Hiya Darlin',
Went to sleep with my earplugs, still raining pretty heavy when I went to sleep, woke up to the sound of a chainsaw barely after 6:30 a.m. Evidently some trees came down during the night, two in the horse camp, but both over the road and not too close to me, thank goodness! There were others down on the road to the exit as well, so all that rain certainly took its toll! Lots of leaves and limbs all along the road. I had planned to get up early anyway, because I wanted to pick up more hay today, and there was rain forecast to arrive around 1:00, so I had a quick breakfast, got my chores done, and was heading out of camp before 8:00. First stop was Tractor Supply to refill three tanks of propane and pick up some new fenceposts. So many of my old ones have had so many breaks in them, combined with the two that were snapped off the first night we were here, so I bought ten more. I bought purple ones, just because now if I lend them to someone, I'll be able to tell which ones are mine! Also got fly spray and a new brush, I apparently left my orange one at Biltmore, thinking I left it on a tire and probably crushed it on the way out. Next stop was Walmart, had a big shopping to do since it's been awhile, over $300, but it should last a good long time. Picked up gas at the WaWa across the street, down to $5.79/gal for diesel. Dang, fuel is expensive right now! That's one reason I'm trying to make small, short hops between camps at the moment, though at some point they'll have to get longer again. Hopefully, the prices will come down over the summer. I ended up timing it perfectly, arriving at the haymaker's just five minutes before our agreed upon time of 12:15. He was able to get in over 200 bales between last Friday and yesterday, which, considering all the rain we had, was pretty remarkable. Not too seasoned, but I don't think the horses will mind green hay! I bought 13 bales, enough so I could fill up the front stall and to have enough for this week and a bit. I also made a short stop at the local post office to let them know I had a General Delivery package coming in, the postal worker seemed a little confused as to why I bothered to come in to tell them, but I've had some post offices so unaccustomed to it, they don't know what to do with it. But this guy was older, so it was obviously a concept he understood. I had to call the vet again this morning to get the tracking number, it was never sent even though I had asked for it. Got back to camp and still had plenty to do! Unpacked all the groceries, moved the horses out of the paddock and then moved the entire paddock again. All the rain made it pretty messy, but I think it will recover okay. I needed to move it anyway so I could get my truck in there to offload the hay. I must be getting stronger, because all of that activity didn't tire me out! Good deal! I put the rest of the hay under the gooseneck (I had already put up the skirting to keep the other hay dry), then filled up the horses' water buckets from the truck, since the hose won't reach it anymore. I was finally finished with everything just after 3:00, so a busy, chore-filled day! The forecast rain never came in, other than a few drops I heard, late in the afternoon, and a little thunder, but nothing to get excited about. Even Lola took it in stride. She was probably tired from all the loving she gave and received today! Finally settled down to rehydrate and rest, and spent the rest of the day following up on the reunion in August. I managed to get permission to have a meet and greet and tour at the high school on the Saturday, my old friend Anne E. had put out some feelers and got an excellent response, so now I'm obliged to go, since I offered to host the even and act as tour guide. At least it will be a bit more interesting schedule than before. Now I just have to figure out how to work it out with the horses and the trailer, whether I leave them somewhere or try to find someplace nearby. I checked into a few options, but need to do a lot more research. Binged on some episodes of Ransom, and heading to bed soon! Good night, sweetheart! Love you!
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