A record-setting December (and not in a good way)

It is not going to snow anytime soon and that means that we will have gone the whole month of December without any precipitation. Persistent high pressure is sitting over us and keeping daytime temperatures higher than normal and the skies clear. When this happens, as it most certainly has in the past, it is all too easy to start worrying. So much depends on snowfall.

So... gotta stay busy and gotta focus on the positive.

On the plus side, the horses are not living in snow and mud pits, and the arena is dry, sandy footing - perfect for an afternoon romp.

 

I'm making a slight change in my routine so that I can accomodate the shorter days and still fit it all in. Get up 1/2 hour earlier, get down to feed earlier, get to work earlier and then I can have the afternoons to be outside.

 

I've got to start riding my mare. Every day I get a little closer to it and my confidence in her has grown immensely since bringing her home. The more time I spend with her the sooner it will all happen. She's proven to me time and time again she has a level head and that she is so willing and eager to please.

 

I don't like being afraid. I don't like the knot in the pit of my stomach or the non-stop chattering my brain does. Looking back, I wish I'd let go when she was a yearling instead of trying to pull her along. Looking back, I wish I'd listened to Luis when he told me to let her have the winter off after her first 30 days as a two-year old.

 

But of course, I can only go forward. And I know, I really know, that this mare and I are going to be fine. Thank goodness for young and brave girls who can keep her ridden while I work through this garbage in my head. And thank goodness for this mild winter giving me all the time in the world to work with her.

 

Other pluses... we haven't had to put the patio furniture away at all. The dogs haven't been muddy.

Er.... what else?

 

Fact is - I'd love to see it storm. But it isn't looking like it will anytime soon so we have two choices. Fret or roll with it. I'm choosing to roll with it, whatever it means.

 

And so is Rhea...