First week of real work

Time for another long update. I had my first week of real work this week, I worked Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday….it was a long week. But thankfully I’ve had this weekend off and I only work Monday next week, then I start up again on Friday and the cycle keeps going.

The week was really interesting, Saturday and Sunday are 12 hour shifts and weekdays are 8 hours. Saturday I was assigned to Team 5 which are girls, the other days I was assigned to boys dorms. I can’t really tell which I like better since I’ve only worked with the girls once but I really enjoy working with the boys. They’re pretty laid back and they forgive easier than the girls, they’re still master manipulators but all the kids at the Ranch are. I learned how to move sprinkler lines which was kinda cool, since as of two weeks ago I didn’t know what a sprinkler line was or that there are like 3 different kinds…I prefer the kinds with wheels.



Stuff with the horses is going well. On Monday and Tuesday I attended a voluntary training with a woman who teaches the Carolyn Reznick method of horse training. Its pretty cool and it was awesome to see the difference in the horses after only a few minutes. I’m not allowed to ride with my saddle until I finish the saddle packet and ride for four days and then do a riding test. I finally finished the packet so now I just have to do the riding part which is the easy part in my book. I’ll head down to the barn on Tuesday as long as I don’t have to do more training.

This weekend I got my new bike which I’m wicked excited about. Of course it came in pieces and I had to reassemble it. That took forever, the instruction booklet was a generalized one, basically the pictures said your bike might look like this but it also might be one of another hundred different kinds, good luck. Here’s a picture of the mess that I made in the process of putting the bike together, and of course the bike itself.















And now for the most exciting news, I got a bunny….thats right I finally did it, I fulfilled my dream and bought a rabbit. He’s a mini lionhead. I found him on craigslist.com in Provo. He was living with a couple who’s landlord said they could have him and then decided they couldn’t, they let me have him, the cage, water bottle, house, extra litter, and food for $35. He’s also already neutered and has his shots and of course he’s adorable. The name they had given him was Moses…crazy mormons, but I think I’ll keep it cause it fits him, I gave him the middle name of Rupert cause I needed to give him my own special touch. Here’s a picture of him in his cage…I let him out for a couple of hours today. He ran around and kept leaping in the air and clicking his heels, apparently that means he’s happy so that’s good.





I guess that’s everything, I have another week of training next week which is odd since I’ve already worked a week but whatever. I’m planning on spending next week riding my bike and playing with my bunny. I need to find something to block off half of my room so Moses doesn’t get into all of my stuff and leave me little presents. And of course I can’t go to the store tomorrow cause its Sunday and everyone is in church. Oh well, I’ll just have to keep an eye on him until I can get something to keep him confined.


So until next time I have a break long enough to type another novel…e-mail is the best way to get ahold of me, its lya.gardner@gmail.com.