2016 Recap

So I wrote this... a few months ago.  PS I'm not a very consistent blogger.

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Hello....

(it's me)

I haven't posted lately.  I've been a bit busy but also not super motivated about posting, unfortunately.

So 2016 in review:

January

• Chiro visits, Athena loved it!
• Athena had her clip refined (she needs more than a trace clip).
• I made a quarter sheet.

February

• Riding outside!  In February!  
• I locked myself out of my tack locker and had to manage out of my car.  Thankfully my saddle and bridle were at home and I had a spare pair of riding boots.
• Jumping lessons continued to progress, jumping 2' - 2'3"

March

• New bonnet came in from FUN bonnets, this is around the time that I learned I have an affinity for taking pictures of my mare with her eyes closed.
• Grazing with Tess is the best!
• We went to our very first show and it wasn't a disaster!

April

• Grazing with Mark is fun too!
• Equestrian expo and trade show "The Mane Event" with some of my fav horse gals happened.  It was great watching the Jim Wofford clinics.

May

• Nothing super exciting or memorable horse related but I did start a new job.

June

• One day in mid-May we had a weird lesson where Athena kept cross cantering.  Within the next week she came up lame.
• We tried a few things before going to the vet: cold hosing, then after mild to no response we tried DMSO and wraps.  We were unable to go school cross country.

July

• Lameness was assessed and vet determined the underlying cause is arthritic hocks.  So, we do injections.
• Yay! Everything is good again, work continues after completing her prescribed rest period.

August

• Start jumping lessons?  Think again puny human!  Athena is lame again.
• A suspicious bump appears on her leg...
• Still lame after approx. 2 weeks.  Time to get the vet again.  

Yep, that's a fracture.

August - October

• Hand-grazing while the weather held and then after it got crappy we ended up just chilling in the barn a lot while her BoT wraps did their circulatory magic, then the ice boots did their magic.
• I read a lot of books.

October

• Started riding again after follow up x-rays.  Very short rides but oh so blissful!

November

• We were still working up to longer rides but at least we were trotting now!
• By the end of the month we were cantering for short periods.

December

• More riding!
• Christmas!
• Stress!