Tuesday, August 8
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
That the rain we got today DID come today, and not yesterday when the bales I need were still sitting on the field.
A nice, gentle rain. I hope not too many farmers got their hay wet. I know a lot have been cutting and baling this past week.
I texted to Trainwreck to see if she wanted to chat today, and she actually texted back that she was moving! Maybe this is really happening!
I know this is not a magic cure for hoarding, and there is a good chance that the small suite she gets at the Lodge (which while meant for seniors, is more like apartments that charge rent on a sliding scale) will be overflowing with stuff and she will have to deal with that, and finding a way not to get kicked out of there.
BUT, if she can manage to live within the rules (has always been an issue with her), she would finally have a working toilet, a shower, a place to do her laundry, and a place that she will have consistent expenses (not paying to heat a giant garage, or trying to haul water). She could sell her truck (though she keeps saying she isn't going to, she doesn't need it anymore) and really pare her life down to something manageable.
If she tries.
Anyhow, detachment from her outcomes is what I need to remember.
I spoke with Sister E, and ended up having to give her a little boot in the butt, so to speak.
She was hemming and hawing about having someone paint the interior of the house they are moving into, because she is a little shocked at what it will cost. It's probably been a long time, maybe never, since she hired a contractor to do any kind of painting. I was kind of firm with her, and said that it pretty much has to be done right now, if they are going to paint at all. It is ten times harder to paint the interior of a house once you move in, and a lot of the time it doesn't happen because it's too hard to move everything away from the walls once you are in.
They have money, and plan to be in this house now until circumstances force another change, so why not go in there with nice walls?
Then I went to see River, and it is good weather for him; cool and a bit rainy.
He had reasonably good focus today, finally. Overall he did well with our work, but again he was sticky about going through some pool noodles, an obstacle I wanted to work into our Liberty freestyle. There is NO reason for him to hesitate, he did not show fear or concern at all, just kind of kept trying to go around them. I don't get it.
He would go through them, but inconsistently.
He was pretty good with everything else.
In our ridden work, back to the bareback pad, he was ignoring the cues from my softer neck rope, but if I used the stiffer one, he was fine. It's kind of a step back, but if this is what I have to do, then fine.
I did work out how some of the elements I want in the freestyle will flow together.
I came home and let everyone out for a while, and because it was raining did not do any other yard work. Kind of nice, actually.
I spent a ton of time today, and the last while, trying to find a good song for the freestyle, which is not as easy as it sounds. Try finding songs that aren't about sex or falling in love or breaking up (all seem creepy for a video with your horse) or about gang stuff or political things, or has bad language or uses the "n" word, and aren't just sentimental garbage.
It also needs to be long enough for me to have time to do what I want, so over four minutes. It also has to be peppy, but not TOO peppy, because then we will be out of sync. It has to more or less match his trot tempo.
I did find a song, and I had to struggle for quite some time to figure out how to download it from Youtube to my phone, but I DID IT!
I learned that Heineken bottles were once designed to be rectangular and interlocked, so that when they were done being used as drink vessels they could be used as bricks to create housing in developing nations. They never made it to production, but it was a very cool idea and some buildings were made from those bottles to prove that it could be done.
I personally think it is a great idea, and wouldn't it be interesting to challenge more packaging to serve a greater purpose?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-heineken-bottles-were-square-62138490/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=882023&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwAR1IBuGs0SxLJm94MoPb85jVFI4N0Wh846aTOYJFL0wu4TkXAww9MkHlZwk
That the rain we got today DID come today, and not yesterday when the bales I need were still sitting on the field.
A nice, gentle rain. I hope not too many farmers got their hay wet. I know a lot have been cutting and baling this past week.
I texted to Trainwreck to see if she wanted to chat today, and she actually texted back that she was moving! Maybe this is really happening!
I know this is not a magic cure for hoarding, and there is a good chance that the small suite she gets at the Lodge (which while meant for seniors, is more like apartments that charge rent on a sliding scale) will be overflowing with stuff and she will have to deal with that, and finding a way not to get kicked out of there.
BUT, if she can manage to live within the rules (has always been an issue with her), she would finally have a working toilet, a shower, a place to do her laundry, and a place that she will have consistent expenses (not paying to heat a giant garage, or trying to haul water). She could sell her truck (though she keeps saying she isn't going to, she doesn't need it anymore) and really pare her life down to something manageable.
