She got a bonus at work and Stimulus/covid relief check and is loving the Specialized brand saddle that J and K sold to her at a great price so when the forecast for Friday night and Saturday was ewwww and I decided to only ride the LD on Sunday I figured B might be game to go. The drive is short enough do do on Friday after her workday so she *might* be talked into going in May and riding the the 50 with me an the saturday day for that one. I don't want to push her but it would be fun for me to ride with her again.
I'm not sure how many non T rides I'll end up doing this year. Just the 3.5 hour drive had my arms and shoulders whining so hard on Monday. I'll experiment with wearing a bra that is less tight for driving next time, it seemed like maybe that extra tension on the collar bones made things worse. No safety net of driving in a bra that is good riding support in case of forgetting to pack a sports bra but if my shoulders are happier after the commute to the ride it will be well worth that small risk. I could always vet wrap my boobs in a pinch if I forgot to pack a good riding bra.
But between that and not doing a lot of conditioning this spring I am going to skip the early May ride in northern WY. My mind was screaming "Can not handle that drive even if the gal north of Wheatland wanted to come and drove a few hours of it by the time I got home from Walsenburg Sunday"
I made a list of a dozen projects I want to get done relatively soon around here this morning. Got 2 completed and the good start I needed on the pasture temp fencing for the grass seed I planted in March before the 2 foot snow. I probably should be a hard ass and not let the horses graze the pasture at all this year so it could recover more but they love getting some green grass in late spring and it puts a nice shine on them so I know its good for them, and I don't know if I'd carve out much time for mowing so just not grazing wouldn't do all that much for it I think. If it looks like I'll still be here another year I should over seed a good section of the pasture this fall and fence off that section to get established next spring when I let horses graze
Also got a 3rd project partway done. Got the garage freezer emptied and unplugged. It is still cold inside it. I didn't do anything to speed defrosting. Everything fit in the chest freezer and house freezer section of fridge so I don't need to hurry things along before stuff is thawing. I gradually emptied over the week but wrapped it up this morning and tossed away the old turkey necks I had saved 'to maybe make soup with later'. Next year I should just toss the neck right away or put it in with the carcass when I make the one batch of soup I will mess with.
Tomorrow I'm riding with B, M and J and having happy hour. Unless they do multiple loops I'll probably be home early enough do to at least one more thing on my project list. I decided I can be lazy and just take the big trailer rather than hooking up to the little one and moving Tanza's saddle to it even though I haven't fixed my tack door hinges yet. That is a biggish project on my list, I want to make sure I can finish it once I start so there will be the 3 new hinges to support the door.
I wanted to limit TV and internet time this weekend, succeeded fairly well today. I want to limit TV news and social media more all summer. I do somewhat miss the quick easy communication with casual buddies via FB, I guess I need to get more comfy with texting on the phone. Overall I think the pluses of not having the crap that FB was always putting in my 'feed' and weaning myself away from "did anyone? / how many? people liked my post" is a big plus for my mental health. Haven't completely given up social media as I read the big blog quite a bit but I'm less into that too now and when I post a comment there its often too busy for anyone to comment back specifically to me so that limits the narcissism aspect.
