My madness

So I've got a new system that will actually be good for me as far as the horses are concerned. It might even get me back into riding shape which I am sadly..not in.

Phoenix is home now and so I have to ride her at least 5 days a week to keep her in shape and keep her from forgetting what she has learned. This is good for me since I have been fairly unmotivated as far as riding is concerned. But that also means that Zip is gonna feel the burn too.

I figure since I have to be out there and riding her anyway, I might as well ride Zippy as well. He already doesn't like this plan and we are only 2 days into it. I don't ride when no one is home anyway, and my mom doesn't want me riding Phoenix without here out there since..well she is young and anything can happen. So when I am almost done with Phoenix, I tell her and she goes and gets Zippy saddled up and brings him out and I just jump on him.

It also means that Zip gets to enjoy the same training aids that Phoenix does. Which means...training rings. And OMG does he hate those. It means he has to work even harder, which is good for him.

So yes, perhaps the three of us will get in shape...with the show season almost over. Ah well..better late then never. We'll just consider this an early start for next year.

Ahhh! American Idol how you fail me. U_U You're supposed to get rid of the crappy country chick, not the cool rocker one. Bah, BAH I SAY. My two favorite girls were in the bottom three -_- Where is your brain America? Now I only have 1 favorite girl...how sad.

Phoenix tried to escape today. Why she choses to do it when its pouring down rain, I'll never understand. So i'm putting them in since its raining like crazy and instead of going to her stall like she normally does and should like a good pony...she makes an abrupt right and goes trotting out the door. I'm just like..."Ack, SHIT!" I go running after her and so she takes off at a dead run towards the middle of the second pasture. At first I'm like..okay fine..she can't go anywhere...we're safe. Then I'm like...SHIT FUCK SHIT The fence is down!

So I go running back into the barn and close Thunder's door who had entered the barn while this was going on and then go running out of the barn to get my father who is conveniently driving his truck from the house to the barn. I point at the white animal in the pasture and what does he say?

"So grab a halter and a leadrope and go get her."

....well Duh. But everytime I get close she runs the other way -_- So grumbling I grab her halter and a lead and start trudging my way out to the middle of the pasture IN THE POURING RAIN to retrive my horse. Who promptly spots me and takes off in the opposite direction at a dead run. I'm like..Don't go to the fence..don't go to the fence...cause then she would be at the road and that would be a bad thing.

Luckily she stops, sticks her head up, realizes that its raining and no one else is with her and comes running back to the barn at FULL SPEED. I'm just like...great..she's gonna go tearing through the lane and break the fence that is across it. So my father goes out in front of the lane and starts flapping his arms and yelling "Whoa Whoa WHOA!"

She slides to a stop, spins to her right and trots off around the riding area towards the driveway. Now I'm like..great she's gonna go trotting down the driveway to the road. I'm still walking back from the pasture when my father walks towards her. She turns around and starts to trot back towards the pasture opening as if to come back in but suddenly decides that the barn is a nice dry place to be and instead turns and trots into the barn and into her stall where my father prompty locks her in.

-_- me = big wet irritated owner
phoenix = big wet horse that is happy cause got to run around and eat some grass

I'll never say my life is boring again...

EDIT: Ha! Forgot something that happened today. got a call from my old boss (the good one) and apparently my old store got the lowest audit score in the history of the company yesterday. HAHAHAHAHA. They got a 24%...TWENTY-FOUR!?! XD! I've been gone less then a year and you guys suck that much? Heh..and people thought my job was easy...when I was there we had a 96% XP

And your pictures of the day are pictures of a shoot I did back in the summer in my Ed costume by the trainyard. Some you may have seen already, but now they finally are in my gallery.
http://www.cosplay.com/gallery/64035/

Pam's CREEPY Doll is in a couple of them XD I see cosplay opportunity...she sees doll shoot opportunity...ah well, as long as there is a camera XD

Rode Phoenix again today. And fell off again today. I tell you what...falling off is a real blow to the confidence. I consider myself a decent enough rider to know how to stay on..but she's killing that slowly >_< But in my defense, I fell off, stood up, went after her, scolded her, got back on, won the battle. Which is more then I was capable of last time. I just wish I knew what sets her off at such random moments. It would make it easier for me to predict she is going to buck and start some preventative measures. But boy can she buck...I thought I was good today, thought I was going to hang on, but she just didn't stop. *sigh* But I got back on and made her behave. That's all that matters.

Tomorrow I will have a large bruise on my right lower leg. My left ankle hurts and my tailbone is killing me. I really don't want to relive that injury...but I think its just bruised and angry that it met the ground with such force. I mostly landed on my side so I'm pretty sure its okay.

Still have all my teeth at least