Last Saturday I managed to fall off a pub style bench that we have at the yard, my own fault, I was sat astride it and it had a fleece blanket across it with something heavy on top, went to get up and the fleece wrapped itself around my Croc shoe and my body went one way and my foot another.
Was actually pretty funny at the time but was feeling it by the next day. Luckily I had a sports massage treatment booked in anyway as working the election can be pretty tough on your back. Alison says I have a whiplash injury, I am not sure who to sue, either the table or the fleece, or maybe my left Croc?
Me, the OH and C have breathed a sigh of relief that our livery owner has gone back to College and peace and quiet has returned to the yard. It's amazing how one relatively small person can be such an energy drain and effect the atmosphere of a place so much, it's exhausting. She is still not forgiven for asking us to book her horse in for the vet/dentist, agreeing to be at the yard at 9am to sort the horse out and then finally rolling up at 1.45pm by which point the horse had been sedated, teeth done, money handed over, observed for a couple of hours in recovery and then turned back out. She even appeared with saddle and bridle expecting to ride. Mine have all had a week off but she was back on board cantering around the next day, despite the horse having quite bad ulcers in her mouth. One interesting thing however is that she tried R in the Pee Wee bit and she went really well in it, especially considering she had just had her teeth done and had mouth ulcers. Some horses really seem to like it, R has quite a thick tongue and because it is held in position I think it was well clear of any sore bits so it really seemed to suit her. I can't see her buying herself one, think the expectation will be that she just borrows mine all the time.
This week has also been a week of Ebay and shop orders fun, suppliers being slow shipping me stock, supplier sending me completely the wrong hoof boot order at three times the price and not crediting the money back to my account, customer order going AWOL in the post and then claiming I hadn't sent it out in the first place (despite me having a proof of postage), of course the replacement would be the item that the supplier was slow to send ......... Also had a bounced cheque, a cheque order sent out before the cheque arrived as they wanted first class post, and then the order returned because they changed their mind so I have lost the postage and a DHL 5Kg parcel that is in the ether somewhere marked as 'inadequate address' despite the address being correct and me confirming it with them (and sending them a google map with driving directions).
I now have a banned customer list pinned to my office wall, it made me feel better writing the names on it, even if that's all I ever do ......
bad week indeed.
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