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I took the red idiot out for a spin this morning. The weater wasn't too bad -- still and cold but nothing arctic. She does not come out of the field exactly ready-to-work so I ran her through some rope tricks (Omg, rope tricks are such damn review for her.) before I hopped aboard and went across the field to see what I could get done in the hayfield. Even with that little warmup, she takes about ten, fifteen minutes of riding to get on board with the whole work-for-a-living thing. The first ten minutes are spent rushing and not listening very well and being tight and stuff. I don't address any new material or review any tough stuff until she can do "known" material easily and smoothly. There's no point trying to teach new if she can't do old without a hassle but when she's ready to work, she learns new stuff pretty quickly.

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Continuing my string of "Weekends that involve me doing work shit at one point or another" which has held fast since the start of someone's time in the Warm and Sunny, I spent a hour today playing around with the water. Again. There had been a LEAK past Sandra's house towards Kutz's house. That leak is now fixed. We will be getting a bill from Lingenfelter for that. So, pressure was soft this weekend and it did not recover after everybody (except Terry, who is apparently here all the time now, bless his heart) went home. Therefore, Sunday afternoon, I went looking for leaks.

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