Hot weather

It's been hot lately and I don't much like it. The flies sure seem to like it but who cares what they like? Hot weather makes me lazy and it's not so much fun to go riding or do any work.

Yesterday I waited all day for my mom but she didn't come see me. Nobody came to see me! I was mad! And hungry. I got my grass hay in the morning, and I got my alfalfa in the afternoon but I didn't get a hay snack, or a cookie, or a bucket dinner, or any carrots. That didn't seem fair at all.

My mom came early this morning and I was so happy to see her! I whinnied and then when she got to my stall, I nickered and nickered at her. She petted me a lot and gave me a hug and told me she was sorry. I guess Sparky's mom was going to come out but something happened and she didn't. So nobody took care of me. Mom said that wasn't ever going to happen again and I believe her. She's a good mom and she can't help it if she's supposed to be on stall rest.

I was very frisky and wanted to get out of my stall badly. I kept poking my nose at my mom to hurry up with my halter even though she was putting it on as fast as she could. She got it on and clipped a lunge line to it and grabbed a whip then she opened my stall door. I was really good though because I remembered that she has that bandage thing on her leg and can't walk very well. So I came out carefully and walked nicely next to her to the Flat Arena.

She let me have a good long roll in the Flat Arena and that felt so nice! Then she led me to one end of it and played out the lunge line and asked me to go. I was ready to work. Even though it was hot, I needed to get some energy out so I broke right into a nice trot and moved around her on a big circle. I still remembered my manners though. I tried to lunge as perfectly as I could.

Sometimes when I'm frisky, I get pretty rowdy on the lunge line. I start galloping and bucking, or I cut through the middle and try to run across the arena instead of going in a circle. Sometimes Mom has to really work to keep me straightened out. I didn't want to do that today though. Well, I did but I couldn't because I was afraid I'd hurt her. So I just kept right to my circle and listened to her. She knew I wanted to go and asked me to canter a lot and do a lot of trotting. It felt good and I went running around and around her but I never once pulled on that lunge line.

I also tried to be good about changing direction. Sometimes I'm pretty bad about that. I know what she wants but instead I sometimes walk into the middle and ask her to pet me. Or I pretend I don't know and keep going the same direction. She never lets me get away with it but I do it just for fun. I didn't today though. I changed direction a bunch of times and did it without a fuss. She was pretty proud of me. I know she was because when we finished up, she asked me to whoa and I did right on the circle facing in the direction I'd been going just how she likes it. Then I peeked at her and she was moving toward me winding up the lunge line with a happy look on her face. When she got to me, she petted me a lot and I pressed my nose up against her chest and we had a nice time just being cozy together. That's my favorite part.

She led me back to the wash rack and hosed me off really well because I'd worked up a good sweat. Then she gave me my cookie and a nice hay snack while she cleaned my stall. Usually she cleans it first but I think she knew how much I needed the exercise today. When she was done, I had a nice drink and she gave me my bucket dinner and my carrot and I felt all better by then.

I hope it's not so hot tomorrow though. These flies make it hard to type.