Chilly

Talk about massive cold this morning. The cold air and wind took my breath away, although I was expecting it. The last few days have been a bit of a blur so not really sure even what to report on. Trying to get everything finished up for Christmas, Christmas with the family this past weekend, dealing with subzero temps for a couple of days, and getting over the flu, yeah I’m in a bit of a fog.

I’ll be putting the horses in tonight and should have last night. I should have also put blankets on a couple of the horses too but no one really seemed all that bothered last night. I’m tossing around the idea of buying a couple more blankets. We have some blankets but they either don’t fit, are ripped, or aren’t turnout blankets. I feel a little guilty when I know there are some blankets that “might” work but these are awfully nice. But not sure that I can scrape up the money to buy them since they are a closeout deal and will be gone before the end of the week.

After today and tonight, the weather is supposed to warm up. I’m hoping that we avoid the subzero temps for the rest of the winter but I doubt that’ll happen. Winter solstice was only this weekend and we’ve already been dealing with subzero temps earlier in the month. I’ll be glad to see green pastures again!

I also need to schedule a time with the vet to float a couple of horses. I think that might be Brego’s issue. I know he’s a hay dunker but I’m starting to think that he also needs a float. So now I have to figure out how to scrape up the money and find enough extra time to take off from the paying job. With being sick and the holidays, I’m down to zilch vacation time so I’m going to have to do some wheeling and dealing (i.e., work my butt off so I can take off time later in the week).   Ah the joys of a full time paying job and a full time Sanctuary job (not to mention full time mother)! No wonder I don’t get the super important non-profit paperwork going. By the end of the day, I’m falling asleep on the couch. Many a night I’ve woken to realize I’d fallen asleep on the couch and have to get up in a few short hours to do it all over again.