Horse Camp!
Well I just got back from horse camp! Yes I went to camp. I'm exhausted, but I am now a qualified riding instructor - yay! I did learn lots, as Bill predicted, but some of it was really annoying too. They gave me my evaluation sheet yesterday and I got 43.5. I almost cried. Then they explained it was out of a possible 50. Still 48 would have made me happy. I did a level higher than I had anticipated, so this also made me happy. So technically I am a senior riding instructor. I don't really know why this was important to me, but it was something I really wanted to do. The weird thing was, I had forgotten how much I missed it. By the second lesson I taught I was so back in my element and loving it. It has made me not want to go back to work. I want to spend my days teaching kids to riding horses. I don't know how realistic this is. But it was just like something clicked inside. I think I had been trying not to think about how much I loved it.
I was not supposed to, but decided to come home each night. It was an hours drive each way, but I knew I would sleep much better in my own bed. The days were huge and I had to take a whole bunch of exams as well. But coming how was by far the better option.
I had my first sleep in this morning, then saw my boys for the first time all week, then went for the most painful massage ever. It's remedial to fix my dodgy back, but I did not enjoy it at all. I had to ask her to stop, it hurt so bad.
In sad news, my last, and favourite pair of Walmart socks died this week. I bought all these long, stripey socks, for like $2 a pair in Petoskey. They've done really well. But this week, the last pair bit the dust. I feel like 4 years is a pretty good life span for a pair of socks. So if any of you over that way are in Walmart and happen to go past some stripey knee socks, feel free to pick a pair or two up for me!
I was not supposed to, but decided to come home each night. It was an hours drive each way, but I knew I would sleep much better in my own bed. The days were huge and I had to take a whole bunch of exams as well. But coming how was by far the better option.
I had my first sleep in this morning, then saw my boys for the first time all week, then went for the most painful massage ever. It's remedial to fix my dodgy back, but I did not enjoy it at all. I had to ask her to stop, it hurt so bad.
In sad news, my last, and favourite pair of Walmart socks died this week. I bought all these long, stripey socks, for like $2 a pair in Petoskey. They've done really well. But this week, the last pair bit the dust. I feel like 4 years is a pretty good life span for a pair of socks. So if any of you over that way are in Walmart and happen to go past some stripey knee socks, feel free to pick a pair or two up for me!