A bump in the road

Well we are all moved into Woodland house and we love it. Was a bit worried at first because the house seemed a little crummy, but now that we have all our stuff in it, it looks awesome. Had a bonfire in our fire pit last night. Good times. Started the job at Three Creeks farm...unless she doesn't call it that anymore. Not sure. Just working at her personal barn cleaning 6 stalls and turning in and out her horses. Not too bad.
Bad news? Because it always has to show up somehow? Well the other job that I was fairly sure was MINE, is not. The other girl didn't end up leaving, so now I'm stuck. I didn't get the vet clinic job yet, nor this other one. Now I only work two very short days a week. Bad. Very bad....How will I pay bills? Well that is an excellent question.

But enough depressing news. Now that I live one town up from my folks, I can visit and play with Gypsy all the time. I rode her the other day, and today I came down and worked her on the lunge line...well sort of. I can't find my lunge line, so I tied my two side reins and a lead rope together... Okay, just for the record....that works terribly. I need to find my lunge line. I experimented today with sliding side reins. I recently read about them in a lunge training book, and liked the idea. Instead of one rein from the bit to the surcingle like a regular side rein, you hook a line from low on the surcingle through the bit, then back to higher on the surcingle. This way she can lower her head and really stretch to the bit without losing all contact. I guess it encourages the horse to stretch down through their topline- something Gypsy could definately benefit from. So I tried it, and I like it quite a lot. I'll be using that again I think. I will slowly get Gypsy back into better shape.