2 weeks at the Parelli Ranch

As I'm just finishing up my second week here at the ranch, so much has changed, that its time for another blog update!  I've settled in to my permanent "home away from home" here, a Luxury Rv trailer that I share with 1 other working student and 2 externs(for now! as more students come, that is subject to change).  We have been having a great time settling in and getting to know our new digs.  It turns out, there's all sorts of rules for living in an RV, like how you shower and what toilet paper you use!  As I have never lived in an RV before, this is all completely new to me, so I'm going to have to remember everything so I don't mess up!   I've gotten things sorted with my horse, he should be picked up Monday morning if everything goes as planned, and be dropped off Tuesday afternoon.  I'm not going to relax until I get the phone call that he's on the trailer though, because I know my horse!  I wish I could just explain to him why he needs to come down here and live with me, because I'm not coming back home to live for a long time.  I'm sure if I could tell him that, he would hop right on, because my grandparents said he stares over the fence and whinnies for his "herd-mate" all the time.  But I'm just going to trust my shipper, who sounds fabulous, and hope that they load him all right.  I've been making some friends here, which has been fun, and having some great times creating funny stories with them.  For instance, there has been a velociraptor siting on campus, and she happens to be my roommate!  I'm missing my fiance and our dog terribly, but hopefully I will get to go home for the holidays and see them both!  Anyways, I'm off to bed because we have a huge list of things to do tomorrow morning!

A whole week on the Parelli Campus!

That's right, I've finished my first week as a Parelli Working Student!  Whoo-hoo!!  Its been pretty challenging, but I've had a great time learning new things and meeting new people.  My horse didnt make it down yet, but he will.  I just have to have faith that things will work out at home to send my horse down here!  And on a more personal note, I got engaged!!  It was the sweetest thing ever.  My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost 3 years, and he was happy that I was going to be a working student, but knew he was going to miss me.  So, I didnt know it, but he put my engagement ring in the pocket on the seat of my truck, and after my first week was done here, he told me about it!  He told me he didnt want me to stay home because of it, because he was so proud of me for becoming a working student, but he really wanted to propose, so he thought up this way.  I am so excited!  There is no date set, but thats ok, because we both have to get done with school and starting our careers first.  I'm off to bed, and planning on enjoying my first day off tomorrow!

Last night in Michigan Take Two!

Yep, that's right, I'm still in Michigan.  My shipper showed up at 10am, and we spent 7 hours trying to load my horse.  Guess what?  He didnt load.  So I'm still in Michigan for one more night, and tomorrow I will be leaving to go to the ISC without my horse.  My shipper is coming back sometime in the next couple weeks, and I'm hoping to get someone to come out and work with Pistol once or twice before his pick up date and be there to load him.  So for the first 2(ish!) weeks, I will be horseless. :(