If she tries.
Anyhow, detachment from her outcomes is what I need to remember.
I spoke with Sister E, and ended up having to give her a little boot in the butt, so to speak.
She was hemming and hawing about having someone paint the interior of the house they are moving into, because she is a little shocked at what it will cost. It's probably been a long time, maybe never, since she hired a contractor to do any kind of painting. I was kind of firm with her, and said that it pretty much has to be done right now, if they are going to paint at all. It is ten times harder to paint the interior of a house once you move in, and a lot of the time it doesn't happen because it's too hard to move everything away from the walls once you are in.
They have money, and plan to be in this house now until circumstances force another change, so why not go in there with nice walls?
Then I went to see River, and it is good weather for him; cool and a bit rainy.
He had reasonably good focus today, finally. Overall he did well with our work, but again he was sticky about going through some pool noodles, an obstacle I wanted to work into our Liberty freestyle. There is NO reason for him to hesitate, he did not show fear or concern at all, just kind of kept trying to go around them. I don't get it.
He would go through them, but inconsistently.
He was pretty good with everything else.
In our ridden work, back to the bareback pad, he was ignoring the cues from my softer neck rope, but if I used the stiffer one, he was fine. It's kind of a step back, but if this is what I have to do, then fine.
I did work out how some of the elements I want in the freestyle will flow together.
I came home and let everyone out for a while, and because it was raining did not do any other yard work. Kind of nice, actually.
I spent a ton of time today, and the last while, trying to find a good song for the freestyle, which is not as easy as it sounds. Try finding songs that aren't about sex or falling in love or breaking up (all seem creepy for a video with your horse) or about gang stuff or political things, or has bad language or uses the "n" word, and aren't just sentimental garbage.
It also needs to be long enough for me to have time to do what I want, so over four minutes. It also has to be peppy, but not TOO peppy, because then we will be out of sync. It has to more or less match his trot tempo.
I did find a song, and I had to struggle for quite some time to figure out how to download it from Youtube to my phone, but I DID IT!
I learned that Heineken bottles were once designed to be rectangular and interlocked, so that when they were done being used as drink vessels they could be used as bricks to create housing in developing nations. They never made it to production, but it was a very cool idea and some buildings were made from those bottles to prove that it could be done.
I personally think it is a great idea, and wouldn't it be interesting to challenge more packaging to serve a greater purpose?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-heineken-bottles-were-square-62138490/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=882023&utm_content=archival&fbclid=IwAR1IBuGs0SxLJm94MoPb85jVFI4N0Wh846aTOYJFL0wu4TkXAww9MkHlZwk
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Date: 2023-08-09 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-08-09 09:11 pm (UTC)River doesn't often spook, but he has distracted days where his mind is on everything outside the arena, and it's hard to get his focus back.
During the first show this summer, he was at Liberty, and kept going back to the gate to talk to all the horses that were lined up there. Not an uncommon problem, but frustrating since we often do Liberty with other horses around and he manages to stay focused.
He wasn't spooking about the noodle obstacle (which is like a gate made out of them that he has to walk through), it was more like he was tired of them and wanted to go around them. He's not afraid, he's done it a million times. Maybe he's bored.
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Date: 2023-08-09 08:28 pm (UTC)I have no idea what Duran Duran lyrics are about. The Reflex? Didn't we once decide that one was based on the aftereffects of anaesthesia?
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Date: 2023-08-09 09:14 pm (UTC)It needs to be upbeat, "clean", and not too eccentric.
I think "Lose Yourself to Dance" by Daft Punk will work just fine.
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Date: 2023-08-09 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-08-10 05:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-08-10 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-08-10 05:21 am (UTC)I am reasonably sure that she will find a way to get kicked out of the lodge, and then look around at everyone and weep about how she was mistreated, and expect everyone around her to pick up the pieces.
I know you mean well, and sometimes even I forget who she really is, and think it might go well. I have to prepare myself to not care about her outcome, because this is who she is.
You have no idea how incredibly talented she is in messing up her own life and never seeing her own role in doing so.
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Date: 2023-08-20 04:24 pm (UTC)