I also have long movie-like dreams and oftentimes they have sequels and I wake up remembering both the original and new dreams
Trail of Tears 2 Electric Boogaloo
I post Sandy pics here all the time lol. She is the Arabian that makes her rounds here.
I want to braid her tail, but she rubs her butt on her stall wall a lot and I'm afraid she'll just rub off all the hair. The hair on the outside of the base of her tail is SOOOOO short and the rest of her tail is pretty thin. Like the individual hairs are really thick, but they're sparser than I'd like. She's like 30, so that isn't surprising lol.
I thought beware of dog signs were to cover your ass if you have an aggressive dog or to just keep people off your property.
My neighbor regularly brought her granddaughter to my yard to play and visit my dogs without my consent and didn't stop when I asked her to. I got a beware of dog sign and she got the hint. My dogs aren't aggressive or anything. I just don't want her to sue me if her granddaughter gets hurt on my property.
I try not to give horses people candy too much just because it isn't the best for them. Horses don't get their teeth brushed, but do get them floated every once in a while, which is just filing down the teeth to get sharp edges away and make the teeth smoother in order to chew better
She got lots of horse cookies. :)
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.
My problem is finding my medications. It'd be nice to know where they come from.
How do I find out if my meds are made outside of the US?
I'm fortunate enough to have really great parents. Like exceptionally great. I get legitimately really sad for others when I hear that they don't have awesome parents. I can't imagine going a day without talking to my mom. She and I talk every morning to make sure we both get up and get ready for the day. My stepfather and I don't talk as often as my mom and I do, but he has been my only true father figure.
My biological father was an absolute piece of shit for most of my life, but he got his shit together and I see him as a good friend now. He and I talk almost every day, mostly about pets or work.
Didn't a tiger shark kill one recently?
Trickledown polymers is incredible ngl
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.
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.
I have two that go hand in hand. One cannot exist without the other in my moral compass.
Acceptance and resistance.
Accept the things you truly cannot change and resist the injustices/cruelties that you can take a stand for and help to change.
Took me a hell of a long time to learn to accept certain things as absolutes, like the fact that suffering is an inherent part of life, but I have always been one to fight against things that can be changed. Not all suffering should be inherent to the human experience, though, and a lot of it can be fought against.