Week Four - Jan. 6th - Jan. 13th

Ultimatum Time- I've been given ONE MONTH to find another place to go. No notice, no reason, nothing.

I am certain that this is a direct result of my encouraging BL to sit down and think about where she wants to be 6 months or a year from now with her life, her farm, her horses, her business. In effect, I did give her some tools, some suggestions, permission - if you will- to figure this all out. She is so incredibly unhappy with so many things, and I am not in the business of counsel for her. These are decisions we all have to make on our own about our own particular situations.

Oh, friends can suggest, family can wheedle, we can whine, there will be as many answers as there are people that we ask for help, but at the end of the day, we all have to take responsibility for our own actions. We only have ourselves to point to if we've not made sound decisions. These types of decisions are not to be made quickly or without careful examination.

Tues. 6th day off
Wed. 7th - 4.5 hours. horses in day/night due to rain, was asked to move in one month to where? feed tubs open in lower feed room, replaced with garbage cans with tops. tops continuously left off, rat droppings so what's up with that? The day after the garbage cans were put in for 3 mornings, the tops were left off, exposing them to everything as if they were still using the blue ones.


Thurs. 8th - 5.5 hours. fed turn out lower and fed turnout upper hay cleaned 7 stalls 2 bags of shavings in Helmar's stall. upper barn, buckets all over stalls left filthy. main barn, syringes and wine glasses all over.
Friday. 9th - 4.5 hours. Still trying to digest my dismissal. Formulating a plan. work stalls, hay, clean 2 paddocks of hay and manure. JPP arrives to give me a great lesson on Harry.
Sat. 10th - 4.5 hours. PM work instead of AM because BL and friend going to banquet.
Sun. 11th - 4.5 hours. Talk with boarders by BL gives them news to move Feb. 1st.
Mon. 12th - 4 hours. 3 stalls hay feed 4 hours, all horses move tim/helmar back to original fields after Crazy Trainer worked them in 15 degree weather. Went to Surrey got 4 bales hay, ok not great