Good morning!
I'm beginning to think that keeping up with this was a little more than I bargained for but I can't stop now, especially with all the requests!
This last week has been great as far as work and my social life go. The farm has been busy with foals and the breeding sheds are now open so between our mares foaling and making trips to the breeding shed it's been a bit busy!
I have officially had my first big mess up. Not that I don't do something wrong everyday, this time it affected the health of a foal. In the afternoon when we bring in the mares and foals we are to watch how they walk in and then check legs, eyes, and the mares bag once they are in the stall. Anything under 10 days old gets temped as well. Well, on this one foal I was able to find that his temp was running high but since I didn't bring him in and he was lying in his stall when I took his temp I didn't even think to check his legs. Ultimately they found later that night he had a swollen and infected hock in one of his hind legs. But a few days of meds and a trip to the hospital he is feeling and doing much better. My lesson was learned. I will always check the foals myself before I leave at the end of the day just to cover my tracks.
Something else I've really been working on is leading mares and foals in by myself. This is a skill that will seriously take some time. Foals are cute and everything but they're mean little boogers. My first attempt at leading a foal with his mommy I thought I was holding onto a Lipizzaner from all the sweet kicks and rearing he was doing. I have only come to learn that they are elusive, nimbly bimbly little things and if they can kick it, bite it, squeeze out of it... They're going to.
The house has held up nicely this week, lol! No frozen or busted pipes and the ceilings are still in tact. Now please knock on wood since I said that! But really, this week has been a blessing lol.
Now for the fun part. I feel like I try to put something emotional in each post that way you all can get a feel for what I'm doing and experiencing as well as be here with me through what I'm feeling. This week I feel like life is truly awesome. There are so many loops and curves along the way but all in all, it's what you make out of it. I began thinking of that at work one day when I was tired, sore, and just run down. I was trying to find something to pick me up. And that's when I figured out that as long as you keep yourself positive that nothing and no one can bring you down.
I have always been a spontaneous person and have always sort of done what I wanted, lol. Just ask mom, my teenage years were fun! But the other night I basically called Sarah and told her to get dressed that we were going to Louisville, which mind you is an hour away from here and it was already 9 on a Thursday night. So I headed over to Sarah's and picked her up and we were off to meet an old friend in Louisville and go out for a drink! That's when the fun happened.. Somehow we made our way down to Fourth Street, which is literally an entire two story street of bars, and drank far more than one beer! I believe it was after the mechanical bull riding and dancing on the bar we decided we should be getting back to Lexington!
Mind you this is also the same week I went out on Monday with a bunch of girls from work and drank a little too much and sang karaoke! Work the next day was blast too.. One of my bosses brought me a Gatorade hoping it would reboot my system lol!
All in all, life has been good. The work is hard and when people say "it'll get easier" make me wanna judy-chop then in the throat.. It's not getting easier! I think I've lost my sanity since I enjoy being out on the farm on 10 degree days and I love working over to see what's going on. But I'm happy. I have gone out on the town a bunch, made some poor decisions about drinking one more drink before leaving and having to work the next day, but I'm making memories!
Dad was supposed to come down this past weekend and bring my Jax for a visit but couldn't due to the weather. And let
me just say, my heart was broke because of that! But he's thinking he will get to come down this coming weekend! So prepare yourself people, pictures of my darling Aussie are coming!
Alright, enough with the writing, here are some pictures!
With love,
Melissa