Tuesday- playdays

Well what a day- We were all meant to meet at Blundell's but if anything was gonna go wrong - it did it today!! after doing a mad dash to town to change Dennis's present- the shop had just opened but they couldn't find the key to unlock the cabinet to get the correct item out- I had to wait and finally they managed to unlock the cabinet...that was the start of it...then rushed home to hook up the float...COULDN'T the U bolt screw was missing...I hunted high & low- nothing..still hadn't got Gypsy out of the paddock...finally found another 4 U Bolts in amongst Dennis's bits & bobs- thankfully one of them fitted...by this time I'd sent texts to everyone and told them I'd be late..then called Lynn she had a catasrophe with the computer and the man was there fixing it...by this time Kay had arrived at my place so we decided we would do it all here...BUT I couldn't get hold of Gaylene or Aileen to let them know where we all were - time was really ticking by but God was finally on my side and the 2 of them turned up here thinking they'd got the venue wrong...after that we did what we intended to do- tied the halter knots properly..did the first stages of level one...and then had a bite to eat...I looked out the barn window and one of our beefy's had jumped the fence- had to attend to that then..I dropped the float door on my finger Yooouch!!! But apart from all the chaos around us..we finally started to relax and everything settled down again....it was absolutely chaotic for a while- nothing was going right...After everyone had gone Aileen & I had a cuppa and then I went back down to the barn to muck out the yards...I have been moving our little kai's around the yards getting them used to being moved to where we want them- shutting gates- putting one in each yard then shutting the gate in between then opening it again and moving them back together...Megan came over and I was very interested to see if they would react the same way  for her....Big Boy was very calm- head not way up in the air now...the little chap was snorting and a bit jumpy when she separated him from Big Boy but he soon settled down again when he realised she wasn't going to do anything other than move them around...so good to have someone else do it too...getting them ready for haltering day...both of them walk towards us not away now..eat hay right beside us...they love it when we run the hose into the trough..and they really LOVE the hard feed...Both of them were whinnying when all the horses were here but Sarg and Louka stayed by them and they were relaxed but just saying Hi...all in all the day improved as it went on..Thank goodness