Day 9

Today was a good day and I was able to keep busy! Since we only have 2 horses in the therapy center (usually they have as many as 10 but unfortunately this is their slow season) we are able to excercise them and attend to their needs quickly. The treadmills were both getting worked on and tuned up today so I meet the most charming Irish man who actually works for the treadmill company that is based out of Sweden! He travels all over the world, including some states and universities in the US, working on and installing these treadmills. We spent most of the morning and afternoon painting more of the endless acres of fence.

Tilly from the UK

ENDLESS!!!

Faye from Zambia (a country in Africa, who knew?!)

And of course, SWEEPING!!!

After lunch, Faye and I attended a lecture on the British Horse Society (BHS) about equine wellfare and awareness. They discussed many infectious equine diseases such as Strangles, Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA, which is very prevelent in the US but has not yet spread to the UK), and we learned about the poisonous weed called Ragwort. After work, I went with some of the therapy girls into town and we got manicures and pedicures in anticipation of the big Summer Ball on Friday night. Then we stopped at a local grocery store (Tesco's) and ate dinner at McDonalds! McDonald's is significantly healthier over here due to their hydrogenated fat restictions. Now I'm back in my room getting ready for the night life tonight. For some odd reason Wednesdays is like a party night here in Gloucester. Don't worry, I am definitely going to remain the designated driver. Clubs are not my seen, but everyone keeps encouraging me to partake in European culture and drinking is a huge part of it over here. The legal age to drink is 16!!! wow. If I don't like it I will come home early and not go out again~ I'll try to take some pictures!

This is me doing my laundry last night! The girls said I was such a tourist :)

At McDonalds! Vicky (aka Welsh because she is from Wales) did not want her picture taken!

Faye and Nero, he's back!!!

Playin' with the yard dog

See all those cans of paint?! They were empty after today.

Schmoo! She is freaking HUGE!!!

This Nero! Poor Nero, look how skinny he is :( hopefully after a few weeks with us he will have gained weight and built muscle mass. We weighed him today and he was 460 Kg, which is about 925 lbs = severly underweight for a horse his size)

This is his back-end shot :(