Not enough time!

I've been so busy lately at work, I haven't had much time for Pistol in the last few days.  I have managed to spend some time brushing him today, since he looooooooooves being brushed.  He was so cute, because I didn't have much time for him yesterday or the day before, just some quick trailer play sessions.  He got really excited about being groomed, and started playing with all the brushes.  I took things nice and slow, and realized that part of my friendly wasn't very good.  He is normally very confident with the carrot stick and string and lead ropes in zones 4 & 5, however when I went to move back there, he started putting me back in zone 3.  So I started doing approach and retreat with it, and pretty soon I got some licking and chewing.  I moved over to the other side, and did more approach and retreat, and this time got several big giant rolly-eyed yawns.  So I kept on brushing him, paying special attention to his itchy spots, and pretty soon he was presenting zone 5 to me for scratching.  Yay!  So I guess the friendly game wasn't that bad, just a little "rusty".  But after that little bit of work, he was totally confident with me in zones 4 & 5, which made me really happy.  But unfortunately for my poor horse, I had a party to go to, so I had to go inside and get ready for it, which made him hang his head over the gate and whinny for me.