Beyond Busy

I'm not sure how I'll get everything done before we head out for vacation. So much to do and not enough time.

This weekend was an absolute blur. I haven't even had a chance to really play with Ivan, who we brought home Saturday afternoon. Poor guy, gets dumped into a pen and doesn't get to do anything but stand around. He did meet the herd already. I'm afraid I'll have to do a fast introduction so he's into the herd before we go. I hate fast introductions. Much too stressful for my liking. I prefer a month of downtime before putting them into the herd.

Had a trail ride this weekend and took Maverick. He did alright. It was much too hot but it was all gravel roads instead of the fun creeks we normally cross. This ride is normally a pretty good workout for the horses but with all the rains we had to take roads the entire way. At least it gave Maverick more miles, which he desperately needed. This ride was only his second ride, all on gravel, and it wasn't follow the leader. All in all he did alright.

Tonight I'll be rushing around to get stuff done (housework instead of horsework). I've decided to haul Joe and Thor to mom and dad's tomorrow. It seems that standing on flat even ground helps with Joe's hip. So we'll see how they handle that pasture instead. Unforatuntely there isn't any grass in the lawn any more. We'll see how long I keep them at mom and dad's. Their pasture has recovered from overgrazing. We'll see how long I keep them there. I have one more place I can put them after we get back from vacation. I don't leave horses out on two lines of portable electric fence when we are gone for a week. That's just asking for trouble.

I may or may not be around much the next day and a half. We are headed out Wednesday and I need to get everything together before we go and put extra hours in to make up for some of the time I'm gone. I hate leaving the horses but am excited to go for a vacation. I haven't left on a vacation since last year about this time. I'm not yet burned out like I was last year. I'm not sure if that's because of the excitement from this year or what (engagement, wedding, married life, new job, etc.). But I'm a bit more capable of handling things thrown at me.

I hope to return even more rejuvinated and ready to rescue!