Cruisin Along

What's new since last time? A little bit! 

We've had hot, dry weather for what seems like an eternity, so on one hand it's been summer forever. But also, how is it the end of August already? My summer to do list seems like it's only got bigger and yet I feel like I work every spare minute of the day. I basically have been a hermit and not participated in any of the fun adventures I said I would. It's just been this overriding feeling of never having enough time. Don't get me wrong, I am happy and love being busy and accomplishing things, but I'm looking forward to turning more of the focus back to riding.

Hot and smoky. There are a lot of wildfires burning.

Anyway. 

Saddle trialing has resulted in a new saddle for Sophie. I should be more excited, but I feel so conflicted with all the different opinions I've had in the last few years that I've got serious cynicism going on. But, by all accounts, this is the one. I'm definitely relieved to have something.  Still, for 5k of my hard earned dollars, I kind of hoped for angels singing and a feeling of inner peace and certainty ;)

Is an Amerigo Pasubio, worth a try if you're like me and have a round, short backed type. I lucked out and found a new 2020 for used price and the lovely fitter adjusted it to template before sending it out. As you can see, it's not perfect, so I have an anatomical girth on order in hopes that will help the whole pony struggle of the girth getting sucked into the armpit thing.

I FINALLY went for my last MRI last weekend to (hopefully) confirm everything is stable and to get the all clear to be back riding on the regular. There was mass confusion, because guess what? There is another Teresa with a somewhat similar last name (and nothing else in common besides living in the same province) and our medical records are all mixed up...for the last 15 years. This is why my referrals keep getting lost and everything is taking extra long to be dealt with. Let's hope it's smooth sailing here on out and we can draw a line under this entire strange experience. And also, let's hope the other Teresa appreciated having my medical insurance all this time.

The ponies themselves are doing well. Sophie's cut/burn from the fence incident at the saddle fitting day is mostly healed. She's her normal ridiculous self but has also been kept a lid on it while I tried saddles this past week, which was much appreciated. It felt like a bit of an ask for sure. "Hey I know you've had almost two months off due to ulcers and a lack of saddles, but now I want to pop on for a short ride every day for the next week to try new saddles!" But she was fine and happy to feel useful, I think. Also, I think the hot weather helps, she's proportionately less ridiculous as the day wears on, lol

Too hot to even run around, straight to grazing they go.

B is also feeling very cheeky but that manifests in just being pushy. I'm being very strict with her because she needs to remember her child appropriate manners. That being said she's one of those ponies who is generally quite forgiving and careful with kids. She's also very careful and introverted around anyone she doesn't know super well, so I don't need to worry too much about her suddenly going rogue in her new home - if I know her, she'll default her best behaviour.

The pushiest nose

The new boys got weaned last week, which was apparently a non event. I'm still a little wondering what I was thinking taking two of them, but it also makes me happy they can stay friends and grow up together. I'm equally excited for both of them and like them both for different reasons, so that is really fun.

Looks like the weaning is going pretty rough, lol. Ours are the one sleeping closest to the camera (Trademark) and the one in the back eating (Bakari, of course)

The current priority project on our little property remains getting their bachelor pad complete. It sounds like they may arrive a couple of weeks sooner than I originally thought, so I have 4 more weekends to get it done!

This week's progress. There's a lot left to do, but also I am proud of getting this much done (thanks to husband, let's be real my back is currently not up to lifting walls and beams in place. I measure and build and he lifts and holds all the heavy things and questions my logic continuously. A match made in heaven)