So Im a country girl, and...

I love music about 'real' farming, and rural life. I was hauling hay and petting cows not long after I could walk. My own family did not own a farm, however my Grandfather (my Moms dad) did. He was also a vet. I spent many weekends on that farm (it was only 10 min from my house) and the clinic, learned about life, the good and the bad, before I even went to school. The day I got my vacines to go to school, I fell in the parking lot of my Grandfathers clinic. My Dad ran me back in and one of the Vets doctored me up. I still have the mark, a small slit on my knee about 1/2 inch long.

Anyways my Dad was also the local artifical inseminator for cattle in the area (in fact at one point he was one of the only non DVM able to preform embro collection and implantation for cattle in eastern Canada) so alot of weekends were spent driving around with him on calls, visiting the farms around our county.

I learned alot about people, cattle and farming that way. And made some friends that are still friends to this day. And some that I fell in love with, then fell out of love with... A Canadian band recently released this video that I found through Facebook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUAnfxt_x6I Love it, brings back lots of memories about being 18!


Oh and the 'fixed' saddle fits GREAT! Im going to ride in it tomorrow (as long as the snow doesnt derail my plans) I lunged Lucas this moring and he was full of beans, so I let him run for a bit then set up some trot poles, which he did great, so I think we might do some under saddle next time. And he jumped! Well kind of... I put up some of our X's and made a little jump about 6" high and he trotted over it really well. I guess he really does want to jump, the Communicator was right again! I dont think I'm safe to jump, but maybe one of the kids can take him over a couple this spring. But I can incorporate some jumping and bounces into our lunge work to break up the bordome for him.

So many times this week Ive been sad because I miss working in the barn and being healthy enough to jump, and ride a whole bunch. Maybe Im starting to feel better and the new meds are starting to work. But even my new drugs cost $27,300 a year. (better than the $52,000 of the last drug!) I cant make that kind of money in any kind of barn. I may not like my job, but it does pay for my drugs, and me.