Happy Feet & Messy Mouth

Well, I hate to be vague....but I just don't want to jinx anything. Today. I rode Jimmy. And he rocked. I broke all the rules in the book. I didn't wear my riding boots (but I DID have on gym shoes) or have a helmet on. I meant to hand walk him in the arena and pick up rocks. Then I got out there and decided it's too hot to pick up rocks so I let him walk around me on the leadrope and realized that wasn't going to work...I didn't bring my lunge line so I just decided "Oh what the heck, I'll just ride." So I did. And it was wonderful :-) Jimmy is THRILLED to have happy feet.

He reaaaaally wanted to buck, but he's the most obedient horse in the universe so me tugging lightly on the lead rope reminded him to stay upright. He trotted stiff at first (been in his stall for 48 hours) but then he just kept tucking up underneath me, he felt too excited to merely trot, so I let him canter his little heart out. I just sat up there and let him do the work. I made him go back down to the trot after twice around each way and he trotted BEAUTIFULLY. Really strong, really solid. Just gorgeous. It felt powerful. It was so amazing. My heart is still full from that feeling. I love feeling him and watching him and KNOWING his power. He has so much of it, it's unreal.

After our ride we did a few laps around the driveway to cool off by hand (holy smokes it was HOTT and HUMID tonight) and took a shower & stood under the wonderful ceiling fans in the aisle. When he was cool I put him back in his stall and grabbed the flax out of my car. He gobbled it up!!!

He shoves his whole face in it, then realizes "Oh crap, there's stuff on my face" so he wipes his mouth up the side of his stall door, and licks it all the way down to get the flax off :-) Is someone a little too smart...? Think so. Here's some pics. I'm so happy - I can't wait to see him tomorrow.

He likes to play with his food first:

Then he shoves his WHOLE FACE in it:

Then he wipes it UP the stall door to get it off his face....

Then he slips and slurps all the way back down to get all those nummies that he wiped off his face :-) He's TOO smart!!!

Oh, and one last note: I'm officially moved-into the condo now with Bill. I unpacked my bags tonight. This is real, I'm a more-than-girlfriend. We call each other "Mr. B" and "Mrs. B" because "Fiance" is too hoity-toity for us ;-)