degrees above zero when I left the house this morning: 11
articles of clothing worn: 17
miles from my house to the barn: 15
other people at the barn: 0
horses loose in the aisle when I arrived: 1
seconds it took for the unheated toilet to steal all my saved body warmth: .025
utensils used to groom Steen: 6
times hands became completely numb and needed to be shoved into armpits to warm up before I could complete the grooming process: 3
tails skipped brushing due to extreme coldness of hands: 1
pieces of tack used to ride: 1
major arteries delightfully close to Steen’s nice warm back while riding without a saddle: 2
minutes spent riding: 30
times Steen rolled after getting turned loose in the arena: 3
flakes of hay I gave him as a reward for being so good: 1
extremities not partially or completely numb when I returned to my car: 0
minutes spent driving home: 25
bagels purchased on the way: 13
websites I should have been working on instead of riding: 3
times I wished I’d spent my morning some other way: 0
Woh! Hey, look at you reading this entire post!
That's a bit of an accomplishment in our attention-deficient age. Kinda makes me wonder if you like to read things that are even longer than blog posts? Like ... books?
