Tilly

Busy but bitty day. Had some admin to do this morning followed by a trip to the yard to muck out. Lime seemed a teeny tiny bit happier but seems to get more and more agitated the longer I spend there. It's so hard as I want to spend time with him to relieve his boredom but me being there seems to make him stressed because he thinks I'm there to take him out. We're both really struggling with this.

I had two dogs to walk at lunchtime, then headed home. Had to do some to-ing and fro-ing to get the van dropped off at the specialist garage in Loughborough this arvo. Eva has decided to time a particularly difficult time anyway with tantrums every time something isn't exactly how she wants it. She screamed her head off in the garage car park because Mike threw her lolly stick in the bin. Even though she was asked 'is this rubbish?' and she replied yes. She told me she loved it and missed it and had wanted to paint it.

Mind you, I had a tantrum of my own when I asked Eva no less than 8 times to come down to breakfast. I had to go and lift her out of her bed at 8.15am (we have to leave the house just after 8.30). Then she wouldn't say what she wanted for breakfast so I just told her she was having cheerios and as I was picking the cereal tub up, it slipped out of my hand and the Cheerios went everywhere. Not a good start to my day!!

Had to go back to the stables this evening. Lime is not eating much and hadn't done any droppings since this morning. I tried the sand school again so I could muck out but he did about 10 circuits in trot so I had to put him back in. If he would just chill he could just be in there to stretch his legs. Aaargh! He hates me for this :'0(