Update

I read on Forbes that Cleveland has the second worse winter in a major metropolitan area. Only Denver gets more snow, but we they have regular thaws. We get snow and it stays forever. I bet we are cloudier, too.

Well, our most esteemed weather forecaster thinks we may get a January thaw during the last week of the month. I sure hope so. We usually get one, but didn’t last year. At my house, we have a foot and a half of snow on the ground. I hate snow.

Our only big plans this weekend is a movie night at my brother’s house. My eldest niece is home from Cornell, so they have been inviting us over a lot so we can see her. My boyfriend gets to pick out the movie, and he never tells me until last minute as a surprise.



I will be riding Cole Friday through Monday, as usual. We did have one incident last time where he bucked and bolted to the far corner. It is so odd because all the rest of the horses are afraid of that corner and try to bolt away from it. I decided I need to work more in it so the novelty is gone. I don’t know what attracts him to it. That is the second time this month that he did that. Once I stopped shaking, we walked multiple tiny circles there and spent plenty of time walking through the corner.

Cruiser is doing well—no sign of a limp at a walk or trot. I only trot him every few days to make sure he is moving sound. I am going to have his shoes put back on next week, and then I will start riding him—very conservatively. I am going to treat him like his bad tendon got irritated and hope for the best. If he becomes lame, again, I will call the vet.

It is tough having an older horse. I worry so much about him.