Planning for tomorrow

So out of boredom, I have decided to post a blog post.  Also, having a blog that I regularly update will probably help my chances of getting a scholarship for parelli.  :) 
Chase has been out of commission last Tuesday, since he came in from the paddock looking stiff.  He is back to moving normally at the walk, trot, and canter, but is still sore in his stifle area to the touch.  I'd rather not push it, as I can not afford a vet bill at this point, especially not one where the vet will probably just tell me to give him more time off and to put him on bute-which I have, and have been giving in light dosage until a couple days ago.  But, he also is getting better, so I'm not really nervous about it at this point. 
As of tomorrow, I will groom the boy (Chase, of course), pick out his feet and give him thrush treatment, and then play with Vegas. 
I don't remember if I've given a proper introduction of Vegas to the readers of this blog.  Vegas is my unexpected project horse-a horse that has stumped her owner with her level of unconfidence overall with people.  There's no money exchanged for the project, in exchange I'm getting the experience, and Vegas's owner is going to give my friend free lessons.  :) 
Vegas was once a show horse, for about two years, and then she was kept in a stall for five.  In those five years, apparently she was only let out once or twice a month, and during those let-outs, they basically stuck her in the arena and let her run it all out.  Her owners at that time were too on in years to really deal with her hot-bloodedness (her breed is national showhorse).  Playing with her the first time was quite explosive-I admittedly unwittingly pushed her past thresholds that, had I been an older and wiser horsewoman, I probably would not have.  I've identified her as innately RBI, because when she's calm, she has so much try in her, but when unconfident has a tendancy to go inside of herself and freeze, and even do a certain behavior where she cocks her head and kinda pops her lip, before either exploding (as I unwittingly found out), or, when waited for, makes a positive change.  We have begun to get along quite a bit better, although I'm certain if I were far more experienced, the changes would come much more quickly. 
She is easily the most challenging horse as of now that I am playing with, because I am used to playing with a left brained introvert versus a right brained one.  But I am learning a lot from her-particularly how much my energy and how much I ask can affect an introvert.  Chase (my LBI) will just put up with my blundering around with my energy, so to speak, but Vegas can't handle it.  So it means that I'm really learning how to control my energy and realize how much to ask at just the right time, as well as learning how to spot and identify the tiniest (now that I've said that, I'll probably be shoved into a whole new awareness at some point) amount of tension in a horse's body.  Bringing my energy down is easier than I thought it would be thanks to playing with Chase, but bringing it down in this manner is still not second nature to me. 
I'll have a picture to post soon enough, but until then, she's a gorgeous palomino with the silkiest mane and tail I've ever felt on a horse.  :)  Caoi!