Dangit!

 Ooof, today is not cooperating!!

I had a not so great ride on Funny, cut short (kind of) by the early vet arrival. So after the vet left (for the dogs and cats) and Mike and I ate, I decided to go ahead and try to ride at home. I was debating Ashland, but the weather was looking iffy on the radar. So... argh, I decided to just try to ride at home. So I grabbed Lyric and got her to the trailer. Brushed her and realized... what's your right hind shoe doing? Oh... it's twisted half off. Ugh... So I pulled it and texted Patrick. And turned her back out. 

Luckily, (but also slightly inconveniently timed) Patrick texted me to tell me he'd be there in an hour to put her shoe back on today. :) Except it was when I had just gotten on Dan and walked to the XC field for a nice long hack... so, back we came. I managed to sneak in a very short ride, hose him off and get back and grab Lyric and have her ready right as Patrick backed in. Phew. ;) Luckily she was close to the barn when Dan and I got home. 

I probably could have ridden after dinner because yet again, the weather was not doing what it was supposed to be doing. But, it was supposed to be storming... and there were clouds on the periphaery. Yet... good gravy this day is just not cooperative so I just gave up and opted to let her be. She's also been sitting her butt on the wall again. Which... I haven't seen her on the water trough lately but she's got her ass on the wall again. Maybe I'll shockwave her lumbosacral area again when I get back from the beach??? Argh... 

But yay for an awesome farrier who got her shoe back on literally within like 4 hours of me having to pull it off. :) That's a good farrier. Even if he cut my ride on Dan short. ;) 



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