Wowzer!

Clever Bird has just realised that Baggy's blog has now had over 10,000 views! Wowzer! Thank you so much for your interest bloggees - it made Hormonal Hannah cry! But for once they were happy tears. This week's bloggees have checked in from the UK, USA, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Poland, France, Russia, Ukraine, Holland and Romania! It makes Baggy feel very loved and keeps Hormonal Hannah smiling, to know that so many of you care enough to know what Baggy's ordinary little life has chucked at her, that you keep checking in. Just wowzer. Thank you.

Not that she and the gang have been up to anything spectacular today. Furry Mama walked Minty Mutt (after Baggy overslept). It was COLD! Mad weather. Then Baggy needed to go and pick her favourite jumper up from the repairers - the moths had been at it. But when she got there, the lovely lady that owns the place spotted another hole that they (and Baggy) had missed. Pesky moths. Marvellous excuse to go and get a cappuccino from Baggy's favourite café while she waited though. Hormonal Hannah isn't entirely sure how, but Baggy resisted the cake. Yay! There's nothing like knowing that Baggy has to go and stand on the Fat Club scales tomorrow to get Freda Fretter screaming in Baggy's ear, "Reeeeessssiiiisssttttttt!". Freda really, really wants Baggy to have lost some weight this week, but as she has had at least two non-diet days, she's not holding out too much hope. Because it's been silly hot, Furry Mama has been dawdling, or not taking Minty out at all and Grotty Groom has only ridden four times, so Freda is fretting about it.

By the time Baggy had picked up her mended jumper, it was HOT! Mad, mad weather. Grotty had already decided that she would loose-school Wessles, rather than riding him. When she got to the yard, she was in luck for once, there was no one in either school. It's not done to loose-school if any other horse is around, because a hurtling around loose horse can set other horses off. Wessles will mirror Grotty and copy her movements; he follows her and moves with her. He'll even hop over jumps and poles with her. Occasionally he has a moment and will gallop and buck around the arena - Baggy got badly hurt once when she spun round and he did the same and caught her arm with his leg, but Creative Clara digresses. Grotty hasn't done any of this loose dancing with Wesley for a very long time, so she wanted to check that their connection is still there. Clever Bird repeats - it was HOT! They both wandered into the arena. Grotty took off Wesley's headcollar and she went and sat Baggy on a jump wing. Wesley sniffed another horse's poo that was by the gate, then stood. Grotty waited. Wesley stood. Grotty waited. Wesley swooshed his tail at the flies. Grotty waited, while Baggy sat and got upset that Wesley was still standing about twenty yards away. Grotty waited. Wesley stood. Baggy dropped her head and started to cry quietly, apologising to Wesley in her head for having left him for so long and for having broken their magical connection. Grotty felt a breath. Wesley was licking Baggy's head!!!!!!!

Grotty wandered off. Wesley stood. This went on for around forty-five minutes! Each time, Wesley would turn up and stand with Grotty. Baggy was delighted that the connection is still there and agreed with Wesley that it really was too hot to do anything other than amble about a bit, then stand! The minute that Baggy decided that she was heading towards heat stroke and had had enough, Wesley glued himself to her! Hmmmmm! Grotty groomed both boys before heading home.

The Domestic Goddess has just made Baggy burgers for her supper (yep bloggees, they were within her diet), now Clara is in charge..........