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I have been struggling with my mental health this week and seeing her really helped me. She seemed to pick up on it and was being extra playful and affectionate.

Such a good girl. :)

I'm giving her so many extra calories in the form of a supplement and treats and I'm not going to be doing any lunging or anything with her until she gains weight. We're just gonna hang out and enjoy each other. Maybe she'll let me braid her mane and tail someday lol.

She's lost a lot of weight this winter, which means she will be getting a weight gain supplement and I'll be bringing more bananas.

She was really excited to see me today and instead of letting me brush her, she would let me do a couple of brushes, then would trot away and give me a mischievous side eye.

I finally got to brush her when I took her into the grass to graze.

I sat on the bench in front of his stall and he didn't immediately start playing with my hair and I got confused. Turns out he was snoozing.

He's totally blind, but that doesn't stop him. He's constantly causing mischief. He ripped the religious head covering off of one the instructors and wouldn't give it back to her. I had to shield her with my coat while she wrestled with him because she can't let men other than her husband see her hair. We both laughed about the whole thing

I won't have any new Sandy pics for a couple of weeks. My dog was a goblin and ate toys and had to have surgery to get the toys out. :(

I'll be posting pics of other horses in the meantime. They're all great, but not as wonderful as Sandy lol.

Doc is the horse that I'm currently using for my lessons. He's kinda old, but still sound enough to ride. He likes to do an old man shuffle kinda walk and I have to constantly kick to get him to pick up his damn feet.

He is very affectionate and we have a game where we just push each other. He can tell if I'm in a bad mood and gets extra cuddly and playful on those days.

I have to get certifications as part of my job and because all of my coworkers and I keep failing these really hard tests, we aren't allow to study during downtime on the clock. We were told to study on our own time.

Getting certs is part of what is required for me to get bigger raises and get promoted and all that jazz. I don't want to use my personal time for this. None of the people who are in this predicament do.

I have a meeting in a few days to discuss goals and I need to figure out how to tell my boss that using my own time for work shit is unacceptable.

I really like this job other than this one aspect of it and I don't want to make anyone mad, but I need to express my boundaries and all that

I have lupus and other health issues, so getting sick knocks me on my ass way more than the average person. Of course I come down with something just before a week where I have plans that coincide with the expected nice weather. Guess I'm not gonna do what I had wanted to. -_-

Sandy kept making noises at him as if she was bragging about how she had so much space to herself to have fun lol.

I only went out to put her blanket on, but saw how energetic she was and waited 3 hours to get time in the arena with her lol. It's just too muddy to work with her outside.

She trotted and cantered on a lunge line, we practiced backing up on command, practiced barn manners, and we walked over some poles. 10/10 a good girl.

She got to trot around on a lunge line and we worked on barn manners.

He is also very affectionate. Love himb.