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Haven't updated in forever, but in my defence, most of the people who read this, were actually in my house.
Had the folks here for the bar call, it was great to see everyone... and now I'm a lawyer. Which feels good but also kind of anticlimatic. It's such a long process and by the end of articling I was being treated like a lawyer and working as a lawyer so the only difference is that I can honestly and truly call myself a lawyer now. I have new letterhead and new business cards and a raise in pay, and people rely on my advice and that is scary because I mostly feel like I don't really know and I'm just taking a somewhat educated guess at the best thing to do. A feeling that more experienced lawyers tells me never really goes away.
As soon as all the family left, the next big event was the year-end horse show in Red Deer. We came home with two reserve championships, a saddle pad, a halter, and $62 in prize money - but would have liked to have some better rounds. There weren't a lot of entries in my division and so I was able to place well with rounds that really didn't deserve it. On the first day in particular, the weather was miserable - cold and rainy - and my classes were first thing in the morning when it was most cold and wet, and a lot of people scratched. So I guess my prizes were mostly for being brave enough (and having brought big enough traction studs for Arwen's shoes) to go out in jump in cold rain.
The photos are on facebook, here is a video of one of our better rounds in the hunter ring... this was a Hunter Classic which was a two-round format, the first was a very long course of 12 jumps and the top 8 were called back to do a second round over a shorter course. There were 20-something horses in the class with many much nicer than Arwen so it was a pleasant surprise to make the top 8 (we finished 6th, not bad!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcrJh158DP0
Had the folks here for the bar call, it was great to see everyone... and now I'm a lawyer. Which feels good but also kind of anticlimatic. It's such a long process and by the end of articling I was being treated like a lawyer and working as a lawyer so the only difference is that I can honestly and truly call myself a lawyer now. I have new letterhead and new business cards and a raise in pay, and people rely on my advice and that is scary because I mostly feel like I don't really know and I'm just taking a somewhat educated guess at the best thing to do. A feeling that more experienced lawyers tells me never really goes away.
As soon as all the family left, the next big event was the year-end horse show in Red Deer. We came home with two reserve championships, a saddle pad, a halter, and $62 in prize money - but would have liked to have some better rounds. There weren't a lot of entries in my division and so I was able to place well with rounds that really didn't deserve it. On the first day in particular, the weather was miserable - cold and rainy - and my classes were first thing in the morning when it was most cold and wet, and a lot of people scratched. So I guess my prizes were mostly for being brave enough (and having brought big enough traction studs for Arwen's shoes) to go out in jump in cold rain.
The photos are on facebook, here is a video of one of our better rounds in the hunter ring... this was a Hunter Classic which was a two-round format, the first was a very long course of 12 jumps and the top 8 were called back to do a second round over a shorter course. There were 20-something horses in the class with many much nicer than Arwen so it was a pleasant surprise to make the top 8 (we finished 6th, not bad!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcrJh158DP0