coming and I decided that although the dark clouds were looming overhead, that I would quickly try and run to the ring to lunge Missy. (Shes’ a fantastic lunger). So she’s trotting and everything is fine. I ask her to canter and she canters… then my stupid arse DOG decides to bark and chase her a little. So I’m yelling at Birdie, Missy is freaking out and then ———- the lunge rope is snapped from my hand. So now Missy is running loose around the ring with the lunge rope trailing her which is even more scary to her.

That horse runs and runs.

Add to that the storm has started. So the wind is whipping around.

It takes me a good 10 minutes to catch her.

Sigh. Why is nothing easy?

(So note to self: She’s no Cookie. If you raise ur hand to Cook or tell her ‘whoa’ she stops. and lets you approach her… Perhaps it was because Missy was scared… she didn’t stop or slow down at all.)

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I’m a little frustrated because I virtually moved across the street from the barn and I had these fantasies of riding all the time. Somehow it hasn’t worked out that way. I have plenty of excuses… sick, tired, nchja (show), covering the barn, too hot, Cook lame… but it just still aggravates me. I haven’t ridden in a week now! It’s just frustrating cause I know I have two horses to keep up with.