Sunday, September 11

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

Decent temperatures.

I went to see River today, and his breathing was a little off because it was dry and dusty, and a little warm.

He did okay, but he is still not halting nicely in the groundwork. It's like he's trying too hard to anticipate what I am going to ask for next, and trying to back or side pass. I am doing my best to praise him for a good halt, and encourage him to rest etc.

I know that this is still fallout from whatever happened between him and R when she had to give him his meds. He only started doing this after she said they had their disagreement.

He did well with everything else.

I rode him with just the neck rope for a while, and he really gave well off of my seat/leg.

My husband was supposed to bring his adult nephew to the barn after they were done with the bike ride today, but they ended up being too late.

However, they didn't bother letting me know they were running late. They just didn't show up and after I waited for about 45 minutes after they said they were coming, I went home.

My husband made some lame excuse about how "he couldn't call because they were driving" and I'm like, you can pull over, or you could have asked your adult nephew to call. That would have worked.

That really bothered me, because it's inconsiderate, and wasted my time, and IT ISN'T THAT HARD TO LET ME KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING LATE.

Basically, he's just inconsiderate. His apology wasn't an apology either, it was just an excuse not to take responsibility for being late, and then thinking I won't blow up at him because his nephew is here.

I talked with R while I was at the barn about just coming at a different time of day so I can avoid her husband's lessons. I didn't word it that way, but that's what it amounts to.

I am pissed off about the whole thing, because all of these new lessons are being scheduled for my long-standing riding times, but I have to change to make things easier for them. They aren't saying "we can't schedule a bunch of lessons because this is when she rides, and we can't have that many people in the barn".

So, I am just once again, having the kind of day where my needs don't mean much to anyone else.

At least this adult nephew will likely be an easy guest. He seems happy with the room in the basement, isn't at all going to be weird about the animals (he seems delighted by all the critters), and seems to understand just fine about the food being vegetarian.

I don't know him very well, but if he's this easy-going he's going to do just fine here.

We got his room set up (inflatable mattress, sheets, blankets) and we had a good visit before he headed off to bed.

I learned about the Maleo, a type of bird that lay eggs in a self incubating nest (dug in a hole in warm sand like crocodiles and turtles). The chicks emerge fully independent and even able to fly with no help from their parents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maleo

Comments

[ratunderpaper]

Hopefully, next time spouse will have learned the courtesy of a call if he's going to be more than a few minutes late.

I found a an idea online for an "instant mattress" should the need arise. One sews four pillowcases in a vertical row, along the long sides. When a mattress is needed, the pillowcases are stuffed with pillows and voilà - an instant mattress.

Of course, you have to have four pillows on hand, but that's not too hard to arrange.

[gottawonder]

I've seen the instant mattress idea too, and thought it was creative.

[ratunderpaper]

I'd like one of these for nights I want to stay nice and close to the terrier. Now that he's a veteran, he doesn't ask to be hoisted onto my bed.

[gottawonder]

I find that layering a couple of inexpensive yoga mats works too, for a temporary mattress in a pinch.