Truthful Tuesday

 

Oh man, guys. Mother nature and I are in a fight! Why you ask? Well, first because she made my weekend more difficult than it already was timing wise. Saturday I needed to do chores, then go to my niece's recital, then come back and ride. I was on a fairly tight schedule to get to the recital in time. So what does mother nature do? She makes the morning 21 degrees. Which meant that the horses needed their heavy turnouts with the hoods. They take twice as long to put on as one of their lighter options. Of course, by the time I had to leave for the recital, it was well into the 40's which meant I couldn't leave the horses in their heavies while I was spectating. More time to change blankets. Sigh. Also it rained while the horses were out which meant I had to hang the feeders upside to dry and couldn't refill them until the morning.

That matters because Sunday I had to have chores done by 10 to make it to my other niece's play. Of course the sun doesn't come up until 6:30 so that makes it a bit of a rush to get things done. And it took extra time because thanks to mother nature I couldn't refill the hay feeders the day before. But fear not, I made it on time to both things!

But still, I had one more day to be annoyed with Mother Nature. Today my helper called out sick. Which, he NEVER calls out, so ya know, these things happen. But where it was tricky was that I had an eye dr appointment at 10:00. I didn't see the message he wasn't able to come in until 7:30 when I was just making my coffee (I really should check the phone earlier). I ran outside and fed the horses, and gave the stalls a quick poo pick, but I didn't have time to turn the horses and back in before I had to leave for my appointment. I got back around 11:30 and then had to mad rush to get things done before the RAIN STARTED. I didn't make it though. Shiny and I got rained on in our ride, and it was pitch dark out (and still raining) when I dumped the buckets on poo mountain at nearly 8pm... But at least it was warmish out. 

So anyway. That's my confession. I'm big mad at Mama Nature. And also kind of tired.