So, most things have settled down on the veterinary front, Satin continues to do, Ok,  she is holding her weight, and seems to be comfortable, and not really showing me any signs that she is in excessive or crippling pain. I am content to let her be, and know that she is moving toward her end, and it makes me sad, and everyday she is with me makes me smile, but, with those emergencies over, back to when and how am I going to afford more hay.  I teach lessons in the Spring, Summer and Fall, but since last fall, I am loosing at least a lesson or two a week because of rain, seriously, its been raining since last August, mostly on Tuesdays.  But, Weather conditions affect my lesson business, and my tenuous income from said endeavor.  The last 4 years I have picked up a part time job, to help pay my hay off over the winter, my job this past fall/winter was in a pizza restaurant .  It was fun, but I didn’t make enough to cover my hay expenses, so I am behind and feeling the pressure.. its a bit of a sickening feeling.  I don’t like owing. On top of that, at the end of May, I only had 60 bales of hay, and with the addition of the recovering pony , 15 horses to feed. Facebook searches let me find hay, but, with the constant rain, it has become a valuable commodity. normally in our area, a bale of hay goes for $5.50 to 6.00 per bale, People who still had hay were selling it for $7.00 to $9.00 per bale, it kind of made me sad, to think of people taking advantage of fellow horse owners, and that’s how I feel , that they were taking advantage,  so not only was I searching for hay, I was searching for affordable hay. On top of that, I had to go pick up and load  this affordable hay myself, and I was feeling my age this year. Loading 15 bales of hay, and driving home and unloading it was exhausting. Plus, it took up 6 hours of my week,  😀 .  Usually the times, I would have had time to hop on and ride.  With the at least twice a week rains, the fields have been too wet to get into, and all the haymakers in my area are chomping at the edge of the fields, to get the haying started.  But, last week, Saturday was beautiful, and two more good drying days were predicted .  On Sunday when I went to pick up some hay at “my” hay guys, I saw that he had laid two fields down, and last night, my first shipment arrived. HAY!!!  I am both happy, and resigned, and looking for a job to help pay off my passion.  Happily this morning I am off to hay.