2012-02-25

March Break

Jill was glad to have arranged a leave of absence at the dress shop, till April Fool's or so. Maybe by staying on staff in that capacity instead of quitting, she could actually enjoy the 40% discount on clothes she'd heard about in the initial job interview, by earning the money to shop there somewhere that paid a bit more.  She was complimented by customers but criticized by co-workers no matter what she wore there, leather to corduroy to blundstones, ha, and she certainly couldn't afford to upgrade her wardrobe while working there! 


Even tho there was so much grooming to do, that she had technically run out out of allotted barn time to ride, Jill decided to ride anyway. It was SUCH a nice day - she couldn't resist. Schedule plans be damed!  She got permission from the handsome farm owner to walk up and down the driveway on her pony.

And then, in fact, she almost regretted doing so. It was quite icy. And very slushy in other places. And in others it sunk beneath their feet.

After progress down the hill, she could see why the horse felt uncomfortable crossing the bridge over the river.  It felt like walking on weak ice. It was walking on thin ice! And you could see and hear the rushing water beneath it. She knew the bridge under the ice would hold, but the little thoroughbred didn't have quite the same understanding of the bridge, ha.

After sitting a few good spook, and spin and run attempts, Jill dismounted laughing. She told him she had just driven her car over it for crying out loud and led him over, on foot first. Walking ahead to show him the way, ha. And then she mounted on the other side and rode back over it toward home.

"Turns out my pony doesn't like water" Jill rode past the handsome cowboy with waterlogged feet. She'd had to lead him over every time away from home and towards home they had to take a run at it and jump the water toward home, ha.


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