I have now been going to the gym 6 days a week for the past two weeks. There have been some moments I didn't want to go, but it is feeling nicely incorporated into my daily routine now. A few times I made Dave take some pictures of me, which I assembled into this collage! I forced myself to make gym visits a required part of my day.[...]
Today is the first official post on my brand spankin' new website, An Equestrian Life. Huzzahs are in order! HUZZAH! I was originally going to get my original blog name, "Vintage Virginia", as the URL, but it turns out that was taken. For a few months now, I've been sitting on my original wordpress.com site, trying to come up with s[...]
I hate that there is still snow covering my property. My arena is still covered in snow. My trailer is still surrounded by snow. My trainer hasn't confirmed that her arena is uncovered, so I'm assuming she is still covered in snow too. Dave is lamenting that I was making riding progress, and now it's all lost. I've been trying to a[...]
One of my favorite things has always been to live in the past. Specifically, remembering when I was young, thin, and fit. It isn't my favorite because I enjoy drinking wine, looking at old photos, and sobbing over what life used to be like (although the wine certainly makes it better), it's my favorite because I use it at an excuse for ho[...]
It finally stopped snowing. Hurrahs are in order. Friday afternoon Saturday There was lots and lots of snow, and lots and lots of wind. Dave and I dug lots of paths, but after realizing how far away my barn is from my house, I decided it was easier to just struggle through the snow. I let the ho[...]
Really, I'm just waiting for winter to be over with. Although I'm sure I'm repeating what nearly everyone is thinking. It's too cold, my arena is frozen, my trainer's arena is frozen, I missed my last lesson because Dave let out the air in the truck tires (sabotage?!), and then every time I tried to reschedule, the arena was froze[...]
I'm trying to get in as many lessons as possible before my next show. Even though I still have to get through my three nervous experiences before getting a good experience, I'd like to make the next one as not nervous as possible. Tuesday, was the first of my two lessons this week. But, instead of working on courses, my trainer built a[...]
My Saturday timeline: 10:00am - Even thought trainer said to get there at 11am, still lazily sitting around, drinking coffee. Justify sitting by deciding to use time to put on makeup. Forget to put on makeup. 10:38am - Load up Berry and head out. 11:54am - Arrive at venue. Terrified that I arrived too late and trainer will be ups[...]
After feeling disappointed that I didn't do better at my show, I had a prep talk with myself. I sternly told myself that I need to put in much more effort, and be braver. At my show, I basically went into potato spaghetti mode, put in no effort, and forgot everything I've been working on for months. Effort is directly proportionate to re[...]
For the period of time encompassing 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015, Ms. Marshallick's performance fell short of expected, as she failed to accomplish her tiny amount of set goals. Ms. Marshallick was noted to have spent time idly surfing the internet instead of performing relevant duties. Because of this, this Performance Improvement Plan has[...]