Just Incase You Are Worried...

OK, I have decided that after Jeff gets done mowing, we will make a trip over to Lufkin to get a Doctor to look me over after my crash. My entire spin hurts. My head is still throbbing. I went ahead and made dinner early. I figured we can wait just a little. I have a nice sized goose egg on my seat bone and I am guessing my tail bone is bruised. I have some swelling in my hands and feet. Kinda weird. My neck is all stiff now too. Main thing is, I can feel the pain from the base of my skull to the tip of my tail bone. Does not feel muscular. More like bone ache. Basically, I am worried that I jammed my spine hard enough to mess something up. So, I am going to get checked out today.

Oh Snap!!! I am NOT A Bronc Rider!!!!!!!!!

My Ass HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, so Joe has had about 6 weeks off. I rode him yesterday and he rode great. I warmed him up in the round pen for about 5 minutes before climbing on....he is two...I do that.... Anyhow, He never offered to buck and really has not offered to buck since back in March. I get on him. We long trot and lope both directions in the round pen....so far, so good. I take him out of the round pen and we walk. Good....all good. We trot....good, all good. We begin to lope...NOPE, not gonna lope!!! Instead, we are gonna launch!!! This colt can buck now, I tell ya.... He has this thing about getting his back legs all the way up over his head....Then he brings that front end up and comes back down in a completely different direction!!! Fish Tail Deluxe. I am pretty sure i made it to the whistle, but not much longer. I found the horn. Normally, the horn is NOT my friend. Again, this proves true. I also managed to grab his face and the top of the headstall. Spurs grabbed too though and that is NOT good. I remembered that and turned my feet away from his sides. Then we go up 3 more times and I go to the side. Joe bolts and I drop on my neck, shoulder and ASS!!!! I think i might have bruised all four, upper and lower front teeth along my ass, hip and some how I managed to get grass in my pants and my bra... blah I am sitting up long enough to type this, but not sure how long I can do this. Soooooooo, here I am, alive and bruised. OH and hubby was home. I hollered 3 times for him and he was there to tell me to sit still. I did get back on Joe and loped him in the round pen. I dont like to end this way, so I ran him 4 laps and got on him. OUCH is all i can say....But we did lope several laps before I just could not do it any more.

WBR

Well, i went to WBR this weekend! No, i did not win any Money and to tell ya the truth, I did not do so good. Our warm-up run was nice. I bobbled a little coming off the first barrel, but Gabe actually turned it nice! We ran a 17.444 and a 15.48 won the race. So, we were two places about the 4D...... No money. I did buy the picture though!! Its a great picture!!! My Open run was 9 hours from my warm up race run. Gabe was ready to run. I was ready to run. For some reason, I pushed him coming out of the holding pen thus throwing us off balance a little. I had two hands on the reins, like i am suppose too. I felt his shoulder drop about 5 strides to the barrel and I went to pick it up, he thought I said turn, so two strides out, we turned. :( Yup, we ducked, but it was not the case of "I dont want to turn" more the case of "Mom, are you sure? Cause you are telling me to turn, but its not time yet" Anyhow, we had two good barrels on that run. I was mad and I was PUSHING him through the rest of the pattern. Man, I need to get made more often cause he would have kicked butt if we did not duck!!!
As for the rest of the weekend, Gauge was bell of the ball. I got so many compliments on how well behaved she is for 6 months old!!! I bought my Baby Girl a bling dog collar! She is so purdy with it on!! She did her thing in the trailer where she insisted on being in the bed 24/7 All was good till Monday when she was put up there unexpectedly and she ate 4 of my winning runs DVDs...grrrrrr...But, all in all she did good!
Joe came along for the ride too. All i can say about that is He is GOING to learn to back out of the trailer. We had a goof up and loaded him in the rear slant. He does not back out of a trailer.....Um, yeah, finally, he tried to turn around and got stuck. I am so glad that he is calm, cause it could have been a really bad disaster! Anyhow, after he got stuck, a guy crawled in the trailer with him and pushed his shoulder around. He is a little sore, but not broken.
Oh, one more thing. We survived the hurricane. I so wish that the stupid storm could have waited a while cause my co-pilot worried herself senseless about the stupid storm!!!

