while the man is away....

+ the ladies will put their gloves on, cowboy boot up, and handle shit. we'll whine about it, but we'll do it. 

i'm just hoping that the rest of the week will have no more nonsense happening. fingers crossed! 

things that happened: black chicken shirley hopped into the dog yard acting like she had so much game that nothing could get her. the fuck, chicken? we have weekly safety meetings going over how dangerous the dogs are, reminding them of the fate of their deceased sister that fucked around and found out. so kid and i had to build up the back fence after having already had a busy day.

this morning onslow old dog almost took a header down the stairs, which had it happened would have most likely resulted in a broken something. he's really struggled recently with all the things wrong with him and i know it's going to be his time soon, which makes me so sad — he's the last of our OGs, and there are so many sweet memories surrounding him and his place in our family. he's not in pain (daily meds + 2x a month ketamine shots), his mind is wonderfully puppy-like (today he tried to chase a deer today), his body is just wanting to rest. :( 

but for now, we are in a place where he is living his joy for as long as we can. 

no ride today — but we did get the arena, the runouts, and the stalls completely mucked. there's still the pasture to do tomorrow, but we'll get it done. that took quite a bit of time and i felt guilty for not spending more quality time with the ponies.

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