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Today our children, Adam and Amy- and Kelly's 3 children (much younger than mine) helped us to clean and organize the main floor of the barn for the tack sale. It felt good to get things organized. My oldest daughter is turning 21, Rachael 19 and Adam 15. Kelly's kids are younger, and so nice to be with. She left them with us for the afternoon- it was a treat for us. Ally, their youngest (8) has a horse in the barn, Missy. She helped clean the stalls, with Amy and set up feed, and we had to brush Missy today. We got organized for our tack sale the 23rd, and have a nice array of tack, saddles, blankets, even a pony cart and harness! It should be a good day, and hopefully people will come- so please do!
We also went out to Joan's in Londonderry, where Scribbles recieved her two months of training. It was so good to see her, there really is comfort is seeing a friend who welcomes you whether you've seen or talked to each other yesterday or six months ago. I got to introduce her to Kelly- I am always singing Joan's praises as a horse person, trainer and best of all as a wonderful woman I'm lucky to know and call a friend. Again, we met each other through the horses- which is cool. A couple at Joan's who had worked with Scribbles, Myles and Marian donated three beautiful saddles, saddle pads, a fly sheet, girths. It was so generous of them- and meaningful as they really got to know Scribbles well, including helping with her training. We got to know each other a bit, too, and got chances to ride and train together. Okay, we got a chance to have Joan tell us what to do in the round-pen to properly train Scribbles ; ).
The whole day I struggled with whether I should go to see Scribbles or not. It takes a solid hour and a half one way, so really when all is said and done with it's many hours worth of travel to get there and back to see my horse. There is a horse at the clinic from Conneticut- and one who lives 4 hours away in Maine, so I shouldnt feel so bad- but she's there so long and I feel like she needs MY care. Realistically, she needs the care of medical staff but I am finding it really difficult not seeing my injured horse. Today I felt she needed a good brushing, I wanted to wash the blood off of her face from the night, detangle her mane and tail, etc. The other horses at the clinic, though injured or not well have appearances which are much better than Scribbles! I know that will come in time- it takes patience and time, as the great Craig Cameron has said. I have lots of time to wait, and the circumstances are giving me a lesson in patience!
Maybe tomorrow I'll sneak out early to go to see my girl. I have a big bag of carrots to leave for her, and I thought I'de make a warm mash with hay stretcher pellets for her. It all depends on how motivated I feel at 5 tomorrow am!
The horse from Maine, Mercedes, is a cute Arab gelding that the family has only had for a couple of months. Poor guy had kidney stones, too big to pass. They got him as a rescue, and I could tell they really loved their horse-julst like we do. I am learning a lot from this experience. It was really nice to talk with his owners/family about the worries of bringing your horse to the Myhre Clinic, or any Equine hospital like that- so nervewracking. But true to form, the Dr got the operation done, and the family could leave Friday evening with a sense of relief. Mercedes, sending get well wishes your way!
