Day 83 - Go Grotty.

Baggy overslept yet again. She didn't actually drag herself out of bed until 12.30pm! Thirteen hours in bed, although NOT asleep. Clever Bird is pretty sure that Hormonal Hannah is to blame. One thing about Lawrence-the-durmoid-cyst leaving Baggy along with Baggy's ovaries; the menopause, which has now hit Baggy like a steam train, is a proper nuisance. This morning, nope sorry, this afternoon, she couldn't snap out of a proper fug. She felt very grumpy and very down. Poor Calum! So Baggy made Furry Mama take Minty Mutt out for a walk. The fresh air helped. But still, Baggy just wanted to cry and curl up in a little ball. Calum pointed out that there was zero food in the house, so Baggy dusted off The Domestic Goddess and dragged her out to the supermarket. Baggy made her choose lots of fruit and veg. and fish. No cakes. No biccies. No bad stuff at all in fact. Cal bought healthy stuff for his lorry. But still Baggy was very down. Clever Bird decided that whether or not Baggy could do much with her horse, Grotty Groom needed to go and see Wessles and Joey. Good plan.

There was a dressage competition at the yard and it was raining this morning, so the Boys had been left in for the day. Wessles had his new waffle fleece rug on. He looked very cute. He is so ridiculously woolly though and it is quite mild again, so he was quite sweaty. He seemed very happy to see Grotty. Whickered and nuzzled her. Grotty felt the least she could do was to give him a groom. Well over an hour later and having removed the equivalent of about three very fluffy Guinea Pigs worth of hair (the Boy is malting for England), Baggy's arm was burning a little, but Baggy realised that she was no longer feeling tearful or down. In fact she felt really good. Positive and relaxed. Wesley seemed to feel the same. Clearly the massive weight that has been lifted from Baggy's shoulders was affecting Wesley too. Today there was no head-butting. Just gentle snuffling. No "wired" energy. Just a totally chilled vibe. Clever Bird and Grotty know full well how sensitive Wesley is and how much he is affected by Baggy's mood, but what they hadn't realised was just how "wired" Baggy has been for the last few months. No more though! Being with the Boy uplifted Baggy's mood and spirits ten-fold. So much so, that Baggy will now ignore Hormonal Hannah and start to let Grotty spend more time with her Boys again. Time for Grotty to start a bit of loose "dancing" with Wessles again. But perhaps she should build up to that! In-hand work first. Grotty is excited. Things might finally be getting back on track.........