Alright, three and we're done, right?

In order of sadness/stress that these things are causing me...

1) This morning went out to the barn to find this: 

Pretty lame on it, very hot, too swollen to palpate tendons/ligaments. Ugh. Cold hosing, ice wraps, bute. Put poultice on this afternoon after he'd been iced a few times (by Ms. GY, the more time he's there the more I love them so much). He promptly tried to eat it off. He's out in the very grassy barnyard by himself so no one else chases him around. We're letting him stay out and walk around and it's been raining off/on, so I can't wrap it right now. Plus his behavior with his fly wraps and the poultice makes me think he'd eat his wraps... 

Both my regular vets are out of town. I spoke with the vet on call and we decided she'd come out tomorrow if it was more swollen or he was more lame, but that for now squeezing him in between the 4 more emergent calls she had didn't make a lot of sense. 

He's so damn cute. Gently sniffing at Tank (who is also so cute!)

2) Truck has parasitic drain on the battery. Got up this morning to get it in to my mechanic at 7 AM after working until midnight. He called and told me this was something with the gem module or the computer and it should be under warranty with Ford still, so to take it to them. First available appointment is Friday, so that's scheduled now. This truck is the most expensive vehicle I've ever bought, by a factor of 3x. It's a 2019 with only 58K miles (thankfully not more than that... it's a 60K, 5 year warranty). Not super happy right now. 

3) Trailer had a flat tire. This was actually not all that bad because I aired it up last week, noticed it was low again, and Ms. GY and I changed it while it was in the pasture without horses in it. I'm just counting it in my list of 3 things so I can be done now. Plus the tires were new in the fall and while they did patch it, the screw in it was close to the sidewall and they're not sure it will hold. It was good practice in changing a trailer tire in a low pressure (get it?? sorry...) situation. 

We got a tire in the car patched at the same time because there was a nail in a tire that the mechanic had pointed out when we got the brakes done. Hadn't ever lost pressure though, so I'm not sure we did the right thing because it was also close to the sidewall and they're not sure that will hold either. 

Pico hopes this means I will stay home more to provide my lap as a bed for her royal highness