So is it weird that I'm totally okay with not leaving my house? I have food (at least for a while) and a normal amount of toilet paper. My pups are here. Just not the ponies. I called for hay, and it's coming, but I'm not yet sure when. So I can't bring the ponies home right now. And truthfully, I'm not sure I could care for them properly right now with their special needs and my job as crazy as it is. So for now, they're staying at the boarding barn. My state is really vague on whether or not we boarders should be going to the barn and the barn owner is allowing us for right now. Boarders only, no lesson kids, no extra family members. I'm thinking about not riding Shiny, and just going out to hand walk the rehabbers and let her have a free lunge if it's possible in the indoor. Most of the other boarders go out early in the day, and I can't until after work so there are usually only 3 people there when I am. I'm not using the cross ties anymore, and bringing my own clorox wipes for door handles and stall latches.
If they decide to close to boarders, I will definitely miss my horses, but I'm honestly okay with that too. I want this thing to pass quickly. As an asthmatic, I'm pretty terrified of catching it.
Where are you guys at with this thing? Are you still seeing your horses? Are you riding?
I am currently still going to see my horse and it would be pretty bad if I couldn't go out to see them, they want to get paid to take the horses out and grain them and I just don't have the budget for it so my horse would just sit in his stall. But I am hopefully moving soon and we'll see how the new barn is operating right now.
ReplyDeleteExtra stressful that you're having to deal with that on top of this pandemic! Hope everything works out.
DeleteStill seeing my horses, since they live at home. It's too muddy and wet to ride right now anyway so it's no benefit to me having them at home lol. I'm exclusively WFH at the moment and trying not to go out at all. My husband is essential personnel at the prison he works for, so I am just operating under the assumption that he IS going to bring it home at some point and we'll both get sick. I worry less about myself than I do about him - he has asthma and some other health conditions that make me worry about how it could affect him, but I guess we'll cross that bridge when/if we get there. He's a germophobe so he's being very over the top with sanitation at the moment, so maybe it'll skip on by us?
ReplyDeleteUgh, I hope you both stay healthy! I'm worried also being asthmatic. Trying to not go anywhere at all!
DeleteStill seeing my horse until barn closes BUT limiting how often I go. So i am waiting for his smartpaks to arrive (Supposedly Thurs) and i will go then and try to hand graze him and just love on him then will come home again. not going to ride this week. It kills me since i have been riding so often but not risking it. UGH...i just want to go to sleep and wake up and this be a bad dream. Crazy. I am trying to keep small biz alive if possible one step at a time but it is getting harder and harder due to govt shutdowns. Meanwhile my hair is needing a hair cut bad. LOL (self care omg I will have a bowl cut before this is over). Stay safe!!
ReplyDeleteOh man, my hair is in BAD shape. I was avoiding the hair dresser during flu season, so I was already over due!
DeleteI feel the same way, I want this to all be over so badly.
I had my last ride on Ernie last night. The barn is saying closing for two weeks, but the statewide closure is currently for three weeks. Of course with the horses it is a gray area anyways. We shall see. Closing was the right thing to do (especially with a boarder who got back from new zealand last week and did not self-quarantine, ugh), but it hurts. I wanted to bring Ernie home for the interim (more turnout, more attention from me, etc) but his owner said no unless I wanted to buy him. Which I might, but not right now...it was strange. Oh well. I have the two boys at home and if I get desperate I can make P tote me around at a walk. I'm also working a lot because even though tax season got extended for federal it hasn't been for states and cities yet and some clients need their refunds now more than ever. So I'll stay busy whether I want to or not. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteBe safe <3
Ugh, so stressful! I'm sorry you can't see Ernie, that's so hard. I'm really hoping people listen and stay home and we can get past this sooner than later.
DeleteI rode on Sunday and do still have a lesson planned for next Sunday, although it is tentative. T says she is staying open until the governor mandates a SIP order. I figured I will continue to go as long as it's an option and I am not sick (if we're being honest, I think I already had this crap in January, but obviously can't prove it). Anyway, I figure it's outdoors since the arena is covered but not closed, no grooming or tacking happens in the aisles, only in stalls. I am not in direct contact with anyone, the horses all have their own stuff, so I'm not touching anything someone else touched within the last few hours, and I'm automatically 6 ft away from others while mounted.
ReplyDeleteYeah, same here. I'm tacking/grooming in the stall, and I bring my own clorox wipes to wipe things down. Ugh. What a weird time to be alive, huh?
DeleteIt's definitely a tough choice. Niko's barn is still open to staff and boarders.
ReplyDeleteMine also still. We'll see what happens as this thing progresses. I've been going late, and it's just been me and one other boarder when I'm there. So I feel okay about social distancing since it's the same two of us. And we keep a wide berth from each other. Helps to have a cranky mare! Haha!
DeleteI'm totally ok with not leaving the house. We've gone out for groceries 1x since the work from home started and I was keeping my eye on the other people pretty closely in case they got too close!
ReplyDeleteMy guys are home, but no riders out there, so I'm just enjoying spending extra time at the barn. I have a list of spring chores a mile long, so just waiting for it to warm up a bit more before I get started.
Everyone keeps talking about having free time! But my work is so crazy, I haven't found any yet... maybe this weekend!
DeleteDH and I rode on Saturday and barn closed on Sunday. I'd planned to stop going for the time being anyway as DH is an ER nurse and had his first patient who tested positive. At the moment the cases are quite low in our county but it is only a matter of time I think. Scary stuff but I know our ponies are in really good hands. And I have 3 retirees in my back yard so I do get a horsey fix on the daily. #sograteful
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you have some horses to snuggle at least! I hope you and DH stay healthy. So very scary to be in his line of work right now. Thinking of you both!
DeleteI think I would be okay just being home but work has been relentless. I finding it tiring. So I'm getting a little cranky. I need some rest.
ReplyDeleteUgh, yes, so with you. My job has been crazy before, but never anything like this. It's EXHAUSTING!
DeleteWe have been staying put for the most part. I grocery shopped a week and a half ago and will likely need to replenish some things this weekend. Hunter fortunately has a nanny, so he isn't affected if/when daycares close. My job has gone to a half-time schedule for now. This week I'm working MWF with one other secretary and next week T TH. The other two secretaries work the opposite days. We have to get our temperature taken when we come into work in the morning now also. Some counties in Kansas have issued SIP orders, but none of the counties that surround the one I live in.
ReplyDeleteAs for the horses, our barn is still open. We can't bring guests, we have to practice social distancing and if we're sick we were asked to stay home. My trainer's grandparents live on the property and they're 85 plus, so if we visit them we have to keep more distance than normal. A lot of the boarders/lessors/students at the barn are kids, so they're mostly coming during the day now since schools are closed. So the evenings are especially quiet. I haven't been riding enough to justify paying for a lesson, so I've just been hacking here and there. If things remain open, I may try for a lesson one day next week and see if Hunter's nanny can watch him for a few hours.
Glad you have some help with Hunter! I haven't been to the store in about two weeks either. I placed an order for grocery delivery, but it won't arrive until April 8th. Earliest I could get! So I'll be eating a lot of Ramen at some point I guess. Lol.
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