Blogging under the influence
I make a pretty good
Margarita. Who knew? It's too close to bedtime for caffeine –
however, I doubt I'm going to have trouble falling asleep. I am
exhausted. My adventuring has finally caught up with me or I put too
much tequila in the margarita mix.
We left early this morning for Queen
Creek. Dave and Cindy were up at the Snowbirds one day shoot. I
didn't get entered in time and not sure I would have anyway. The
classes are 1-4 and 5-6; senior and super senior. I am not ready to
compete with 4's. I'd be donating.
I followed Dave and Cindy from Aquila
to Queens Creek. My GPS was spot on most of the way. The new 202 loop
was not yet updated to Google. Poor GiGi (my GPS) had her panties in
an uproar for 20 miles. She finally gave up – displayed a blank
screen and said to just keep going straight...your bound to end up
somewhere. The last road she was aware of was “Pecos.” Lucky for
me and Gigi – Cindy knew where she was going and got us safely to
Queen Creek in time for her and Dave to shoot.
Jack was a bit of a mess today. I took
them both out, rode J and ponied Jack. He was fine. Then I put J away
and rode Jack. Ever time J would whinny – he would whinny back.
Every 15 seconds for two hours. I tried everything I could think of.
He'd whinny...I'd put him to work. He'd whinny...we'd go to the
opposite end of the arena. He'd whinny – I'd give him a really
dirty look and threaten to withhold his cookies indefinitely. Other
than that, he did well around all the commotion. I guess I can't
really call him a mess. If J hadn't been there calling him – he
would have been fine. He's also not a fan of being confined to a
stall. My horses are turned out on open pasture 99% of the time. J'Lo
is used to being stalled with all the traveling we do. Jack, not so
much. First thing he did was dump his full tub of water over in his
stall...soaking 2 bags of shavings. He's just going to have to stand
in soggy shavings for the next couple of days. I have no idea how
long, or even if, those things dry out.
It was fun to watch the shoot and not
have the stress of competing. Both Dave and Cindy did very well.
Dave ended up in the top 10, winning a Wrangler Jeans gift
certificate. Awards, dinner and dancing commenced after the shoot. I
missed all three. I wasn't entered in the shoot and didn't want to
crash the party. Plus, after getting the horses and dogs taken care
of – I sat down to take a breather and fell asleep...and that was
before the margarita! I'm entitled...I'm a Snowbird. We nap
spontaneously.
I can hear a band playing outside. I
should put my boots on and be sociable but I'm just not feeling it
tonight. Besides, I can already see my Font slurring. Not only do I
make a pretty good margarita – apparently I make a rather stout
one!
Old age makes you want sleep, so does retirement: -)
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