Two Days One Post

I haven't posted in a while but I have ridden a couple of times. I would have ridden more, but I managed to throw myself down the stairs, I'm not the least bit klutzy am I?
So the first time I rode this week was windy, which he hates, but I'm sick of waiting for the wind to stop before I ride. So he wasn't great, he objected a little bit but he did everything that I asked for. Someone gave me the tip of putting Vick's on his nose, well I didn't have any of that but I did have some Calm Coat which has a strong lavender and eucalyptus scent. So I put a little bit of that on a paper towel and rubbed it over his muzzle and a little bit inside, but only on the dark skin not the moist pink skin, I thought that might hurt. That really did seem to help with the snorts.
The day I feel down the stairs I decided to just free lunge him. He trotted and cantered in both directions, so I decided to send him over some barrels. He did really well, he went over single barrels laid on their sides, two barrels on their sides, then I lined them up so that he had to go over the length of the barrels, he did that too!! With no refusals!
I rode yesterday, not for long tho because he just didn't seem himself. We walked and trotted, did circles, but that was all. I didn't know what was different but I didn't want to push it. I figure he was just having an off day.