As I sit here in my cozy living room, I can see frozen precipitation hitting the windows; I can hear the wind howling outside. With this recent onset of bad weather, I’ve been cooped up inside and frankly, it’s forcing me to re-evaluate how I intend to spend the next few months. I realize, that there’s a very good chance we’ll get an Indian Summer- but all this snow and rain, and frozen precipitation has me feeling blue. I suppose that to some degree I’m staying inside of my own accord, but honestly who wants to be outside when it’s 32 degrees (feels like 22) with wind out of the SE at 30mph?
In the cold months of winter I hoped to:
re-finish the old door for our headboard;
put in a storage/entertainment/desk/fireplace unit in our living room;
help zach build the barstools he started;
help him with the tables he’s going to build (he bought me the most beautiful walnut wood for my birthday!)
and ride, of course.
I was hoping to get Dolce started under saddle, and put more rides on Dino too.
I know this is probably one of those things where a smart man would just nod his head, listen thoughtfully and not offer any advice (because the woman is not asking for you to solve her problem, she just wants someone to listen; I heard that somewhere). But I'm not very smart.
Still, in the hope of at least limiting my dumbness, I'll keep it short. [Note: This advice assumes that you don't have to make a lot of careful planning/prep about when you come and go, how long you stay, etc. – none of which is probably true.]
Stay where you are until you can't stand the cold anymore. Then stay where it's warm until you can't stand being away from the other things that you love.
I think the above comment is pretty darned good! At least, they're both good choices, so I guess it's one of those pretty nice problems to have, huh?
The cold weather seems to have come so fast this year that it's a bit depressing.
You know, My Honey and I have been together for eight years now and this is the first time we have gotten to live together. It's fabulous. Taking horses to Colorado has meant that I get to run barrels all winter, plus be with My Honey, plus get to help him with the business. So being out there is fantastic.
The down side is I miss my daughter(who stayed here in SD to go to school), I miss the rest of my horses and I do miss the wide open plains. I feel bad for taking off and leaving my mom to handle so much on her own. But I have been home this week, the weather is nasty and I just haven't been able to get the things done that I wanted/needed too. All I want to do is load up and head back to Colorado.
good luck with your decision! It's a tough one for sure. I can't even imagine how incredible it would be to live in TX for the winter and ride all winter… but I'd definitely miss my honey!
I agree with Jim. It's a hard decision, but your life is with Zach now, right? I mean, not that I know what I'm talking about, but, do you have an indoor arena to practice in? I have no idea. I'm shooting out ideas, which aren't many. And I'm sure this has helped you a WHOLE lot!