Today Mike and I were able to experience our first "normal" Saturday together...slept in, made breakfast, got to ride Spence and now we are off to run errands and relax. Speaking of Spence, he has been such a trooper about everything! He hopped right off the trailer and aside from screaming every time I was out of sight, he settled right into routine...even undersaddle he acted like he had been at Wesleyan his whole life including handling people driving by, people playing tennis and people fishing right by the ring. Lou has been enjoying his retirement at the McCurdy household while I look for a retirement barn closer to us down here, but he also hopped right off the trailer and let Mike lead him around to his new field before taking a nice trot around. Mike was amazing and went up to meet the horse trailer with Lou for me as it was my first day of work when the horses arrived. Our shipper, Athena with the Horse Jitney, was amazing! Both horses were completely relaxed when they arrived and she even gave Lou a box stall for the overnight portion of the trip, which was a blessing as he arrived totally sound from the trip; which anyone who knows Lou at this point in his life knows is amazing!
So far work has been going great, just going through the shadowing phases of everything but I'm so ready to jump in and hit the ground running. The horses are great but it is strange only have 14 horses, including Spence, in a college barn but it really seems to work for the program right now. So far all of the team members have been super sweet and welcoming so I'm super excited about the two day show at Lander University next weekend.
On another note the weather has been amazing! And the apartment is lovely as it lends itself to leaving windows open...however, we just saw a HUGE cockroach(at Starbucks outside..not at our apartment) so maybe the windows won't be staying open all the time.
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