Opening Day: Colorado Springs

today was another 15 hour day. bus picked me up at 730- it rained ALL last night. that was a lovely surprise- we had to 100% muck out all the horse and goat stalls and put down new shavings and hay. i tell ya- wet shavings are heavy. i might gain some muscle in this city if the rain keeps up. i washed a few horses and i made a few runs to target today during my breaks. i also had to buy these god awful all black shoes for when i am in the arena. i feel so nasty wearing them. i took a nap on the shavings around 2- quite comfortable. today during the tiger act practice, Taba (the trainer) got a swipe in the face by one of his tigers. he got lucky and only got one claw- quite the gash though. i got to practice with Taba during the horse act. i get to hold whips and everything. did i ever mention that the horses speak german? well not speak- but they take their commands in german. the show wasnt until 730pm so we had to wait around all day for that. ugh. i had subway for lunch and an apple for dinner. the apples were actually for the horses, but i figure if i clean up their shit all day everyday, they can spare me an apple every once and a while. we are going to garden of the gods tomorrow and horseback riding on friday. after the show i hopped on the bus and rushed to be the first of 14 in the shower- i hate showering after dirty boys. i made it back around 1015pm. colorado is beautiful- i love working around all the mountains. well its about time for bed. another exciting day tomorrow.

chow