Ending 2020, Looking Towards 2021

It is Christmas and once again I am sitting down enjoying the peacefulness of early morning. Every year I say it and I will say it again next year, time flies by. I feel like it was just yesterday I was sitting down the write the recap of 2019. 2020 has been a different year as a whole for the world. 

January started and we were pretty lucky that the winter season had been nice to us. I was finally going into my last semester for my Bachelors degree. The horses were still in Columbus staying with our friends Kelli and Clint. Our days were filled with the normal things around our house work, school, dogs, oh and dreaming of Spring of course. 

As winter slowly started to fad into spring we were heading into March with some crazy weather swings.  It would be warm then snow storm then back to above freezing. It was a weird weather pattern that seemed to be repeating itself. Unfortunately, weather swings like that are always hard on horses. The first week of March we found ourselves saying goodbye to our sweet foster horse, Asher. He had been with us since November of 2019 and we thought we were on the up side of the battle, but colic was too much for him to handle and he left us and many others with broken hearts in his absence.

As March continued 2020 started giving us a glimpse of what was to come for the year. Pixie was diagnosed with Heaves. We got notice that we needed to move the horses again and talk of a new virus was starting to ramp up.  

As Spring was finally arriving in Montana, I had been sent home to work remote due to COVID-19. Sarah's work place had decided to shut down for the month of April out of precaution due to Covid. That meant we were home together all the time! That was both good and bad. 😉

April and May we worked on moving all 6 of the horses to their new home in Laurel. Yes, Laurel! Less than 15 miles from my house. For the past 6 years we had been driving 50 miles to see them in Columbus. I was excited to have them near by again! We found the nicest family that has pasture and land to ride on. I can't say it enough that we were beyond blessed to have meet them and have them welcome us and the horses to their home.  

In May, I officially graduated from MSUB with my degree in Business and Accounting. It was a day I had worked long and hard for!  

Spring started to turn to summer and COVID was still the talk of the world. Restrictions had started to lift, Sarah was back to work full time, me...well I was still working from home for the most part. I thought I would be home for a few weeks, but it was looking to be months. We carried on with what would be our new routine for 2020, which included seeing the horses daily with 2 that need meds once a day for PPID.

Summer we found ourselves busy with the horse rescue, we were both on the board. We fostered a Belgian Stallion named Boomer for a month. He was a good boy during his stay and we were happy to be part of his new chapter in life. 

I feel like before we knew it summer was coming to an end. We had stayed busy with horses, dogs, work and of course the horse rescue. We had didn't ride as much as we have in the past years, but that was ok as we were enjoying our time with the horses and dogs. 

In August after 5 months of working from home I went back to work in the office. That was a change, but it was nice to see people again. 😃

Fall was coming and I was planning a trip to Corvallis to spend the weekend with Jasmin at the Rescue for the annual fundraiser. The weekend was a huge success with a fun filled day. I was able to meet some of the drafts I hadn't meet before and I was able to celebrate my birthday with special friends, including my life long friend Hannah. 

As fall continued on we welcomed a new foster horse, Charm, a Belgian cross. We also extended our backyard for the dogs. They enjoyed having a much bigger yard to run in! 

Winter was arriving in our area and COVID started to surge come November. I found myself back at home working for most of November. Mid November I passed my exam to become a Certified Orthopedic Surgery Coder. As Sarah put it I got more letters to go behind my name.😀

Here we are back to December, it has been a different year to say the least in the face of the pandemic. This year we made some new friends, got to see some old ones and for that I am thankful. I can't wait to see what 2021 has in store of us. 

From my family to yours, we wish you the best for 2021!