Soggy Day

It's a good thing I got my ride in first thing this morning. I originally had planned to haul King and Chaos up to Madison to go for a ride with Dad. I wanted Dad to try out King with his new shoes and pads and I wanted to start giving Chaos some exposure.

When I got up, there were dark clouds to the west. I hopped online to see what the weather was going to do and it looked like it would be long before we got rain showers. So instead I decided that I would ride Chaos around the dry lot. I haven't saddled him up and ridden him around since March. So I guess it's a good thing that I had a chance to ride him around the yard instead.

About the time I was finishing up riding Chaos it started to sprinkle. I still needed to move the pony pasture to the next spot. I scurried around to get everyone situated for the day. By the time I walked in the door about 9am it started to rain.

Surprisingly enough it's been a straight down rain ALL day! I don't know how much rain we've gotten but it's a lot. Straight down, but still alot. At times the skies just open up and it pours while other times it just sprinkles along.

I hope the rain will be done by tomorrow. It could make a soggy 4th of July.

When I went to do chores tonight Babe and Queen were shivering like crazy. I went ahead and fed them their grain mash and got the barn ready for them. I figure I have a barn I might as well use it! I got Queen settled in and then Babe. I think they were both happy to be in out of the rain.

I feel bad that Maverick cant' get out of the rain. He was shivering too but I figured with a bunch of hay, he'll be fine for the night. Otherwise he has to go into the box stall and I think he'd tear that apart.

Earlier in the day I ran to the vets to pick up two more cats. While I was there I bought some luster to help get rid of Maverick's lice. The fly spray is just not cutting it any more. There's another batch of eggs just waiting to hatch. I still am not totally convinced that I shouldn't just roach his mane to help get rid of the lice. Or at least this way I could keep a closer track of the eggs and smother them with the luster stuff. He has to be completely lice free before the end of hte month. At the end of the month I have to integrate him into the herd so that we can go on our yearly family vacation that I so desperatly need!

I think the couch is calling my name though. It's been a wet, soggy day and I'm ready to curl up and relax for a little while before tackling another day at Borderlands.