down to 5 horses now

Yesterday, Mom and I hauled Treasure and Echo to meet their new parents. We spent about 2 hours visiting and letting the horses walk around and graze. All four of us then took turns riding Treasure around bareback with just a halter. This was her 8th day being ridden... and the first time ever bareback with a halter. You would have thought she had been ridden for 10 years. I swear, that horse is as calm and sweet as you could ask for. I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't have kept her! They had to rename Echo as they already have a dog named Echo, a very well trained cattle herding dog and if you say her name, she's right there. So, they renamed Echo the horse to Penny because they said she looked kind of copper. I hadn't slept by the time we dropped off the horses, I had been awake since about 7pm Thursday and by the time we got home about 6:30pm Friday, I was reeling. I dropped into bed and slept until about 1:30am this morning. Been awake ever since. We have a horse show tonight in town at 6pm. I think it's going to be a small show as there are 3 other shows fairly close by that are lasting the whole weekend. If so, this one shouldn't take long and I can get cleaned up afterwards and go to Hays. I need to cut loose and get shit-faced. It's been a looong time since I have.My Mom gave me some disconcerting news yesterday, I'm not sure what to think about it yet. It's freaked me out pretty good though.