Tracking pain vs activity day 2
Activity yesterday - lol let me start a list...
1) walked dogs four times (just have to go outside with them as there are not enough fences to keep them on the property - I stand on the deck while they play/go potty)
2) took nap after breakfast...
3) as soon as I got up hubby drove me straight out to the boarding stable!!!
over the next five hours I
* got both horses from the field
* got mine sort of brushed, but had to sit three times and rest
* watched a 12 year old groom my daughter's horse
* got my daughter's horse saddled - and rested in a chair
* supervised 12 year old saddle my horse
* showed 12 year old how to mount my big guy using the ladder (it stands on its own) and how to ride him
* mounted filly and 'had a conversation' about how she was going to just stop and let me get the stirrups
* rode in the arena at a walk/trot for about 45 minutes - did have to put my iced coffee down at one point as the filly was acting up. You know the horse I am riding is in trouble when I put my coffee down!
* then we rode to the end of the road and back - about an hour and I got to just UNWIND all the stress of the last few weeks, and my gelding did not kill the 12 year old!!!
* back at the stable others had shown up and they fully groomed both horses for me :) I just got to sit in a chair and love on my horse. They even put away all my tack. I think I sat there loving on my horse and just talking horses for a good two hours.
* I had help putting them in their stalls and tossing them each some hay - I also traded some tack with one of the other boarders. I got a kewl gel pad which would have stopped the filly's bad behavior as it was because the saddle pinched her, and the lady got the cart I have been trying to sell for more than a year.
4) hubby drove from the parking area to the barn so I would not have to walk - I could lift one foot all the way past the other so it would have taken me 30 minutes to cover the 20 yards. I love heated seats as it puts heat right on my spine!!!
5) between getting home at 5pm and going to bed at 8:30pm, I took a shower
Pain... It was actually very little yesterday. I was more tired at every step then in too much pain. Even with all the movement at the horses, I got through the day only taking two extra Hydrocodones. So I took 40mg yesterday instead of the 30mg I am supposed to take. Base pain level was about 6 with only occasional spikes to 8. The joy of being out on horseback overwhelmed all the stress and pain and just threw it out.
If I get enough energy today, I am going to put up one or two panels on the horse paddock. I have two weeks to get a paddock ready before the horses come home for the summer.
Check mark - ponies ridden
Check mark - cart sold
Check mark - hubby broke it to the stable manager that we are moving the horses out for the summer and she is still happy to hear I want to haul out to places with her and ride still.
1) walked dogs four times (just have to go outside with them as there are not enough fences to keep them on the property - I stand on the deck while they play/go potty)
2) took nap after breakfast...
3) as soon as I got up hubby drove me straight out to the boarding stable!!!
over the next five hours I
* got both horses from the field
* got mine sort of brushed, but had to sit three times and rest
* watched a 12 year old groom my daughter's horse
* got my daughter's horse saddled - and rested in a chair
* supervised 12 year old saddle my horse
* showed 12 year old how to mount my big guy using the ladder (it stands on its own) and how to ride him
* mounted filly and 'had a conversation' about how she was going to just stop and let me get the stirrups
* rode in the arena at a walk/trot for about 45 minutes - did have to put my iced coffee down at one point as the filly was acting up. You know the horse I am riding is in trouble when I put my coffee down!
* then we rode to the end of the road and back - about an hour and I got to just UNWIND all the stress of the last few weeks, and my gelding did not kill the 12 year old!!!
* back at the stable others had shown up and they fully groomed both horses for me :) I just got to sit in a chair and love on my horse. They even put away all my tack. I think I sat there loving on my horse and just talking horses for a good two hours.
* I had help putting them in their stalls and tossing them each some hay - I also traded some tack with one of the other boarders. I got a kewl gel pad which would have stopped the filly's bad behavior as it was because the saddle pinched her, and the lady got the cart I have been trying to sell for more than a year.
4) hubby drove from the parking area to the barn so I would not have to walk - I could lift one foot all the way past the other so it would have taken me 30 minutes to cover the 20 yards. I love heated seats as it puts heat right on my spine!!!
5) between getting home at 5pm and going to bed at 8:30pm, I took a shower
Pain... It was actually very little yesterday. I was more tired at every step then in too much pain. Even with all the movement at the horses, I got through the day only taking two extra Hydrocodones. So I took 40mg yesterday instead of the 30mg I am supposed to take. Base pain level was about 6 with only occasional spikes to 8. The joy of being out on horseback overwhelmed all the stress and pain and just threw it out.
If I get enough energy today, I am going to put up one or two panels on the horse paddock. I have two weeks to get a paddock ready before the horses come home for the summer.
Check mark - ponies ridden
Check mark - cart sold
Check mark - hubby broke it to the stable manager that we are moving the horses out for the summer and she is still happy to hear I want to haul out to places with her and ride still.
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I Love horses! But this area isn\'t zoned for them :(Really happy you got to enjoy your time with them) And I\'m sure you know how lucky you are to have such a patient and caring husband too