Rain!

Finally we got a bit of rain today.  Not enough, but it should hopefully keep every plant from dieing on us.  Thankfully most farmers got an excellent first cut of hay, but now while last year they were on there 2nd cut of silage most don't dare cut another crop until there is some water in the ground.

The doctor gave me a steroid shot on Monday in hopes that it would calm down the inflammation a bit until the IV drugs fully kick in.  All it seemed to do was make my arm sore!  Cross your fingers, I booked a 'mini' lesson on Saturday (a lesson until the pain gets to bad basically) with Lucy that I'm looking foreword to.  Its been a couple of months since I've been on a horse, I need a fix!

I went out to the beach on Saturday and spent the night at the cottage, and my Dad took me and my Mom out on his new boat in the AM.  Its about 12 feet long, and the waves were big, so we were only out for about 15 min.  I don't think that boating is something that will take the place of horses any time soon!!

I went out to a local show on the weekend that all the kids from the barn were going to.  "I" took Lucas so I got to see him again.  It was nice, he did remember me and seemed happy to see me.  (he nickered and pricked his ears when I said "hi buddy" like I used to when I saw him when I would first get to the barn).  The coach has figured out all of his buttons but "I" is still working on them.  She had an ok showmanship pattern but you could just about see Lucas shrug his shoulders half way though the pattern with a look that said "if you aren't going to ask for a pivot correctly, I'm just going to turn a circle!".

Her equation pattern was rough but she got it done, and he is NOT an easy pattern horse.  She was doing great in her second riding class, until she got too close to the rail (which Lucas hates) and he slightly spooked into the inside of the ring, she lost her balance and came off.  Lucas tried to get underneath her but she was too far gone but he stopped and waited for her to get up.  "I" was bruised, but ok, and was looking foreword to the next show.  (Kids are invincible!)