wednesday morning

Well, I finally broke the seal and rode my horse last night. Aside from being a little unfocused and not the most supple he's ever been, he wasn't bad. He was sane, which was nice. We'll see how he feels once he gets back into better shape. I might have to prepare myself for the crazies. In the meantime, no horse has needed a back and good mane-pull more than he does right now. Blech. He is so gross.

When I put him back in his pen, he completely ran me over. I was not pleased. I've been working with him since he was a gangly, bum-high, big-headed, small-necked three year old to have manners on the ground. He doesn't run people over. He respects people's space. He's just too big to be rude, and generally he's not. I don't know why he did it, but his big drafty head smacked me right in the face. I woke up with a pounding headache and a stiff neck this morning. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

I'm thinking about working at the barn on Sundays to help pay off my huge chunk of owed board. I don't really want to, because I already work Monday through Saturday, but I am just so broke. Maybe I'll talk to Shalayne and work something out. Maybe I can just feed on the weekends, or something. Or maybe I'll just continue working my two jobs as usual and pay her with money, rather than work.

Eric left the country yesterday. I'm sad. I tried stringing a friend's guitar, but failed horribly. The thing is literally impossible to tune. It got to the point where the nuts wouldn't turn anymore, and it was still ridiculously out of tune. I would pick a note on the low E string, and listen while it dropped as many as four steps, all on its own. I finally got it to sound somewhat like an E, and moved on the the A string. When I came back to the E string, it was a full octave lower, and it was G#. I don't understand. I need Eric to come help me. He could fix it. He is better at these things than I am.

I feel a little stressed out.