I'm fine Uncle, thanks for asking.
Besides worrying about Rave all I've been doing is stocking up on next winter's firewood. BF was here for 2 wks and helped a great deal. He is up in NY helping another of our friends then he'll be back sometime this week. Nothing exciting to write home about.
I'm always excited about firewood.
Hubby brought home a huge load of Lodgepole pine from the mountains. Nice! He said that his friend's family was all there and the friends gal was a fantastic cook.
I had a fabulous time at the horse event. We got there and I asked for a bit of help with my harness. Heather is super nice and got me pointed in the right direction on where the breast should be on the horse. A minor adjustment and it was good.
Wiseguy was his usual gotta go self so I drove him a bit whilst waiting for everyone. There was several carts and peeps and horses tacking up but I managed to get through the crowd with no mishaps.
We had to drive through a narrow opening to reach the trail head. I had to get out of the cart to drive Wiseguy through. I was trying to drive from the side but Wiseguy wasn't going forward so they told me to get behind the cart to drive him. We made it through.
Wiseguy was totally in love with one of the mares who was apparently in heat. Once again we were standing around waiting for people and Wiseguy was impatient so I drove him around a bit and then had him stand again. We all got on the road and it was a beautiful day. It was a dirt road. We went over a wood bridge. We had to go through a three foot section of mud. Wiseguy said nope. I pushed him to go forwards but then he started backing me into a barb wire fence and then trying to go on the other side into the brush. I was concerned but kept working to get him to face the mud and go forward. He finally jumped over the mud with me in the cart!!!
We were driving beside the Carson river which was quite high. Really pretty and woodsy on the left and open fields and then sagebrush on the right. We reached a stopping point and it turns out there was a stream crossing just down the hill. We waited up top to see if people were making it across. I said I was game to try it.
I drove down the hill and pushed Wiseguy forward but he turned and tried to go into the woods. I told him "Silly horse, you can't go into the trees." He wanted to turn around but I said no. He tried to skirt the pool of water and for a minute I thought I was going over and going to be covered in mud. He turned to go into the woods and I Whoa'd the little goober.
.Penny got my lead rope and we backed him into the stream bed and together we got him to turn. By then he was actually in the water and decided to go forward. It was pretty wide but shallow. We made it to the other side and had to wait for the others.
We went up a big hill and reached a turn around point near some beautiful cataracts by the river. I led out since Wiseguy really wanted to trot and a gal with a team of minis was right behind me. We jogged and then walked. The horses behind me were so close one snuffled my ..... Then he put his nose into my cart bag looking for carrots!!!!! So funny.
We decided not to take the high road which apparently had a narrow bridge. Back through the water. Wiseguy said no and we turned around to try it again. The team went first and Wiseguy decided he would follow them. Heather parked the team in the middle of the water so she could retrieve her whip. Wiseguy was standing there pawing the water like "Hey, let's get moving." We met up with the high road group and Penny and I trotted an d walked a different road back to the beginning.
So much fun!!!!! We had a bit of potluck and I drove Wiseguy home. I did fine driving the truck with the trailer but I didn't have to back up.
The rest of my weekend was spent putting grommets in shade cloth. I did get the shade cloth up with a bit of help from Hubby. The back patio is really lovely and cool. I'm going to enjoy my new shade cloth curtains.
I'll just go back as far as I can remember.
Well yeah, it's her spine.
So they gave her a cortisone infusion and a prescription for Prednisone. Prednisone is nasty stuff so they only gave her a few pills to take after the infusion wore off in 4 days. The dr thought there was some kind of pain cycle going on and the infusion would hopefully break that cycle. It did but she took the Prednisone after it wore off because she was hurting again but not as bad. Whew! This is a lot to remember. Then she went shopping with her BF. It was her 1st non medical outing and she was really happy about getting out of the house. Her BF's back was hurting him so he pushed the cart and Rave used her cane with her right/useless hand. On the way out of the store she fell.
Her right leg gave out and she couldn't support herself with the cane because of her right/useless hand. The next day her back was worse than ever but she bounced back quickly. Then she went through Prednisone withdrawals for a couple days. Her BF told her how to get rid of the withdrawals but she didn't say how. So...the cycle is broken but she is still in alot of pain but I think it's manageable. I haven't talked to her for a couple days so I don't know if there has been any new developments.
