Friday evening

I worked yesterday, for the first time since we moved the horses to the farm. This has added 60 miles to my daily trip to work, for a round trip of 100 miles, vs 30 miles before. When we are living out there it won't be much of a problem, but as long as we are still living in town, it would make for a very long day, if I drove back to the house after work.

I drove down to the farm, fed the horses, and the cats, hooked up the trailer, turned the horses back out, loaded Rosie, locked up and drove 50 miles to work. Bathed, and saddled up, worked 8 hours, unsaddled, drove 50 miles, unloaded horse, turned her loose, and set up my cot in the barn, crawled into my sleeping bag, after changing my clothes, as it was going down to 43 degrees F, and sleeping in your clothes is guaranteed to freeze you before morning.

This morning, I fixed the fence where an insulator had pulled out of a post, walked the fence, checking for other possible problems. The horses seemed to think I should feed them, but I waited till afternoon, so Indy, who was coming home with me, could be fed first.

I put a new bottom in an old tack trunk, set up a set of shelves, patched the rusty bolts on the old boat, took pictures of a flock of water birds, and tried to put up an overhead cabinet, but I needed another person to help. I had to stop often, to eat, rest, or drink something, but it was very peaceful, and satisfying.

Then I fed the horses,and cats, fixed Indy's feed for tomorrow, cleaned out the trailer, and did some touch up painting inside, as well as putting up the Plexiglas, for winter.

Then I had to turn out the horses again, except for Indy, who is going to an SCA event with Mike and I tomorrow. I loaded him into the trailer, and he started having a temper tantrum.

He reared up and stuck his leg thru his feed bag full of one n only, and broke his halter. He proceeded to pawing and throwing himself around in the trailer.

I had to unload, him and remove the feed bag from his leg, load him back up, and drove home. He is loose in the locked trailer tonight, with feed and water. I'll have to unload him, so that I can let him pee,and remove the bucket, before we head out in the morning.

I'm heading tfor a shower now, and dinner, before packing for tomorrow.