I try not to use smilies too often, since they can be kind of… um… 12 year old-ish… but I think I need to use one for this occasion.

I have a room!

Yes… that's right, after going through the reality-show/sorority rush of searching Craigslist, open houses, and potential roommates who informed me they frequently ran around naked, I finally have a place to live! Without divulging too much information on its location, I can safely say that it's about 5 minutes to the Ballston Metro on foot and about 20 minutes or so to work. I can also bike there fairly easily, but it will be tricky. Fairfax Dr. does have a bike lane, but that's not always a guarantee that you won't get run down by some errant construction vehicle or doored by someone getting out of their car.

Slightly bad news on Cody, though - yesterday, I went down to ride, and he had pulled off his right front shoe along with about a quarter of his hoof. Ew. And, for some reason, I couldn't find the damn thing anywhere in his paddock. (Somehow it managed to find its way into Cygnet's stall - I have no idea *how*, since he obviously lost it outside. Odd.)

The farrier managed to carefully nail another one on and patch over the missing chunk of hoof, but we'll have to be careful that he doesn't go out in really deep mud. It was really alarming at first, but turned out OK. Even better, Cody's pulled muscle/mystery lameness has ceased, and he was sound yesterday when I rode. Most excellent.

Okay, lots of work to do, so I must get back to it.