#EventingNationProblems, Vol. 49

All the EN team wanted this weekend was an opportunity to wallow in our hard-earned New Year’s hangovers. All we asked for was a soft pillow, some Netflix and a family-sized bottle of ibuprofen.

But … no. Instead of a Seinfeld marathon, we got to spend Jan. 1 questioning our own spirituality as EN drifted in and out of consciousness, a result of massive hacker attacks on our server company Linode.

If you’re reading this right now, it means that EN is still alive. And to all our devoted readers…

Did Eventing Nation break the internet again? #eventingnation #goeventing #eventingproblems #eventerproblems #thestruggleisreal #thisisalliinternet #horses #equestrianproblems #suchsad

A photo posted by Venessa (@cdwallflower) on Jan 2, 2016 at 1:13pm PST

… we thank you for your patience as Linode, who hopefully will not bill us this month, worked to resolve the matter. Onward and upward, friends. Presenting the latest batch of reader-submitted eventing struggles:

Too good not to share. #SelfiesWithBear #horsesofinstagram #eventerproblems A photo posted by Katie Rosa (@mrskiddierimzo) on Dec 29, 2015 at 12:15pm PST

…and #SelfiesWithJunior #horsesofinstagram #eventerproblems

A photo posted by Katie Rosa (@mrskiddierimzo) on Dec 29, 2015 at 12:15pm PST

I spend my workout looking out at the golf course and imagining how it could be a lovely cross country course with #keswickhall as the backdrop and #keswickhuntclub ‘s arenas right next door for dressage and show jumping. #eventerproblems #threedayeventing A photo posted by @meg_paget on Dec 29, 2015 at 2:22pm PST

When you come back from the trash dump with more than you left with #EventerProblems 8 trees already, going to have a sweet jump course!

A photo posted by Katharine Stancliff (@magicalpoppies) on Dec 28, 2015 at 7:29am PST

when the hay men make it impossible to get to the hay chute from the loft. eventer shenanigans are definitely the best. @doodletie11 #eventerproblems #seventhheavenfarmvt

A video posted by Kate Drake (@katedrakevt) on Dec 27, 2015 at 4:14pm PST

When your horse seems to be kind of a perv and actually enjoys #sheathcleaning … #eventerproblems #ridinginthetropics #lifewithhorses A photo posted by Maru Arosemena (@maru.arosemena) on Dec 29, 2015 at 4:25pm PST

If it won’t stop raining and you can’t ride… just introduce George Morris to snapchat filters! #georgemorris #eventerproblems

A photo posted by Shoshana (@shoshanaloveshorses) on Dec 29, 2015 at 8:02pm PST

We have a turnout blanket strap destroyer on our hands this season. At least it’s his own that get his wrath! #eventerproblems A photo posted by Stephanie Church (@stephlchurch) on Dec 30, 2015 at 1:47pm PST

Picky eater will only consume the alfalfa cubes if all the little shards of hay–that he creates when he eats them, by the way–are sifted out at each feeding. #ottb #firstworldhorseproblems #eventerproblems #facepalm

A photo posted by Erica Spradling (@xbetterbesocialx) on Dec 30, 2015 at 1:57pm PST

I just died. Why has this not been done yet?! #horsesofinstagram #horseworldproblems #eventerproblems A photo posted by Hailey Norby (@pnw.eventing) on Dec 30, 2015 at 10:17pm PST

Your horse doesn’t like water? #eventerproblems solved! Screw it, I’m shopping seahorses. #versatility #adaptivemanagement

A photo posted by @eventer79 on Dec 31, 2015 at 1:55pm PST

This is why he can’t have nice things #eventerproblems #mudbath #blanketdestroyer #proudpony A photo posted by heidikendall (@heidikendall) on Jan 2, 2016 at 1:46pm PST

When your child decides “New horse new event colors!” #eventerproblems

A photo posted by @mills0898 on Jan 3, 2016 at 2:36pm PST

You have #eventerproblems when it’s only 34° F but the ponies still need to work… #oneKhelmets #carhartt #thenorthface #eventing #eventer #eventinglife #dressage #backtowork #equine #letsdothis #Mindyourmelon #horsenation #horseworldproblems #ninjastatus #ninja @onekhelmets A photo posted by Eventing and Dressage (@izzy_the_eventer) on Jan 3, 2016 at 5:22am PST

My body makes more clicking noises than a bowl of rice krispies #eventerproblems

— clairedreyb (@clairedreybb) December 30, 2015

Wow I have so much money laying around!!! PSYCH! I’m an event rider. #helpme #imsopoor #ibuytheloveofanimals #eventerproblems — Lilia Beal (@bealilia18) December 30, 2015

I have decided to feed, shoe, and clothe my horse with cold hard cash, it’ll really cut out the middle man. #eventerproblems #helpmeimpoor

— Lilia Beal (@bealilia18) December 30, 2015

When your grandmother reaches for you at Christmas and says “you do not have soft hands.” #eventerproblems — Leslie Threlkeld (@LAThrelkeld) December 31, 2015

Advice of the day: Stubbornness has no place in tug of war when your competition weighs 1400lbs and skin is pliable. #eventerproblems #rope

— Adam Spradling (@adsprad) January 1, 2016

I won’t wear a helmet cam because the sheer amount of profanity said to my baby critter on xc shouldn’t be on the Internet #eventerproblems — Hunter (@_trombley_) January 2, 2016

My horse just got $290 winter shoes… yet these are mine. #EventerProblems pic.twitter.com/A8Ot2FWWM6

— Lauren Drew (@LaurenxDrew) January 3, 2016

Horse shopping will be the death of me. #eventerproblems — Bethany Richardson (@justmebethany) January 3, 2016

Everything was good till he jumped out of the ring #wecantdressage #eventerproblems

— Lauren Rosendahl (@BabyEventer) January 3, 2016

If you missed them: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47. Got #EventerProblems? Tag them on social for inclusion in a future edition!

Go Eventing.