A week ago (April 27), my boyfriend and I drove to Missouri to pick up our new horse; her name used to be Sugar but I renamed her Serenity. It took us a while to load her into my 2H bumper pull, but once she was in, she hauled great. She has settled in so nicely to my pasture! I originally was going to board her at a local stable until she foals because 1)I didn't have an area to separate her and Goldie and 2)I was planning on moving June 1st. Well.. My boyfriend and I have decided to stick this house out through the end of its lease in December. So we are not moving. And I came up with a way to separate the horses from each other. We just bought panels yesterday and have started making a "foaling pen" for Serenity. It includes the lean-to so she has shelter, and then has four more panels to make it a bigger area. I am only going to separate the mares at night when Serenity is more likely to foal. I want her to get exercise and have grass to munch on throughout the day AND have a buddy to hang out with. Goldie just LOVES Serenity. They are always together and they hit it off from the start. Goldie must know Serenity is pregnant because she is very protective of her. She freaks out if I take Serenity away from her.

The weather has been so nice lately that I have let the mares graze in the dog yard at our house because the grass has gotten tall and we want to postpone using a lawn mower until we really need to. The girls do a fine job mowing the yard anyway!

I do have one big issue I need to resolve with Serenity asap, though. She has threatened to kick me on a daily basis and even made contact with my hand once. She really doesn't like having her back end messed with, yet she is ok with me touching her udder. I don't get it. Her foal has been very active, though. Serenity has also started a nice bag, so foaling time is drawing nearer! I ordered my foaling kit off ebay a couple days ago so it will arrive this coming week. That will mean I am all set for her to foal with the foaling area ready and the foaling kit here.

I have a new pet I adopted from PETCO over a week ago.. It's a Syrian (Teddybear) hamster I call "Badger." He's adorable - longhaired like my old hamster, Marvin, and he is really handleable! I missed having Syrian hamsters and couldn't resist him since he is a Marvin look-alike.

I now just have two jobs. My travel job with EF College Break and my job as a feline nurse at the Cat Clinic! I actually got "dismissed" from my internship with 30 hours left to go on Friday. But I feel relieved because I was really unhappy with the internship. My heart wasn't in it and it really stressed me out.

This semester didn't quite go as planned, but at least I can put it behind me now that it is over! I am out of school until June when my summer classes start. I am taking a history class online and a class called Legal and Regulatory Business Law on campus.

I am so looking forward to the foal being born! This should be a good month for its arrival.

Pictured below are Serenity (left) and Goldie (right)