Well, guys, I made it over a week into this trip, I suppose I can withstand another 5 :) It has been pretty rough struggling with homesickness and being far away from the familiar and WAY outside of my comfort zone, but ultimately it is good for me, stretching my person. Today was a good day. First we put Ding in the Aqua-fit, then we swept out and around the barn making sure everything is clean for opening day (which I think is still 2 weeks away - basically we do A LOT of sweeping and the barns are so clean you can eat off of them!) Then I went to my riding lesson. I rode an old bay mare named Saffy. She was a good girl, but very stiff and heavy in my hands, much different then Bren yesterday. A lot of suppling exercises such as shoulder-in and leg-yielding would be great for that old girl! After lunch then I rode with Steph in the "lory", a giant horse van, to go to the 3-Counties Equine Hospital to pick up poor Nero. He is such a sweet horse but very sick and colicky. We're doing the best we can for him, but his chances are slim and he should probably be humanely euthanized yet his owner refuses to let him die! So if he needs another surgery then he will receive it (they cost $10,000 at least). After settling him in at the therapy center, I took him for a walk. Then we did some more barn chores and cleaning as well as cleaned the Aqua-fit and the high speed treadmill (it is getting worked on tomorrow).
Tonight was laundry night. I did my first load(s) of laundry during supper time and now I just plan on relaxing, reading, and calling Brad tonight before I go to bed - hopefully it will be before midnight tonight! Thank-you all for the emails and comments on my blog. You don't know how much they mean to me and the vast amounts of encouragement that they provide to me during this time of trial. I have soundly decided that world traveling is not for me, at least definitely not by myself, and I can't wait to return home in 5 weeks (35 days!). Until then though, I will persevere and stick it out to the best of my abilities. I love you all!
Kacie, I chuckled at your "sweeping" comments, only because I lived in Germany and was peer pressured to sweep my walkways every evening! I felt like I over swept!
ReplyDeleteI know how being home sick feels so I can relate. But I bet by the time your stay is just about over you feel two things, 1) I'm almost home, and 2) I wish this stay was a little longer.
"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." ~Lin Yutang
Hang in there!!