Country Love

Straighten things up

Two uploads in one night haha its 11pm here so now I'm gonna go to bed, so night haha and enjoy

Two weeks had passed and Joe was back from the hospital, Sarah had come back from staying with her parents, the dapple mare was almost train and I had another 2 more breakers that I was working with. But Brooks, he seemed to have lost corse. He was always drunk and pretty much hopeless around the farm. I'm about ready to deck him.

I was riding the boundary fence on the dapple mare, she was going so well. I was very happy with her progress. We had moved the cattle to a new paddock finally, I had gotten Brooks on a sober day, which was interesting. He had ridden Denny and I was on the dapple mare.

I made it back and went into the arena and started working on the mechanical cow. We worked for about an hour before giving her a wash down. Then I went and pulled out the bay gelding. I led him to the arena before putting the light saddle on him. I lunged him before getting on.

He was fine until I asked him to trot. I could feel that he was just trying to see what he could get away with it. It started with a pig root, before going straight into to full blown bucking. I griped and rode through it, eventually he would get tiered. This went on for a solid minute. Soon his efforts came little and he was trotting like a normal horse.

We worked on it in both directions as well as stopping which resulted in rearing up, which he felt was necessary. We did the same thing but doing it at a canter which resulted in more bucking and pig rooting. I decided to call it a day on that gelding after making good progress.

I switched to the other mare I was working with a chestnut quarter horse cross stock horse, I recon, she just looked like that cross. The process was much the same but we finished around 9pm . And with all that done I decided to call it a day.

I woke up the next morning and struggled out of bed. These long days were killing me. It's wasn't so much the hours just the work. I mean it would be alright if I had help, but I don't cause Brooks is always hung over or drunk, Joe had bolts and shit in his legs and Sarah is looking after him. I was practicaly running this 10,000 acre property at the age of 18.

I ran through the list of jobs that I had to do today, troughs needed checking, horses needed to be fed and stalls cleaned, hay needs to be stacked, the list was endless. It was then that I snapped. I stormed over to Brooks room. I ripped open the curtains, shedding light into the room. I looked over the bed and saw Brooks and some random girl.

I picked up all the girls clothes before shoving them in her face and telling her to leave. Which she did with out question, my face must have looked as furious as I feel.

"Get up you lazy sod," I said dragging away the bed sheet, to reveal a naked Brooks, "Well we no that you ain't a Virgin."

"What and you are, princess?" he said finally waking up.

"As a matter of fact I am, now get up, get dressed, you are working today. There is just to much to do, I have job as well as running this place and here you are always too hung over to do anything. Well I'm here to get you sober and working again," I said sternly. I threw a pair of jeans at him, "Get dressed!"

"And what makes you think that I will listen to you," he asked questionably.

"I just do, now get dressed!" and with that he got dressed.

I managed to drag him down the paddock to do the troughs and then left him to stack hay and do the horses. Where I on the other hand went out in the ute to rebuild a section on the fence. The tray was filled with a shovel, crow bar, barrow and the chainsaw as well as the white mahogany fence posts.

It took me the best half of the day to finish that as well as another trip back tomorrow to finish it off. I got to the house and Sarah was waiting for me with lunch and lemonade. It was good to have girl around, I mean Hayley comes sometimes but she has the wedding and Dustin to deal with, so I try and leave her alone, I could talk to Sarah about things that I couldn't talk to Joe about. It really is nice.

She stayed out and watched me work the horses, she even jumped on the dapple while I worked on the gelding and the mare as well as start halter breaking a little palli colt. The whole operation was going well, it was pretty cool.

We finished off and we headed inside to make dinner. It was about 8 when dinner was ready and Sarah went to get Joe. Brooks was no wear to be found. Just as I was about to leave for the pub to go drag his sorry ass back, he came in the door, covered in sweat.

"What took you so long?" I asked, "You only had a few-" I was cut short.

"I finished the fence off," was all he said as he before getting a plate and sitting down.

Hmm maybe he could straighten things up.