What a Week!

I am not complaining; I am just saying …

Honestly, I have a great job that pays well and gives me lots of time to spend with my horses, but it also has its drawbacks. I leave my house at 5:45 a.m. so that I can be there around 6:00 a.m when the custodian turns the alarm off. My official work day doesn't start until 7:20, but in order to get the job done, I get there early. Of course, the benefit is that I am off work at 2:50 p.m.

Even though I've only worked at this school for the past three weeks, the rest of the staff already teases me about how fast I exit the building when the bell rings! What can I say? They don't have two horses standing around waiting to be groomed, fed, ridden, and cleaned up after.

I get home at 3:10, and I am able to be at the barn by 3:30, if I hurry. It's hard to beat that work schedule. I am usually finished at the barn before 6:00 p.m. so that I can get home, take a shower, and get dinner going. By the time the dishes have been taken care of, it's nearly time for bed.

Now that my work schedule has finally smoothed out and I have a rhythm going, I am hoping that I won't feel so much like I am burning the candle at both ends. This horrid heat isn't helping matters though. When I finished my second ride of the afternoon on Friday, this is what our temperature looked like.

Did you notice the weekend's prediction?

But it only FELT like 97 … uh … no. It felt like 100 out in that dusty arena!

It was like that all week. Thankfully JL is game for whatever the rider is up for, so even though it was 100, I took both my lessons this week and rode every other day except for Tuesday. I am looking forward to riding in the relative cool of this weekend's mornings.

While I am looking forward to fall's cooler weather, such as it is around here, I am not looking forward to the diminishing daylight hours. But come on, summer, would you cut us a little slack?

What's the weather like in your neck of the woods?