Hey Sweetie,
Didn't sleep as well last night, not sure why, but was up and around getting on with my chores when Art showed up, having arrived from Canada last night. He went on to a meeting after a few minutes, and I finished up my chores and breakfast, giving Flash a bute with breakfast so he wouldn't have any pain on this final ride. I also put boots on him when I saddled him up later, and between the two things, he was much more comfortable today. As I was leaving camp, I ran into several people I knew and had to chat with, so it was a later departure than I had planned, but nevertheless, we did the full 18 miles in slightly less time than yesterday, so our pace was much better. He was slow for about the first mile or so, until he figured out that he wasn't hurting, then he picked up speed and was his normal self for the rest of the ride, and even finishing up with some nice speed runs on the way back to camp. Some of the trail was a repeat of the other trails we had already done, but some of it I hadn't done since last year, and hadn't been affected by the hurricane, so it was really pretty and nice. Was very glad Flash was back to his old self, and also that he will have several days off, though it's forecast to get quite a lot cooler, so it'll be back to blankets at night in a few days! Art was at the tent next to my trailer with Steve and some other folks chatting, so I joined them once I put Flash away. One of our neighbors had fallen off her horse when it moved while she was on the mounting block, and was dizzy and vomiting, so it was decided to call the paramedics, since she hit her head and it sounded like a concussion. Steve and Art stayed behind to look after her animals while I went ahead to the volunteer meeting to learn what my jobs for the next few days were to be, then ended up following around a van full of volunteers (they couldn't fit us all in) to show us where our respective job sites were. When I got back, Art had collected some dinner from the vet/meeting tent, though it was cold, so I offered to heat them up in the microwave and to eat together. Of course, my generator decided not to start, even though it had enough battery juice for a change. Opened up a new propane tank, that didn't help, so I knew it had to be low oil, so I opened that up, and though it didn't look too bad, it took nearly half a quart of oil. Then it finally started, so I closed up that new propane tank (since the other tank wasn't really empty), and heated up dinner for us. We chatted until about 8:30 when he left, now I have to finish my evening routine (no time for TV!), take my shower and get to bed! Good night, baby! Love you!
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