Hooray

OK, life has been interesting here this week, but it is turning around!! I talked to my Dad today....Now, my Dad and I have an interesting relationship...Anyhow, I made him an offer. I have a buckskin mare that has been for sale for a year now. No bites. She is foundation bred....We have her filly and LOVE the filly so no need to have them both right? Well, she is a 9yo broodmare cause no one took the time to actually ride her. So, Thinking " darn it, that will be two mouths to feed come spring" ( I bred her cause she is a broodmare) I called my Dad to offer a trade. He has a colt that I actually created his dam and picked his daddy. The colt is a yearling now and is a chestnut with a star and a left hind sock. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/zbar+lynx+to+cash He is super laid back and since he has that left hind sock, I knew he was MEANT to be mine. But my dad refused to even sell him to me. Says its business and I dont need any more horses. Well, today he agreed to trade this gelding (one less thing to pay for) for my buckskin mare!! If you knew the ends and outs of my dad, your next question would be........"and you will let me transfer him in my name right?" The answer is YES!!!! So, I am trading my mare for this colt and I am jumping for joy!!! No, I dont need a trade, but I really resented my Dad for not letting me have this colt or the other 6 horses that I created for him....So, this is good in soooo many ways!!

My Hair

OK, i hate having to put money into my hair. Lat year, i highlighted it and then this year, I am SICK of it. SO, I colored with something from the store. Looked good till it grew out a little. THIS time, I went in and had the hair lady match it to my roots. got it cut again too. I like it!!

Its Been a While, Sorry

Well, I have been busy and not tending to my business as much as I should!! LOL But, I am here now!!! OK, for starters, PMS is here...hopefully gone by the end of the week, I have gone several months with out a steroid shot....meaning that my Body is doing better. Gabe is getting in shape and I am getting used to my new saddle. Our last run was in Marshall and I am NOT thrilled about it.


Basically, i was nervous and holding on for dear life to a slow moving train. I did not ride him. I sat there. OH and if I dont figure out how to SHUT MY MOUTH, I am going to break out the duct tape!!! LOL However, yesterday we went to the covered pen in Hemphill and made two runs. First one, we did not go right to the first...so, I took him all the way to the fence and re-directed. Second run was OMG great!! He did everything that we have been practicing! So, we are ready and I am going to try like hell not to dwell on anything this week. We will be heading to Wacko on Friday for the WBR race. BIG race and lots of fun! We will run Sat night and Sun morning. I am thinking that we will not have internet, so be patient since I am not coming home till Monday. Thankfully I will have brooke for a co-pilot and she claims that she is the driver, groom, shit raker and something else...LOL So, we should have fun!! Also, Michelle is going!! SO, good times had by all!!! TTYL!

Hm....I dont Know...

OK, this is a weird post for me, but, I am having an issue...There is a funeral Sunday for a man who inspired me soooooo much. Mr. McCarey was a cowboy. He was a tell it like it is, no need for fluff cowboy. I was in awe when we went to his 90th B-day and he got on Bryan (his horse) and rode him around the arena....everyone wanted him to get off, but he refused. He died Thursday at age 92. Last time Jeff and I went by there, he was so happy to see us. I just knew that we needed to stop and say hi! That was a few months ago (maybe 6) and he was down, but still full of him self...He always had that cowboy wisdom to pass on to us youngins. I loved his stories and just in general loved to be around him. He was the one who Dubbed TJ Speed Wiesel. He also told me that I needed to retire TJ and get Gabe going...Gabe was only a yearling when I kept TJ at the McCarey house. He loved Gabe and said that Gabe would be around for a lifetime. I always said, "No, he is a turn around" Pop would come back and say "Sure, wait till you get to ride him, he is a keeper". That meant a lot to me :) Now, look at Gabe....my ideal horse.
My problem is that the funeral is Sunday and I really dont want to go. Not just because it is a funeral and NO I have no other plans. I just dont think Pop would want us to drive down there to cry over his death. He was one to tell me that time is best spent on a horse. I feel like I would do better to honor his life by staying home and enjoying my horses. I know that he would be proud of us for running today. My other thing is that I feel that funerals are for the family. I was by far family...I am a strange griever. I rather grieve by myself. I rather take Gabe to the back and have myself a good cry than to be around a bunch of folks crying.....Am I a bad person for this? Also, someone once told me that funerals are for the family so you can hug them and show them support....There will be so many folks that were a lot closer to the family there. I will feel much more in the way than anything....