Nobody can ever call Jayden lazy. Jayden is getting so overwhelmed and has good reason to. I am not sure how life has gotten so crazy for her and I often wonder if homeschool is creating more stress for her rather than if she were in public school. She now has 7 horses to care for. Mark and I help with chores a few times during the week, but she does 80%. The chores are haying horses twice a day, mixing grain for each horse according to their needs with supplements and feeding them daily. If horses are in stalls, usually Ace and lately the new horse she is calling Moose, then she has to clean stalls. She also does horse chores for a neighbor every other week. However this week she is on vacation so Jayden is doing her chores morning and night for 10 days in a row. Jayden rides Ace 5 days in a row, 2 days off. She rides Joker multiple times a week, spends time working with her weanling each week, and now has a new green 4 year old horse, Moose. Just those things alone are enough to wear her out. She also has school. She has her two online college classes that are very time consuming and challenging. In addition she is taking Algebra 2 and Chemistry at home. She also helps cook meals on nights when I am running Luke to taekwondo. She is also going to physical therapy twice a week and the chiropractor once a week to help with her aches and pains. She has another trip to Mayo for appointments coming up. She hurts and aches and riding horses probably add to all that. She has a lot on her mind for college, what to take next semester, where to apply for college, what major, and start applying for scholarships. ACT tests are next week and she has been practicing taking tests which only make her more stressed. She is in 4H and is the reporter but seems to have trouble making the meetings and is supposed to be writing an article for the paper Soon she will be taking horses to practices for 4H horse project. Rodeo season is starting with the first rodeo Friday night. She is quite the girl and has so much on her plate right now. I pray to somehow underwhelm her and that life can be simpler.
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