Time flies when you’re having fun…session 1 finished this weekend, and we haven’t added to the blog since April! So here’s an update from Jen:
Staff: Not putting us first because we’re the most important, but because it will help explain why we’ve been busy. Kris spent two weeks in Russia , but we still haven’t heard many stories from the trip since she’s been doing a ton of long-distance commuting between Colo and Kansas City mobile office. On the plus side, we’re getting more experience in running the office-side of things. I can find most of the forms needed in the office, my fingers are getting stronger and my typing is getting faster. I can still talk faster than I can type though. And Dani and I are even more convinced that a time warp exists at the stables, starting at the driveway. It seems like we try to do quick chores after work, and two or three hours later we’re wondering where all the time went. Hannah is now an instructor-in-training, so we can teach her all this stuff, too. Wonder how she is at typing….
Horses are on pasture now! The horses and instructors celebrated on May 1 when we were able to move from the “dry” lots to the pasture. Dani and I got stuck more than a few times in the mud, horses were going crazy because they could see, hear, and smell the lovely spring grass, and Peanut discovered that when it was super wet and muddy he could go to the deepest corner to escape. He just let himself sink down till the mud was over his knees and waded under the fence. I should have been suspicious when he had more mud than any other horse. He can be such a mischievous little guy. The herd spent their first hour of pasture time galloping laps and eating. We had planned on keeping them in a small portion so they wouldn’t overeat, but they slipped past me and there was no catching them for the next 24 hours. Luckily they already had their grazing muzzles on. The advantage of the time in the dry lot was that they all lost some weight, which they badly needed. The downside of the
