Especially on a cold, rainy evening. There's only six of them, easy, right? Bring horses in, dump the feed, turn them back out, done!
Except the water on the beet pulp's gone cold and I want to run some hot water in there.
Except since it's raining and 45 degrees, I want to put a rain sheet on Solo.
Except he's got festy gnat bites on his belly that won't heal and I want to clip around them and spray tea tree oil on there.
Then I decide to go ahead and clip his back white foot because the fungus is always attacking.
Then I need to smear some more desitin on that foot anyway.
Then I need to take Solo's rain sheet off of Encore and put it on Solo.
Now Encore gets Solo's mid-weight blanket because it's not QUITE cold enough for his winter blanket but he's skinny so he needs more than a sheet.
Then Danny needs his sheet because it's wet and cold.
Danny and Solo can finally go out but now I have three leftovers.
Tigger's pasturemate is out of town and he can't stay alone. I can put Tigger with Pete and Encore but now they all need their own hay piles.
Except there are no open hay bales so now I need to climb the stack in the extra stall and roll a couple down.
Then I need to take hay out to each horsey so no one feels left out.
Then I have to scrub all the feed buckets so they are ready for the next morning.
Then I discover Tigger and Pete both left presents in their stalls for me.
Then I need to sweep up fallen hay and make sure everyone has water.
An hour and a half later, I can finally go home.
Except the water on the beet pulp's gone cold and I want to run some hot water in there.
Except since it's raining and 45 degrees, I want to put a rain sheet on Solo.
Except he's got festy gnat bites on his belly that won't heal and I want to clip around them and spray tea tree oil on there.
Then I decide to go ahead and clip his back white foot because the fungus is always attacking.
Then I need to smear some more desitin on that foot anyway.
Then I need to take Solo's rain sheet off of Encore and put it on Solo.

Then Danny needs his sheet because it's wet and cold.
Danny and Solo can finally go out but now I have three leftovers.
Tigger's pasturemate is out of town and he can't stay alone. I can put Tigger with Pete and Encore but now they all need their own hay piles.
Except there are no open hay bales so now I need to climb the stack in the extra stall and roll a couple down.
Then I need to take hay out to each horsey so no one feels left out.
Then I have to scrub all the feed buckets so they are ready for the next morning.
Then I discover Tigger and Pete both left presents in their stalls for me.
Then I need to sweep up fallen hay and make sure everyone has water.
An hour and a half later, I can finally go home.