Rain Rain Go Away!!!

Rain Rain go away, come again some other far far away day! So there is some WONDERFUL BIG news, and there is some bad news.

First, the WONDERFUL BIG news: I delivered a healthy, beautiful baby boy on July 5th (hence the absence from posting on this site). I am a mom, and still getting used to the title. I love love love my baby boy and am the happiest (and tiredest!) that I have been EVER. Life just keeps on getting better. My life as it is right now is what I have been waiting and hoping for, even during times when I wasn't sure I ever wanted to be married, or have a family. Now I can't imagine continuing down the path I was on prior to meeting my husband and my life changing for the better.

The bad news is on the horse front. The blasted RAIN just keeps on coming. The horses are sad looking drippy things that are probably growing fungus under their fly sheets (since I don't get out enough to check!!). The arena construction has been at a halt for over a month since the ground is unworkable when wet. I am now a month post-partum and ready to start a training program with my horses (lunging for fitness at the very least!)... and there is nowhere with safe, firm footing on which to get started! AHHHH! I did not realize when we moved to Missouri that we would be facing rain similar to Seattle's... after the long winter, now we are in the extended wet spring or something. Someone give me dry and arid for a few months... HELLO....global warming anyone??? Just kidding. Last year, after the 4th of July, it was so dry that the grass started turning brown... not so this year. I hope we don't go from constant rain all spring, summer, and fall and then right back into frozen winter!

The arena builder will be here on Monday to try and finish this project. I am hoping and praying for some dry weather for at least an entire week. It is supposed to be terribly hot and humid outside, which is bad for the contractors to work out in, but hopefully there will not be any more rain. I will just have to keep lots of ice cold water on hand to keep away any heat related illness for the poor guys working outside.

Well, the next focus for me, besides of course mommyhood, is to get back some physical fitness. The horses are likely to be quite wild when I start them back under saddle, and I can't be jiggling like a bowl full of jelly! So, when I get the Doctor's blessing, I am going to get into a fitness routine again. I will let you know how that goes. I am interested in seeing if pregnancy has changed my body enough for me to notice when I am riding. Right now though, I need to focus on losing some significant weight and riding is on hold until after the rain.

P~