Awareness of the outside world. I was this many years old when I learned. There are multiple reasons to welcome allies at a pride event. They could be allies. Or ally could be a cover for folks who are not out, who don’t feel ready to come out, or for whom it is not safe to be out.
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Cookie Meister (husband) was unavailable for walks, so Cookie Monster (Milton) and I went out together. Walking two horses is unwieldy. Taking Rodney means that Milton helps. Rodney does not appreciate Milton’s idea of help. [Version 2.0]
I was expected Rodney to chill in the barn. Instead, he chose to participate each day, to some extent.
Day 1. Rodney came out of barn with us, did 1 & 1/2 laps then veered off to graze.
Day 2. Rodney did all five laps with us, at liberty. Hanging out in the cookie corner is not sufficient. If you don’t do the laps, you don’t get the cookies.
Day 3. Rodney sat out the first four laps. Came out for last lap. Wasn’t interested? Didn’t notice? Took him that long to realize he wasn’t getting cookies? Dunno, he didn’t say.
While Milton & I were alone on day three, I gave him option to walk on his own. ‘Nah. Too much work. You take point.’ So, we were walking back & forth on lead. With no changes in the circuit, and no person to doubled check the count, I immediately had trouble keeping track. Brain in chill mode is not compatible with counting. I went back to using an audio book (Murderbot #2) to mark alternate laps. [Lap Counting With Sound]
In other news. Have moved back to our standard five laps/one mile. Foot okay with it.
Onwards!
Katherine
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