Archie had his second adjustment yesterday.  It went considerably better than the first one, adjustment-wise.  And attitude?  He was affectionate and charming, to a point.  That point was his back end.  And then the little bugger lifted and gave warning.

Oh, I love my pony.
I dreamt about jumping last night.  About strides and fences and turns and flight and release.

I don't know if it was more "memory" or "fantasy."  Or a combination of the two.  It has been years since I've jumped anything higher than a cross rail.  And I dream of fences.

I've pretty much decided that I'm going to move Archie.  I'm tired of the bullshit at my current barn.  I'm tired of an almost-empty, dirty water bucket; of manure-encased stalls; of having to constantly go move branches and sticks so I can have a place to ride.  And I asked the BO to leave the stalls open during the day.  90+° weather, so I think, if the Kid wants, he should be able to walk into the stall with the box fan.  When I asked her about it, she said she was going up in board.  Nothing major - $15-20 a month.  But the fact that it came on the tail end of my request?

And she hasn't even left the doors open.

So, the new "barn" (I'm not even sure it has a barn, to be honest)...

• 15.5 miles from my apartment (roughly my drive to work, but west instead of north)
• Private pasture enclosed in hot wire and no-climb fencing
• Each paddock is 1.5 acres
• Seminole feed, bermuda hay, daily grooming, daily deworming and fly spray (also, barefoot trims every five weeks at no additional charge - but the Kid has front shoes, so I won't take advantage of that)
• Also included (and this shit sounds too good to be true) is the yearly vax and coggins (which.. Archie just had, anyways)
• Feed buckets cleaned daily, water refilled daily and water buckets cleaned twice a week.
• There's a 250x250 riding ring with 8 professional jumps.
• BO lives on property (in a trailer, but who am I to judge?)
• $300/month

The freshly-dragged riding ring, with jumps removed.