Good morning!
I suppose everyone is ready for a new update! Before we get started I need to make one thing clear. This blog represents myself, my ideas, my beliefs, emotions, and feelings. It was started to allow my friends and family to follow my journey into my young professional life as well as grow with me through this experience. Now onto the more exciting things..
In regards to my work on the farm, most everything is the same. I have been given the wonderful opportunity to be in one barn with 18 mares and foals that I have learned an immense amount of information from! Each day brings a new challenge and I am so greatful to have been given the opportunity to take care of my own barn. Everything with WinStar is going beautifully and we are all so thankful spring has decided to show itself as the farm is starting to turn green and bloom.
I have found that the mornings are my absolute favorite. The sunrises here on the farm take my breath away and the coolness in the air during turnout makes me want to run through the field with the foals as they play! I often times find myself just standing at the gate watching my babies as they run, jump, spin, and kick through the field. I've mentioned before how foals are elusive little devils and if they can contort their bodies to do something they will absolutely do it. With that being said, they are also at the age now where all they want to do is bite! I swear my arms and legs are covered with little bruises where these little suckers nip me every chance they get! They can be so, so sweet with little kisses and the way they curl their lip when you scratch their backs a certain way.. But go ahead and turn your back on them, 'cuz they'll nip ya right in the butt and I promise you when you turn around and see them with wide eyes and ears perked forward you won't be mad anymore!
Anyway, things have been extremely quiet, even a little too quiet, in terms of foalings. We have some foals here and there but as far as being rushed through March with mass amounts of babies hitting the ground, it hasn't happened. With that beings said, our numbers are into the 80s and we still have quite a few mares to bring in from the outside fields. I feel that people often times overintisipate the amounts of work to come and therefore psych themselves out way before the work has even begun. Not that I don't find the job emotionally or physically draining from time to time, I just feel that i f you're in the mindset for hard work and prepare yourself for some long days and nights that you'll be just fine.
Now for my personal touch to the blog or "blob" as my Mema calls it, :). Momma has requested I write every Sunday and that I leave all negative thoughts out of this as it would upset my blog followers and readers. But hey, since when have I ever done what my momma has said. Thank god that woman knows I would be lost without her, especially after how much I harass her in these blogs! (I love ya, lady!) But anywho... I have found myself to be on an emotional rollecoaster the last 3 or so weeks. It's certainly been filled with good and bad emotions.
My happy times have been filled gorgeous farm days, foal kisses, the addition of a wonderful man in my life, a visit from Crystal and the WVUCHA group, and of course my volleyball matches since I have joined an open league down here! (Go, Sets & The City!!)
But my sad days have been filled with doubts of success upon the completion of this program, the sadness that comes with being away from home and family, missing my Jax immensely, and the realization that my closest friends are all in other states and I'll only get to see them a few times a year. Now don't get me wrong, I am proud of myself for making the decision to come here and I am going strong in the program and will finish that way. But I knew coming into this that around month 3 I would be missing home and guess what, it's month 3.
So with that being said, I apologize for the delay in update. I haven't been in the most positive of moods these last few weeks and felt that updating my blog when I was a large, grumpy bear would probably not benefit anyone. But to those of you who follow this for inspiration, don't let it deter you. We all have to go through the bad times and the sad times to make ourselves the people we want to be. Embrace everyday even if you don't feel like getting out of bed or you feel like ripping someone's head off. After all, it is the words that some of you have written to me that have encouraged me to continue being strong and continue striving forward even when times are tough and I can never thank you enough for the words of encouragement. Until next time..
With love,
Mel