had bad day, then got to the horses...

[Queenbee]

Basically I had a sh itty day, work was fab and I got so many things done that I had been waiting ages to finalise (due to other people) then I find out that a complaint (and a pretty big one) is being made against work involving me and someone else. This is fine because I ran what I was going to do past my line manager before I did it and asked whether it was ok, I was told it was, twice. Today, she tried to use me as a scapegoat saying that she didn't ok what I did, didn't know about/read the letter that was sent etc... she is completely trying to stuff me. She also tried to discuss it in front of other colleagues and told me she was only half listening to me when we discussed the issue... Like that was down to me to know!!! My boss was supportive, but the fact that this woman is trying to use me as a scapegoat really riled me. I desperately needed a huge horsey hug by te time I got to the yard.

When I turn up in the morning Eb's neighs at me in greeting to be let out, when I turn up at night she will sometimes do the same to be brought in, but in all my years of owning her I have never walked into the stable and had her pick her head out of her feed bown look at me and neigh (a low down, quiet neigh). It meant so much to me and I just snuggled my face into her neck and stayed there, arms around her. When I left the yard I felt so much better.

While I was there it made me think of 2 threads on here:

The 'love in a picture' or whatever its called thread... that was my 'love' moment

and all the 'why do we do it/keep them/are we mad?' posts... and I thought THAT is why we keep them, because despite it looking from the outside like we are mad as a hatter, it is our horse that we turn to, that actually keep us sane and make the 'mess' go away.


A lovely squish post for you all, feel free to post about your 'tender moments' or not

 

[Laura1234]

Oh, that is so cute!
My bad boy tried to double barrel the vet today, so no cuddles for him!

 

[Queenbee]

Oh, that is so cute!
My bad boy tried to double barrel the vet today, so no cuddles for him!

My boy is believing like a fluffy little brown and white (off white) angel, he gives me sloppy mollasified kisses in the morning after he has licked the hell out of his stable lick

 

[City Mare]

and all the 'why do we do it/keep them/are we mad?' posts... and I thought THAT is why we keep them, because despite it looking from the outside like we are mad as a hatter, it is our horse that we turn to, that actually keep us sane and make the 'mess' go away.

What a nice post. You're right though, I often have very s**tty days (and weeks and months) at work but when i walk though my front door to my "slyvanian family" everything horrible fades away....

...Shame the same can't be said when I arrive at the stables and horsey is trying to eat my face (or any part of me) off as I am trying to open his stable door!

 

[Dubsie]

How sweet!

Sorry you had a cr*p day though. My advice is sit down tonight and write down exactly your version of events and explain your actions in a factual non accusatory non apologetic way, and get it on your boss's desk before line manager arrives.

Boss sounds sensible enough to know your line manage made the mistake, and I think having your version of events in writing will help her enormously.

 

[Queenbee]

How sweet!

Sorry you had a cr*p day though. My advice is sit down tonight and write down exactly your version of events and explain your actions in a factual non accusatory non apologetic way, and get it on your boss's desk before line manager arrives.

Boss sounds sensible enough to know your line manage made the mistake, and I think having your version of events in writing will help her enormously.

Thank you I have pretty much done that, I had a long chat with the boss, it was her who took the 'complaint' call. I have come home and written up the entire thing, all calls and conversations, dates and times etc. I know I will be ok, just piddles me off how quickly this person was, working in the role she does, for the organisation she does, (sorry really can't elaborate) that she was so quick to lie to save her own neck, I think it got worse when she realised that a letter that she wrote proved that my version is the correct one, furthermore that she was the one who had made the decision and given the 'OK' that the boss thinks should never have been given. The boss is ticked off because she wasn't consulted and should have been, the line manager beaving like a bit of a snake because she gave ok and it looks bad on her because she shouldn't have, I couldn't have done more really, still sits bad with me about LM's reaction though.

 

[ISHmad]

Your line manager sounds like an absolute cow trying to stitch you up like that.

I remembered seeing in someone's signature "When life is ***** go hug your horse". Glad you got some lovely horsey therapy to make up for the horrible day you had.

 

[Snowysadude]

I love that feeling of going down the horses and it all going away (temporarily !). I am having loads of tests atm in hospital (should really go now for more) and have already had some bad news.... but thats not enough..... but its all fine cause when I go down the yard afterwards and give my boy a big hug all my worries dissapear! Such a lovely feeling...... just a shame he tries to bite me when hes had enough of the soppiness haha