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[...]
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 o[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Time for the weekend recap! Saturday was gorgeous, I just wish it didn't mean that winter is coming. We went to visit a relatively new winery near us. But Sunday was the really good part. I took Berry to a poker run, and it was so much fun! It was hosted by Sandstone Farm in Millwood, VA, and[...]
I got Evee in 2010, straight off the track. I literally went to the track, and bought her from the trainer. At that point, I'd just recently taken up riding again after a few years off, and I thought I was the greatest ever. I'd always dreamed of buying a horse straight off the track, ever since[...]
After last week's lesson, I rode Berry 4 times. Which isn't riding the snot out of her, like I would have wanted, but 4 times is okay I guess. The last time I rode her, Sunday, she was pretty calm, seemed reasonable, and was keeping a steady pace and not charging around. What really happened was[...]