Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Truthful Tuesday

 

Today's confession is that I stepped away from the real world for a few hours on Sunday. I stayed off socials, didn't listen to any news, and just spent the morning with my horses. I had made a new playlist Saturday night specifically to have an enjoyable day in the barn the next day. Saturday was a challenging day of chores as the actual temperature was -8 when I went out to feed. Not the wind chill. The ACTUAL temp. It was stupid. 

My playlist was comprised of only songs I knew the words to so I could sing along and have a dance party ALL morning. The vast majority of the songs were real bangers. I'll probably make a more mellow version for summer when it's too hot for dance parties. The playlist spanned the decades too. Music from my childhood all the way up to now. SUPER FUN!

So yeah, while the horses were out doing their thing in the snow, I was inside singing and dancing like no one was watching, and it was great fun. Put me in a great mood! Got me all pumped up for when the horses were back in and I had to go treasure hunt for all the poop buried in the snow. My last area to hunt was up on the hill in Shiny's paddock. Once I had picked up the frozen poo balls up there, I took a good look at that little hill... It's very steep. And very covered in snow... I had snow pants on... So I made a childlike decision. I threw my pitchfork down to the bottom of the hill. Sat down. Put the poo bucket in my lap.... And slid down the hill on my butt! It was delightful! 10/10. Highly recommend. As long as your'e properly attired of course. 

So that's it! That's today's confession. I unplugged and acted like a child for a few hours this weekend. And then I was ready to face the collapse of civilization once more.