of course everyone wants to talk about ami…. so I will give a brief update.  he has a fracture in his foot - stall rest for 3 months.  He got bar shoes on today.

let me start by saying that I am exhausted.  I have been busy as regular, but also traveling 10 hours in a single day and coupled with the fact I have been pulling long(er) hours at the barn due to some freak stuff happening…  = I am exhausted.  I am not trying to be moody or in a bad mood - but I’m simply of explaining what is up with Ami, and then answering all the “ohh I’m so sorry” or “what are you going to do?” or “I knew a horse that had that and it died/never was sound again/his leg fell off” or “you should have done x, y and z”.

He has a crack in his foot.  He’s on stall rest.  What’s next after that… I don’t know.

I really don’t mean to have an attitude about it - and I hope that I don’t come across like that in this post or in person.  But I have cried my eyes out, I’m emotionally SPENT.  done. toast.  I don’t want to talk about it right now.  I have to get through this weekend where we are going to a big show.  I can’t stress and be an emotional mess when I have a ton of stuff to do.

My farrier, Loren was SUPER awesome.  I called him at 10am to let him know I need a bar shoe and he fit me into a packed schedule.  In fact he was on his way home when he came by.  Was ultra reassuring that things would work out.

J and B of course have been good too.  We have had ALOT going on…  10 days of random HELL.  But we have stuck together and I imagine this only makes our team stronger.

The other person who was awesome was Ami’s breeder.  We keep in touch and she wanted to know what the vet said.  I couldn’t even call her.  I had J do it.  She wrote me an email that was very re-assuring and very supportive.  said ami comes from a long line of VERY tough horses.  He will be fine.

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Obviously I didn’t ride today.  That was the last thing I felt like doing.

today was horrid.

can’t go into it now.  will blog tomorrow.

ami’s appt didn’t go well.

regular day at the barn. made final plans to take Ami to Virgina tomorrow. Cam offered to drive down and meet me but I don’t have an appointment time… they are “working me in”. Which means I could be there 30 minutes or I could be spending the night there. :-)

horses were ‘eh’ today. Not terrible but no one went out of their way to cooperate with me. I told this funny at the barn today to a girl who is just visiting.

“When I first started with the boys, I would go “oow!” or “eek!” or “help!” or “stop!” and they would come running!”

“Now I scream………. and no one comes. They figure I have it under control”.

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Getting more comfortable with all the stallions now. As I blogged before, I would only mess with 2. Now I can be depended on to tack, hold them or lead them in easy situations (no mares around, not first thing in the AM, not past any other stallions). I can lunge 1 more too (I was proud of myself for getting him out, tacking him up and lunging him all by myself - all the time, whispering to him to please be good and not make this into a “he-got-loose-on-Crystal” story. He was good.)  There is one stallion that I am really warming up to - I really like the way he moves.

This is the most awesome picture in the world of the sexiest horse in the world.

Today was a good AND bad day.

First off, so many people got on my nerves. I was horribly irritated and really wanted to go home.

But two bright spots. Lauren finally came out and met Ami. She took very very cute pictures of him. He was patient and good. Much like Cook, he is photogenic. I’ll try and load the pics on here, but I’m very tired tonight.

Thanks.

Oh, Lauren did have a good quote…

“I know he’s your horse, because he’s not going anywhere but he’s still clipped and shiny.”

Mom does like products and good horsey hygiene.

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My standard response when asked what I do is ‘hunters’.

Yesterday I was getting lunch at Bojangles.

Man:  “You ride?”

Me:  “Yes.”

Man:  “What discipline?”

Me:  “Dressage.”

Wow.  Did I just say that?  First time ever.  Claimed dressage.

Ok, don’t make fun of me…

I’m seriously thinking of doing an animal communicator. I really was down on people who did this - seriously I thought (and still think) that they are full of crap.

But I’m still un-settled about Cook.

So here is what I was thinking…

What bad can come of it?

Scenario 1: The AC is real. Tells me that Cook loved me. I am comforted.

Scenario 2: The AC is full of crap. Tells me that Cook loved me. I am comforted.

Maybe I will be more settled about her. Since Cook is deceased, what more can they tell me other than she wants me to be at peace with her passing. I know that already in my heart, but maybe it will provide me comfort.

What do you think?

is it wrong for me to be hugely attracted to Avon Barksdale?