When it rains, it pours

Sunday, March 29, 2009

It’s dark when I wake up. Which is odd - I’ve slept in and the sun should be up. Oh shit, that means the front is here. I check the weather channel, and I have about 10 minutes before the bulk of the rain hits. It takes me that long to get to the barn. So, I drive like a mad woman. Ok, I know, I drive like that anyway! It’s starting to rain, but not bad. Yet. I get the girls in and fed, and notice that Adiva’s ear is a bit bulgy. I guess I’ll clean it later. I get back in the car just as things get bad. The girls don’t care, and we aren’t forecast to have too much, so I leave them out. They’ll have enough time in the stalls when our lightning storms come.

It rains most of the day, and when I get back to the barn in the afternoon, I’m surprised that there’s no standing water. Man, we are in a drought! The girls are dirty tho, so I can tell it did rain a bit out there. The flies are out too. I will say that was the only good thing about all the wind - no flies. Anni is especially annoyed by them. I figure I have to rinse them, and I had wanted to wash Anni’s tail anyway. She’s been rubbing her butt a lot lately, and I think it’s all the bugs. I get Adiva first, so I can check her ear. And of course, she’s an angel about it all, even tho I have to pull off scabs. And wouldn’t you know, there is still some nasty in there. Looks like I’ll be calling the vet again. The area that was lanced is healing mega fast tho. And it looks good. We may have to actually cut a lot of it out tho, and I’m not looking forward to that. I rinse her off, and I think she enjoyed it. I then give her to K to graze while I clean Anni.

She, unfortunately, is not too fond of water. Well, not fond of it hitting her back. She almost collapses to the concrete. No idea why, but we take things slow, and when she realizes the flies are gone, she really relaxes and lets me finish. I grab the shampoo and get to scrubbing her tail. She’s loving that! And major snaps to the shampoo - it sure does rinse out as quickly as they said it should. www.equiscentials.com I love their hoof moisturizer too. My fave thing is that none are too girly smelling. They are very neutral, almost masculine. Not overpowering at all, and the horses seem to like it too.

When I’m done, I take her out to graze her, and K and I switch mares. Adiva and I have some work to do on leading, and Anni just needs to graze. Adiva takes me all over, investigating, while Anni is content to keep her nose in the grass. We turn them back out at dinner time, feed them, then tuck them in for the night. I’d say it was a good day. But any day I see my girls is a good day!