Adventure at the Barn

Well, people! Yesterday was an exciting day. Mum and I went over to the barn to clean -- our Monday/Wednesday tradition, to save money on boarding fees -- and we had a great time, as usual. *Sigh*, country music wafting through the air, gentle horse nickers and whinnies, the smell of sweet hay and alfalfa...

But that wasn't the exciting part. Remember the hay I just mentioned? I went upstairs in the barn to throw some bales of hay down, only I had never done it before. How hard could this be? I said to myself. Just grab the bale with the hay-hooks and toss it down the trapdoor.

If only it had been that simple! LOL!

Though there was no one around to see my little show of strength, I strutted over to the pile of hay bales, sinking the hay-hooks deep into the first bale. Lifting the bale as though it weighed nothing, I clomped over to the open trapdoor and started to toss it down, thinking I could release the hay-hooks as I threw the bale. NOT!! My right hay-hook stuck in the bale, and as the hay dropped down through the trapdoor, my body, carried by the momentum, started to follow! I quickly let go of the hay-hook and stepped back, wobbling at the edge as I tried to regain my balance.

Whew...needless to say, my knees were a little shaky for a few minutes after that. And now I've learned the correct way to toss down hay bales -- one should carry the bale over to the door, drop it in front of the door, release the hay-hooks, and then kick the bale down through the door. For future reference, if anybody reading this tries to toss down hay bales, RELEASE THE HAY-HOOKS BEFORE YOU TOSS THE HAY BALE, OTHERWISE YOU WILL GO WITH IT!!! LOL!

Yeah, yeah, yeah...go ahead and say it...I'm an idiot. But hey, it was my first time doing that. I had to learn somehow. And now I'm sure I won't forget. On the plus side, tossing the hay around was great exercise! ;-)