The Repurposed Horse

I work overnights Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Sat, and that is when I'm usually able to blog because work tends to be pretty slow.  So, Sun-Tues I don't usually post because Sundays are for sleeping and I tend to spend ~12 hours a day at the barn on Mondays and Tuesdays.  Also my dad was here this weekend. On Sunday, we headed out to the barn.  My trainer had given the go-ahead for my dad to play around on Pepper, the oldest horse in the barn (approximately 30), and perfect babysitter of all parents and boyfriends, who also doubles as a challenge for small children with tiny legs.  We don't have trails, and Pepper is notorious for, well, walking in a determined fashion towards the barn despite all attempts to dissuade him when in the outdoor, so we stuck to the indoor.  Luckily, my dad thought that this was pretty great; he's actually never ridden inside before.  They toodled around at the walk and I gave a bit of a mini-lesson and by the end of it, my dad was a...

I didn't go to the barn at all today.  I slept, cleaned, and then my dad got here.  We went and saw Pete's Dragon because when I was a kid it was one of the movies that we watched a lot, and then we went to dinner.  It was great, and tomorrow we are heading to the barn so that he can meet his grand-pony.  Since I have no new Leo pics or info, I figured I'd take this opportunity to introduce the creatures that I share my home with. Lily Lily has been with me for five years now.  I've had her since she was six weeks old, back when I was still in undergrad.  She moved with me when I left Indiana for grad school, she's moved around the new town in Missouri, and she is wonderful.  She hates outdoors, loves food (seriously have never met a more food-motivated animal in my entire life, except maybe the bf's beagle), loves being a silently judgemental creep, and may or may not kill us all in our sleep someday.  She also gives the best snugg...