Friday, February 14

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

I didn't feel an emotional pang at being alone for Valentine's Day. Sometimes it gets to me when my sweetie is away at work, and special days slip by without anyone to share them with.

A good phone conversation with one of my sisters, about our brother in law being ill. We also talked a fair bit about my art and pottery. I always wondered why she didn't have a creative outlet, so many of us in our family are pretty artistic, and she always seems interested in my work.

I did go see River. There was no one else at the barn, so I did ground work with him (I don't ride if there's no one there, for safety). I worked on getting him to trot beside me on the lead, which doesn't seem like a big deal, but for some reason he's never been willing to do this. It took a lot of effort, beginning by working him in a circle and then kind of moving out of that circle to moving together. I could not get him to trot just by going straight and encouraging him. It was a ton of effort, and I had to jog a lot. I am so out of shape for running.

Decided to go to town after I was done at the barn so that I could get groceries. I'm glad I did that, because I am possibly going to be busy tomorrow, and trying to do groceries might have been a lot in one day. Today was a bigger trip; I haven't gone on a big food trip for a couple of weeks. I stocked up on a lot of staples and fresh stuff, and it was a big effort to get it all in from the car.

Seeing a girl who rides at the barn (she works in the grocery store) while getting groceries. We had a good chat. I hope it perks her shift up a bit to talk about the barn and the horses.

Began a new painting.