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05/02/2002: "Almost Here!"
Only a couple of days now and Indy will be here! I can hardly believe it. I’m so glad he’s going to be here at the first of the month instead of the last, even if it HAS made Mike and me get cracking of some stuff we’d been putting off :o)
The main thing we’ve had to work on is the fencing around the greater pasture. It needed work anyway, and that ice storm we had at the end of February sure didn’t help matters. Seems like the parts that needed the most repair anyway got hit the worst - maybe that’s WHY they needed the most repair! Whatever, the east fence has needed help since we moved here. It’s just old, and the people here before us just threw up some wire that didn’t do much for it. It was okay for DJ and Ami because they wouldn’t have gone anywhere even if there were no fence at all, but it’s different with a new horse.
It’s the fence along the front that’s in the worst shape. We had planned to just replace it entirely with ElectroBraid, but we’ll just put up some make-do repairs for now. The problem is that we get ponding in that part of the pasture whenever we get a serious rain, and the fence posts just sank into the muck. We decided to replace this section with ElectroBraid because you can have long spans between posts, so we can just hop over the worst spots. We also plan to use wooden posts. Maybe they’ll float :o)
Ron and Brenda Vincent are going to call us this evening to work out any last minute details. You know, I really feel for them - especially Brenda. They love Indy SO much themselves. He was their “first-born” in their breeding program, so naturally, he’ll always be special, but I think Mr. Indy is just special period. I can tell how hard it is for them to part with him. It’s especially hard for Brenda because she just lost her mother. She is an only child and was always very close to her mother. I can REALLY relate to that because I was the same. Even though my mother has been gone since 1978, I still miss her. And, of course, I’m going through the grieving process now over DJ. I’m not even close to dealing with that one yet.
But, life goes on, and I’m SO looking forward to having Indy here :o) Ami is doing okay, but I know she isn’t really happy being alone. She’s gonna go NUTS when they pull in here with Indy. Guess I will too.
