Riding Time

I decided last night that I would enjoy the nice weather and ride a couple of the horses. I pulled Bob and Sam out so they could graze. I know that I need to make that phone call for Bob soon. He isn't really getting any grass when he eats, unless it's the small grass. I know that it's coming but I keep trying to fool myself. It's devistating no matter what.

I started pulling out different horses and then decided I might as well pull everyone out so they could have a lesson in standing patiently. No that standing patiently while everyone else is standing around does much good for teaching them to be by themselves. But at least this way I was able to handle the big herd.

I admit I chickened out and didn't ride Maverick. His drylot is almost to the point where I can ride in it again. The bigger lot is dry but I had to get everyone out to ride in there. I also didn't want to ride by myself and Mike was busy working on the car.

Instead I started out riding Zeke. Oh I do so enjoy riding him. I then decided I would switch over and ride Rain. I didn't realize what a difference there is between the two. Zeke is much calmer. Rain always gets flighty when I ride in the yard. With Bob and Sam in the yard I didn't want to go out on the road (and deal with hunters). I only rode Rain for a few minutes and then switched to Chaos. I haven't been on either Rain or Chaos since mid September. Both did OK for not having worked them in almost two months. I need to get back to riding more on everyone.

I very much enjoyed my little bit of riding. Daylight savings time really takes a huge chunck out of my riding time. Hopefully I can get a bit more organized and start riding in the shed. I've switched my schedule so I can hopefully snag an extra half hour of daylight to sneak in a ride here and there.

Chores always take so long that I underestimate the amount of time they take, especially when I'm in the dark. I did find out that my hay should be coming Wednesday some time. Luckily I have the day off so I can be there to supervise. Now I have two days to move panels and do some final cleaning before my hay arrives. I can't wait.

I will have to move some of the small square bales but there aren't that many left to move come Wednesday. I was hoping that the small squares would hold out and I could use them the middle of winter for Maverick since he eats so much more than every one else. I'm a bit disappointed that I didn't go buy more earlier this summer. I've gone through almost 200 bales already and we aren't even to mid November.