The Stars Misaligned

I'm currently in Toronto, visiting with my family and taking a software development course at UofT while I am still technically a student. David is currently in Ottawa visiting with his family, and Melissa is taking care of business at Farcical Farm. It has not been going smoothly for her. First, a dump truck got hit by a train (no one hurt) at the bottom of our hill, closing the road for hours. Then Tonka started to get foot sore for no apparent reason and his hooves were feeling warm. Then there was a giant thunderstorm that scared Titan and caused him to go on a runabout. Then there was another big car accident on the road and Melissa couldn't get home so she had to have the neighbors break into the house. Then Tonka was even more foot sore and his hooves were downright hot. Then Titan decided that if he could go runabout during a storm he could go runabout any old time. We've only been gone for five days.

The news about Tonka is, of course, worrying. I noticed his hooves were a little warm to the touch the day before we left and asked Melissa to keep him off the pasture in our absence, just as a precaution. Now she has cut his teeny tiny portion of beet pulp entirely, and is rationing his hay as well. The last time we had an episode like this was when the neighbors fed him a whole bag of carrots, but I'm quite sure that's not the case this time around. There are some fallen cherries in the horse paddock, so he could be gobbling those. I'm partially inclined to think that it has something to do with him actually *moving* again, considering that he has stood faithfully by Raven's immobile side for the past month. I will keep you all updated as the news comes in.