Truthful Tuesday

 

Well this is awkward.... So, you know how I've mentioned that Al has a threshold for external stimuli? Like he can handle it being windy if it's warm out and the neighbor isn't around, but not if it's also cold and noisy. Well. I realized today that perhaps it's not all him. Because I too am quite dysfunctional with too much negative stimuli.

Let me explain. I have been having a terrible time with carpal tunnel, which is mostly just annoying. But the reason I'm struggling from it is that it's been waking me up at night. And sometimes it's so bad I have trouble getting comfortable enough to go back to sleep. Very annoying. Last night, it woke me up around 2:30 am and I didn't fall back asleep until after 4. So I got maybe 5 hours of very interrupted sleep. Annoying, right? So that was negative stimuli number one.

Negative stimuli number two was that it's freaking freezing again! Not quite literally, but close. It was in the 30's overnight and didn't get to 50 today. Also wind. Gross.

Which leads me to number three. I have told my worker more times than I should have to that he can't use his diesel blower in the barn if the doors will be shut. The fumes are terrible. Like SO BAD. The horses should NOT be left to breath that in. Nor should I. Definitely not good for my asthma. So did he use my electric blower today since the doors were shut? Oh no. No he did not. I was big mad. We're kind of back to the same problems I've complained about in the past, so this was like icing on my grumpy cake. 

Let me tell you. I was in a foul mood ALL DAY. I didn't even want to hang out with me. The horses were super spicy too, but thankfully we all kept our poo mostly together. Though I did nearly fall of Shiny trotting... Hahaha! That actually made my laugh. Not sure what startled her, but I was in the bareback pad and she teleported sideways. She's an angel though and caught me. Good pony.

So anyway, the real question is, am I the reason Al is the way he is?? Or has Al's neuroses rubbed off onto me? Hard to say for sure. But generally with horses, it's usually not them that's the problem. I suppose the first step is recognizing it. Step two is figuring out how to fix it. I'll just be over here trying to reset my grumpy meter.