A rare free afternoon! It is hot hot hot here (80+!) and I'm not used to it yet, so after shoeing and teaching all morning, and grabbing lunch at the chinese place with student Kim Meeks, I'm taking a wee A/C break. I'm chillin' this afternoon because we only had a half-day of shoeing, and now Dwayne has gone to his friend's garage to work on his hot rod '36 pickup. So I'm free as a bird (until 4, my next scheduled lesson, which I probably could have made earlier--forgot it was Good Friday so the kids are out of school!). A/C break means noodle around on the computer for a little bit and read a chapter of my library book. Wish I could take a nap, minimal sleep last night, but it is against my religion to sleep during daylight hours!

Then I'm going to go see if Stormy (3 yo gdtr of Storm Cat x Mariah's Storm) is sound..... she had a bruise/abcess and just got the shoe put back on the other day. She needs to get back to work so she can catch up to Jones, who cantered a couple crossrails today in fine style. That's all he gets to do until next winter, when we'll jump a few real fences to see if he can do the YEH shows..... only if he requires MINIMAL o/f work to be ready. Not going to drill a four-year-old over jumps! I'll probably take Revi out for a hack.... she's been hitting the dressage pretty hard, getting ready for the Fork. Trying to get her more connected to the right rein.... dentist says her teeth are fine, chiropractor says she is often stuck in her left hip, saddle fitter is coming next week just in case that is why.... Meanwhile lots of lateral work and long/low to loosen her up.....