Snow in October

We had a big Nor'Easter snow storm came through yesterday. We mainly got rain, but at one point it switched over to snow. We got a nice dusting from it, but then it rained and melted. Snow is pretty rare here this early. Places up north got a lot of snow from it. The ponies got to stay inside during the worst of it. They were pretty content to stay in their warm, dry stalls and munch on hay. We turned them back out last night with their blankets on (which is the first they've had to wear their blankets this autumn.) With wind chill it felt like 25 degrees. Hopefully this isn't any indication of how winter is going to be, lol!

I'm Procrastinating Horribly

Yup, I should be studying. I should have studied more yesterday, but I put it off. And, so, in another attempt to put it off I am blogging instead...

I miss riding... I've been so busy with school, that I've only ridden maybe 1-2 times since it started. And, when I do have time to ride, it either rains or something comes up. Last week, on one of the days when it was already too dark to ride, I went in Pony's stall and sat on him while we waited for the others to finish eating. I was going to try and ride this weekend, but it poured on Friday and rained a little yesterday which made the paddocks very muddy. I won't have time to ride next week either. I have a Japanese quiz and a statistics test on Monday, a Biology test on Friday, and a bunch of homework due throughout the week. However, next weekend, according to the weather forecasts, it should be dry. I won't have any tests to study for either, so maybe, hopefully, I'll finally get to ride.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

It has been raining an awful lot lately. As soon as the mud starts to dry up, it rains again! Just the other day we got about 3 inches of it. It was also a lot cooler than usual. Saturday morning, when we went out to feed, the horses were soaked and shivering. Poor pony! Needless to say they got to come inside, and hang out all day while eating hay. Hopefully, we will get a few days of sunshine so the mud will dry up and I can ride.

Last weekend we went to a Taylor Swift concert. It was pretty fun; she was very good live. The opening acts were pretty good as well. I have to admit though, towards the end I started to space out a bit. I guess my attention span isn't all that great, lol. It was pretty long though, and it took us forever to get out of the parking lot! So we had fun for about an hour in the car trying to get out. We danced (or tried,) talked, laughed, and were really hyper. Two concerts in a year! That's a record... and almost half of the concerts I've been to. I think I've been to like two or three others in my lifetime, lol.

Almost Done!

14 more days left of classes! Not really looking forward to the final exams that come after that, but then it will be summer!! I'm excited to really start working with Jasper again. I haven't been able to do anything consistently with him for quite a while. Hopefully he remembers everything (he's still very green.)

I signed up for fall classes yesterday. It looks like it will be a pretty hard semester. I'm going to be taking elementary Japanese, statistics, organic chemistry, and the second part of biology (I took the first part this semester.) It will be fun, but it looks like it will be pretty tough. I also have labs for both biology and organic chemistry. I really dislike the labs; I probably dislike them because they tend to be 2-3 hours long. Oh well...

Oh, and, I didn't get to ride Pony this weekend like I was planning to. Saturday morning it was still pretty muddy, so I was going to let it dry out and ride in the afternoon. But, then, a thunderstorm popped up and it poured... again. The freshly fertilized fields are growing quite nicely from all of the rain we have been getting though. Hopefully we will get a lot of hay from them! Oh, and the Kentucky Derby is next weekend; I have no idea who I will be rooting for. Guess I better look and see who is running.... lol.

Spring Break

Spring break hasn't been going as planned. I was hoping to horseback ride over the entire week, but it doesn't look that will be happening. Rain this afternoon, tomorrow, and on Friday. To top it off it's been anywhere from 10-15 degrees colder than it has been over the past couple of weeks. My horse doesn't seem to mind it though, less work for him. Looks like I'll be spending most of the week curled up in front of the tv or a good book. My friend is coming over Friday night though, so that will fun!

I did decide that I would clean my bridle tonight though. It would be the first time in several months. However, when I finally found my container of Leather CPR, it was all watered down. It wasn't anywhere where it would have melted. So, I guess I'm going to have to buy some new stuff which means a trip to Dover Saddlery! I also need to buy my pony some bell boots. He tends to get all excited when we reintroduce him to the grass in the spring time. Last spring he overreached with his back hooves and cut himself a few times. So, now I'm going to force him to wear bell boots in the beginning; I'm hoping for bright blue ones! He also needs a new halter. I wish money would grow on trees. If so I could buy him all the stuff he needs, or rather, all the stuff I want to buy for him lol.

Secretariat

I watched Disney's Secretariat for the first time last week. It was much better than I thought it was going to be; it wasn't all cheesy like most horse movies turn out to be. Secretariat was an amazing horse; one of the best racehorses of all time. Too bad I wasn't around way back when to actually see him race in person! I do hope there will be at least one Triple Crown winner in my lifetime though.

It's incredibly windy and rainy today; it made driving and walking around somewhat difficult. Hopefully it will be somewhat nicer tomorrow, and then maybe I'll be able to work with my horse! I sat on his back for the first time in months last night. Of course it was in his stall while he was eating hay, so it wasn't too exciting. But it made me really want to start riding again. There was a snow storm earlier this week, and now rain last night and today. Hopefully this weather will improve! I can't wait for summer!