Ranch Time!

This week we have a group of teens who all wanted to go riding.  This works out well for me, because I will take any excuse to ride a horse!  The first day of trail rides, Chad went out with us to show me the trail that he wanted me to take people on.  In the afternoon I was able to lead the trail ride which was fun, because trail riding is an excellent opportunity to get to know people.  That afternoon as we were hosing down all of the horses, Jarrod came up to me and said that I should ride one of the nice horses, but I told him that I was pretty sure Samuel didn't trust me!  So Jarrod, being amazing, came the next morning and told Samuel that I actually can ride, and so I was able to ride the most amazing horse.  I forgot his name, but he is big and gray and extremely comfortable.  It was so much fun, and all of the people in the group were safe on horseback so we were able to trot quite a bit.

After giving trail rides, I was able to work with Ariel and Samuel.  They taught me how to rope, and then laughed at all of my attempts.  I will say however, that I am getting better and the other day I actually roped two horses.  I was able to give cows injections and then I tried to inject a pig, but I failed.  It looked easy enough, just jab the needle into the rear of the pig, and this pig was in some sort of cage, but as soon as I pricked it, the pig stood up, freaked out and started screaming.  So naturally, I freaked out too, and jumped about a mile.  The guys who were with me (Gustavo, Ariel and Samuel) all burst out laughing.  I willingly gave the syringe to Samuel who stuck the pig, and then the pig freaked out again, and Samuel had to let go of the needle and when he was able to get it out, it was bent.  All I have to say about that is that I don't like pigs!!!  I was able to feed cows but the coolest thing was when Samuel let me help halter break a baby.  First he let me try and rope it, but all I managed to do was scare the poor thing and then trip on the rope.  About that, as soon as I tripped, I heard laughter, looked up and saw at least five workers just standing there watching me.  I'm glad I was able to be entertainment for them!!  Anyway, Samuel put the halter on the baby, handed her to me and let me play with her and get her used to being touched.  It was awesome, as much as I love medicine, after playing cowgirl for two days that was all I wanted to continue doing! However, it's a good thing I went to the clinic today because I was able to give a shot to a boy and give medicine IV to a lady.  She said it didn't even hurt!  

Katie