Reconsidering Lunch

Awareness of the outside world. Horse & Hound: ‘Why not?’: rider is the first to compete at top level dressage without spurs, Murray, 28 February, 2024. Rider not saying spurs are inherently evil, just that high level dressage is possible without them.

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Lunch may not prove to be sustainable.

Problem one. A third meal in the middle of the day means I have to be home to serve it.

Problem two, the larger one at the moment. In order to eat in peace, Rodney needs to be put up and then let out once he is done. Therefore, the time between turnout from breakfast to serving lunch, or the time from lunch turnout to serving dinner hay, is only a few hours.

If I were tossing two of hay piles & walking off, I’d still have to be here, but I’d have more time between. This would mitigate the issue but not remove it completely. Not that I have anywhere to go that takes me away from the house for the entire day, but I can tell this is going to get old eventually.

For example. Last month’s 5K made me late for lunch, even though the swamp is reasonably local. [Leaping Around The Swamp]

For example, I can’t hang when I go over to Stepping Stone Farm. By the time my lesson is over, I have to head home.

If it was life-sustaining, I’d figure it out, as I did for Mathilda. This is more precautionary.

For now? Fine.

For a year? Probably

For the next five, ten years? Every day? Not fine.

Possible new plan. Lunch as a winter event. Taper down & stop as they have grass. Pick up again when the eats go away. Things are easier to take if one gets a break. Plus, winter is more a stay-at-home season.

The Most Recent Incarnation of Lunch

[Stall Rest Chronicles 22 March, Lunch Is Served] March 2023

[Lunch Is Served. Again.] November 2023

[The Logistics of Lunch] December 2023

Onwards!
Katherine