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Hmm my second (third, counting WB) today, more things to talk about..
Anyway, other things. My horse situation.. is pretty lame at the moment (ok, not lame, but I feel like bitching about it. And it is kinda lame. Just read it, lol). I love riding, and the opportunity to do it every day at the barn was amazing, but it’s not turning out as good as it was supposed to. There are some issues.
School this year is no joke. I am like super busy with work and papers and projects and things. So I really need all the free time I can get. And I’m giving up my afternoons (and weekend mornings) to go to the barn and ride. Only we are not allowed to ride without our instructor’s ‘permission’ (we can’t just get on any horse we want and ride and that’s that), but he is always late, and so I end up waiting ages for him to show up and tell me what horses I can ride. Sometimes I wait like an hour, doing nothing. I can do at least one piece of hw in one hour. But yeah, and it’s pissing off my dad now because then I end up leaving later then I’m supposed to, so I get home late, etc etc it’s a snowball. Yesterday he really stressed out (ok, I was pretty peeved as well) because I waited for an hour there at the barn this morning and then when my instructor got there he gave me 3 horses to ride. But on weekends the barn only stays open till noon, and this was 10:something a.m. and I already needed to leave earlier because my grandparents were having lunch at my house yesterday. I wasn’t going to have enough time. My dad showed up to pick me up and I hadn’t ridden all the horses of course. So I had to leave and it was way awkward/unpleasant.
Also, I am not being able to jump in any shows because I can’t work out a horse for me. I know that he said he would not guarantee me a horse in all the shows, but I thought at least SOME I would be able to make it. But it’s been almost 2 months since I showed, and it’s full of championships and seasons all over. Working horses is great. Really. But I love to compete. It’s what I want most of all. My dad wants to talk to my old instructor where I used to ride before I got the chance to ride here. The old barn is a little farther away, but then I would only go twice a week (I expect so) and thus the gasoline wouldn’t be an issue. OF COURSE none of this would be happening if I had my own horse. Which makes me sad. Oh well. I hope everything just works out.
Some good news :) I made a few icons (after searching ages on google for good images)!! Okay so I am a complete amateur at this but I am pretty happy with how they turned out. I would like to put them on my journal header (when I find a different layout) but I have no idea how to do that.. Does anyone have any tips on how to do it? I would like first to change my layout, get one that I could easily edit (ok maybe it still would be so easy for me, because I fail at this type of stuff, but still - user friendly xD) and add one of these icons as a header. I would love suggestions (click for full size)!!
Will go look for layouts.. But I still don't know how to install them xD