Magic and Monsters and Moving On

Jill's friends had been telling her she needed to eat more to do the kind of work she had taken on, just looking at her photos.

That day, she and Nellie went on the path through the woods towards the imaginary creek where an alligator (apparently) often lives, and turned around and came back out into the big field, where they walked in the sun. Then they walked thru the woods on the other side of the driveway where Jim was with the tractor and they didn’t really spook too much at all that there… it was beautiful Florida winter weather. No one even needed their light rugs on. 

The new chesnut was awesome also. He was even willing to round up in our walk round and round. Everyone seemed in good cheer. One grey show jumper lost a shoe which had a little bit of hoof stuck to it and Jill thought it was gross but the blacksmith Mike said it was “mild.” 


He brought a two for one coupon for coldstone the ice cream place where they mix it up for you right in front of you. The boss was 45 minutes late for his tacked up horse, but Jill didn’t mind because that was her chance to take him out walking. Her butt was sore already and she would yetl get to take the grey out in the afternoon. 

The boss wanted to take a picture of Jim and she on our their matching hack horses together, "to send home to her ex." Wha? Why? She guessed Jim must be jealous of something... and gloating because he will share the horseness with her???
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Jill was reprimanded for being too hasty in taking the saddle pad for washing.  She got yelled at because the dog got caught stealing carrots, so she suggested they needed a lid for the bucket. 

The boss's partner took a sleep in. The first time in yeeeeeeeeeeeears apparently and yesterday the paying more than working student said they told her not to get up right away they would feed for her. The five new horses do not appear to have been fed and the next door show jumping boarder trailer  had pulled out, leaving their groom (aka gifted exercise rider) behind like Cinderella to clean all the stalls. Then will he drive to West Palm Beach? Or, is it Wellington?  About 5 hours Jill thought.

There were two jokes at lunch she believed: To get a gator to release you poke him in the eye. And that it snowed in Naples the other day, shocker etc. 

Jim was suggesting that they will hang out in his apartment at the big house more when the working student/bunkhouse roomie arrives. That's how she learned she was getting an unexpected roommate. ACK. 


She had already had a rotten day since they were out of shavings and then the hay delivery came. And to boot, she took messages from celebrities wanting lessons with her boss...