work

work was slow today. I guess because it's Easter most people have something else planned. that's fine with me, less work for both us and the horses! I did have fun today, though. the closing supervisor provides never ending amusement because she's so silly (she's 15). today she fell in the trough, got her keys stuck in a tree because she was throwing them in the air, and took ten minutes to figure out a knock-knock joke. we were also trying to describe what Easter is (none of us are religious, obviously - we work on sunday) and she exclaimed "That's the day he got nailed!" and caused all of us to bust up laughing and fall over. never a dull moment with her around :)

I also took out a ride today (not part of my duties as the opening supervisor) because we have a new guide who had to be trained. that meant that both guides were taking out one ride. when both guides are gone and another ride has to go out, the closing supervisor is technically the one who is supposed to take them. well she had just come back from a ride and begged and pleaded with me to take the next one, a group of five. I didn't want to do it, but I finally agreed when she offered to buy me a jamba juice (we order a bunch of drinks from there every sunday). neither of us wanted to take it because there were two little girls on the ride, but actually it turned out to be a really nice ride because all but one of the people were riders (it was the guy's first time on a horse), and I didn't have to help them out with anything or keep a close eye on them. plus I had a nice conversation with the girl behind me who was about my age and used to own a horse. so it didn't turn out anywhere near as annoying as I had expected. the only slight problem was Teddy's saddle was too far back, but I fixed that at the beginning of the ride and we had a pleasant time for the rest of the hour. oh and my horse spooked a little at this big hiking pack some hikers had on the side of the trail; he's a young ex-racehorse and he isn't as trail savvy as the older horses yet. but all in all, it was a good ride. it's so nice to have a slow, fun day once in a while :)

work

work was slow today. I guess because it's Easter most people have something else planned. that's fine with me, less work for both us and the horses! I did have fun today, though. the closing supervisor provides never ending amusement because she's so silly (she's 15). today she fell in the trough, got her keys stuck in a tree because she was throwing them in the air, and took ten minutes to figure out a knock-knock joke. we were also trying to describe what Easter is (none of us are religious, obviously - we work on sunday) and she exclaimed "That's the day he got nailed!" and caused all of us to bust up laughing and fall over. never a dull moment with her around :)

I also took out a ride today (not part of my duties as the opening supervisor) because we have a new guide who had to be trained. that meant that both guides were taking out one ride. when both guides are gone and another ride has to go out, the closing supervisor is technically the one who is supposed to take them. well she had just come back from a ride and begged and pleaded with me to take the next one, a group of five. I didn't want to do it, but I finally agreed when she offered to buy me a jamba juice (we order a bunch of drinks from there every sunday). neither of us wanted to take it because there were two little girls on the ride, but actually it turned out to be a really nice ride because all but one of the people were riders (it was the guy's first time on a horse), and I didn't have to help them out with anything or keep a close eye on them. plus I had a nice conversation with the girl behind me who was about my age and used to own a horse. so it didn't turn out anywhere near as annoying as I had expected. the only slight problem was Teddy's saddle was too far back, but I fixed that at the beginning of the ride and we had a pleasant time for the rest of the hour. oh and my horse spooked a little at this big hiking pack some hikers had on the side of the trail; he's a young ex-racehorse and he isn't as trail savvy as the older horses yet. but all in all, it was a good ride. it's so nice to have a slow, fun day once in a while :)

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I forgot to mention the awful dream I had last night. awful in the sense that it made trying to rest impossible. I can't remember any details but the gist of it was that it ticked me off! okay so last night I couldn't fall asleep again. probably because I had taken a nap earlier so I didn't get tired until about 1am. well I went to bed at about 1:30 and I just could not get comfortable. I tossed and turned, opened the window and closed it, turned the fan on and off, pulled the blanket up and threw it off...it sucked. I have a clock radio by my bed with bright red numbers, and I looked at it what seemed like every half hour to see how late it was getting and wonder why I couldn't fall asleep. this went on until something like 3:30. or so I thought...when I woke up when my alarm went off, I'd been having a dream about something I can't remember now, but in the dream I was also looking at this clock every once in a while and the time was getting later and later and I was getting more and more agitated...and when I woke up I could not for the life of me tell if I had really been looking at my clock or if I had been dreaming it. have you ever had a dream you couldn't tell apart from reality? that's what this was. I still don't know now. it seems like I couldn't have been up for as long as the time the clock said when I last remembered looking at it; it felt like I'd slept longer than that. but I have no idea. maybe I really *was* awake for that long and only slept for something like 2-3 hours. anyway I just find it really unsettling when I can't tell if something was reality or just in my head. either way I'm sure I didn't get much sleep!

oh!

I forgot to mention the awful dream I had last night. awful in the sense that it made trying to rest impossible. I can't remember any details but the gist of it was that it ticked me off! okay so last night I couldn't fall asleep again. probably because I had taken a nap earlier so I didn't get tired until about 1am. well I went to bed at about 1:30 and I just could not get comfortable. I tossed and turned, opened the window and closed it, turned the fan on and off, pulled the blanket up and threw it off...it sucked. I have a clock radio by my bed with bright red numbers, and I looked at it what seemed like every half hour to see how late it was getting and wonder why I couldn't fall asleep. this went on until something like 3:30. or so I thought...when I woke up when my alarm went off, I'd been having a dream about something I can't remember now, but in the dream I was also looking at this clock every once in a while and the time was getting later and later and I was getting more and more agitated...and when I woke up I could not for the life of me tell if I had really been looking at my clock or if I had been dreaming it. have you ever had a dream you couldn't tell apart from reality? that's what this was. I still don't know now. it seems like I couldn't have been up for as long as the time the clock said when I last remembered looking at it; it felt like I'd slept longer than that. but I have no idea. maybe I really *was* awake for that long and only slept for something like 2-3 hours. anyway I just find it really unsettling when I can't tell if something was reality or just in my head. either way I'm sure I didn't get much sleep!