Mamalode Stories

By Cathe Carruthers-Hartung

I have a doctor appointment at one fifteen this afternoon. I feel the pressure as soon as I wake up. We can’t dally through breakfast. We have to hurry and get my daughter’s diaper changed and both of us dressed in our barn clothes as soon as we are finished eating. Then we hurry outside and I have to decide – do I leave her in the stroller while I quickly feed, grain, turn out horses and muck stalls or do I let her help me feed her ponies and then put her in the stroller while I finish up or do I just let her roam around while I do the chores.

The latter is the most enjoyable option for both of us but is not for mornings when there is a schedule to up hold. I elect to let her feed her ponies with my assistance and then I feed a couple of the easy horses in outside paddocks while she wanders around picking up rocks. I expedite things by putting her in her stroller while I feed the horses in the barn, grain and turn a couple of horses out to pasture for the day. I decide I don’t have enough time to clean stalls this morning so I save it for this evening which I hate doing. It really doesn’t matter but it always feels better to have all the chores done before I leave for Missoula.
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