Jake Needed a Friend ...

So, Jake has been by himself for a couple of weeks now. When I originally brought him down here to Lubbock, there were 4 other horses in the next pen over, and they seemed to be keeping him company. Eventually, all those horses left...and Jake was left all by his lonesome. When I pulled in to feed one afternoon, and saw Jake running down the fenceline after a horsetrailer going down the highway, we decided that he really needed a friend.



Please meet Lucky!



He is the newest member of the Torres family, he's 20 months old, and he is an early Christmas present for both Jake and me. Jake was so excited when I pulled in with the trailer and Lucky gave a loud, yearling whinny, that he was acting about a quarter of his age.

Well, I'm probably as excited as Jake ... Lucky is a great horse and has a very nice temperament.


To: David
From: Jake and Becky ... Thanks for the wonderful early Christmas!




Jerry: Is he from the future?
Elaine: No, he just shaves his head, I think it’s pretty gutsy.
George: Listen, Sweetheart, let me tell you a little something about guts. This is guts.
Elaine: What? Clinging to some scraps?
George: These are not scraps, these are historic remains of a once great society of hair.

Wow...I haven't been very good at keeping up with this blog. I guess the hospitalization of my compeer shook me up enough to shake me out of my program.




At any rate, life has actually slowed down a little bit since the summer, but is still busy. I am not working, but trying to keep up with my 6 classes, and David is working hard as always. In fact, he has spent the last week "cat hunting" in the warehouse (apparently the little critter snuck in once it started getting cold outside...no one told it that most of the warehouse is a refrigerator). So while I was at the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources scholarship banquet last night, David was wondering around the warehouse looking for a black cat. He ended the night with success, though it did result in him getting his finger bit. (I find this all very amusing).



Probably our biggest news (I think so anyway) is that Jake finally made the long trek to Lubbock, in a trailer that he was sure was not nearly big enough to ride 6 hours in. But we made it safe and sound, thanks to help from Dad and Mom, and David's awesome truck.

We found a great place for Jake to stay - just down the road - and I am looking forward to maybe taking some working cow horse or ranch horse classes at the equestrian center in the spring. It makes me so happy to have Jake here. I don't think David is quite as excited as I am, but he can't deny that he enjoys getting lessons on such an awesome horse!

"One never knows how the gastrointestinal workings of the equine are going to function."
- Kramer, in "The Rye"