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Motorhome Back
I didn't go out right away to check the mares as I was busy packing up Mark's mom's good china. Mark doesn't want to give it away so it is now packed and will go back into his back garage. When I left for the walk I left a few minutes early so I could go up and check on the horses and was shocked to see Tessa had a foal by her side. The foal was very new, had not yet nursed but was standing. I was going to move Tessa and the filly into the stall barn and got the stall all ready for her when Mike arrived. Tessa was extremely nervous AND protective of this foal. We decided it was better to just leave them be until I had extra time. I stayed in the paddock to watch. I could tell pretty quickly that this was a filly. She was rooting around at the wrong end for a while.
After about 20 minutes the filly latched on and nursed well.
Each time I would go close Tessa would move away and I didn't want her stressing the filly by making her run so left them along and went with Ruth on the walk. After the walk Mark and I picked up Mackenson and took him to his appointment down town. That ended up being a very long appointment finishing close to 1:00 pm. We were all hungry and Mackenson wanted Asian food so we went to Golden Buffet in East Peoria. That was fast and delicious. 
From there we drove up 29 to pick up the motorhome. That was stored inside all winter and had a small repair done. It is very dusty, needs a good washing and I should have left it outside this afternoon but instead drove it right into the barn. Once I changed back into work clothes went back up to the paddocks to move Tessa and her filly. This time she was much more relaxed. The filly isn't following very well so it took a while to get them inside but I let Tessa graze each time the filly fell behind so Tessa at least was happy. Once they were safe in the stall, the 2 buckets of water were filled and hay brought in. The filly nursed then promptly laid down for a nap. By that time it was pouring down rain so I was really glad they were inside. I have them on the foaling monitor. Tessa still hasn't dropped her placenta. I really think she is just too worried about protecting her filly as this is her first. Now that she is inside she should relax and drop it.
I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning out the upstairs bedrooms. The closets and dressers are empty now and the floors swept. We have a big pile of give away another pile of throwaway in the living room. As it is still raining I'm leaving that until later.
We have decided to sell the motorhome and use that for a down payment on mom's house. It is a 2017 with 34,000 miles on it. The generator works well a full body slide and sleeps 6. Sarah and Nolan are going to use it in July but when they are done I'll post it on Facebook market place.
That full body slide makes it very roomy and comfortable. We took it to Naples Florida and I stayed very comfortable in the motorhome.
I'll need to get inside pictures before posting for sale as the two front seats are starting to peel. I guess this is a normal thing for this brand. Maybe we should invest in new seat covers. We shall see.
I went up to the barn this evening to clean Tessa's stall and check her water buckets. Still no placenta. If it hasn't dropped by tomorrow morning I'll be taking them to the vet.
