Easter Weekend
Saturday was good, but very full. The morning started with cleaning up the horses and loading up for a trail ride. Shilo and her husband Drew came out with Shilo's mare Chick and we all tacked up at the house before setting off. It was a good thing that I started brushing Panda a quarter of an hour before they arrived because I had a pile of hair that could have easily stuffed a pillow by the time I was done.
It is Spring and the horses know it.
The parking lot at the trail head was a bit crowded so we parked outside of it. There were quite a few people out there taking advantage of the good weather and an excuse to ride. Chris was on Ruby, of course, I rode Panda, Shilo borrowed Kash, and Drew was on Chick. It was quite a good ride and all the horses did well. Chick did well with Drew although she insisted on walking out and being in the lead while Kash and Shilo were a bit on the slower side and hung towards the back, occasionally trotting to catch up. Panda also has a naturally longer stride so Drew and I were in the lead most of the time while Shilo and Chris brought up the rear. I would have put Shilo on Panda, but I was a little worried about Shilo being a little off-par as she hasn't riden consistently in a while.
I was impressed at how well Panda handled all the people. She was a little nervous at times, but she stood well and only thought about leaving once for a fraction of a second, even when there were all those children running ahead and the bicycles and all that.
After that ... what did we do after that? This is why I should write daily instead of just whenever I feel like it. I forget things. There was a trip to the grocery store in there somewhere, I worked on some art homework ... Thursday Chris took some video of me riding Kash. Friday I rode with my parents and helped Marie-Anne take her horse to and from the vet, which reminds me I need to call and ask her how that turned out. I think she said they'd know the next week.
I had one call thus far from the flier I left in the feed store. I hope I get a few more calls and I need to think of other places to post them at, perhaps when I go into Tom's again.
I haven't taught a lesson in two weeks and it's driving me crazy. Thankfully I have the money for what I need, but it's driving me nuts just the same. I just want to get back into the routine again.
I can't wait to be out of school.
Sunday, of course, was Easter. I made French Toast for breakfast, we went to church, made some cookies (well, Chris made cookies, I worked on art stuff), and went to my parents' for dinner.
Monday we had a second "Easter" dinner with Marty (Dave has been doing extra time at the Depot during the week). Chris and I worked Sunny and Cinnamon Strudel Monday afternoon. I played with Cinn in the roundpen while Chris got Sunny ready to ride. I think it was the first time I really lunged her with the line and cavesson. She kept on trying to eat the lunge line, but other than that she did quite well. She really didn't want to walk, though, so I just worked on getting her to turn back and forth until she was willing to listen to my cues to slow her down.
Today is another day and started with waking up a bit late, getting horses fed, leaving Kash and Chewy in their stalls because they took forever to eat (I blame getting up and feeding them late). Made it to school on time, did a presentation that I thought I was prepared for, got nervous during, but stumbled along and managed to survive. Now I wait for class as I missed out on having institute because the instructor was sick, drat.
I have a lesson plan to do, I need to start on the second half of the paper for Stokrocki, and I need to finish two drawings by Monday. Woo. I think I'll be working on art this week at home. I should have done more over the weekend. I'll take advantage of the fact that I don't have a lesson tomorrow and work on it. I do have two lessons Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, though, which is very, very good. I also don't really have class Thursday, which is exciting, but I need to use my time wisely and might just unplug the internet from my computer to avoid distractions.
Time to be off, I must attend Stokrocki's class. We have a guest speaker and she's out of town, but I'm going anyway. I need to glean what knowledge I can from this college experience even though I might be a bit anxious to complete it.
ONE MORE SEMESTER!
On a final note, I'm going to start trying to include things that I feel have blessed my life and the little things that make a big difference an will take it with "blessed."
It is Spring and the horses know it.
The parking lot at the trail head was a bit crowded so we parked outside of it. There were quite a few people out there taking advantage of the good weather and an excuse to ride. Chris was on Ruby, of course, I rode Panda, Shilo borrowed Kash, and Drew was on Chick. It was quite a good ride and all the horses did well. Chick did well with Drew although she insisted on walking out and being in the lead while Kash and Shilo were a bit on the slower side and hung towards the back, occasionally trotting to catch up. Panda also has a naturally longer stride so Drew and I were in the lead most of the time while Shilo and Chris brought up the rear. I would have put Shilo on Panda, but I was a little worried about Shilo being a little off-par as she hasn't riden consistently in a while.
I was impressed at how well Panda handled all the people. She was a little nervous at times, but she stood well and only thought about leaving once for a fraction of a second, even when there were all those children running ahead and the bicycles and all that.
After that ... what did we do after that? This is why I should write daily instead of just whenever I feel like it. I forget things. There was a trip to the grocery store in there somewhere, I worked on some art homework ... Thursday Chris took some video of me riding Kash. Friday I rode with my parents and helped Marie-Anne take her horse to and from the vet, which reminds me I need to call and ask her how that turned out. I think she said they'd know the next week.
I had one call thus far from the flier I left in the feed store. I hope I get a few more calls and I need to think of other places to post them at, perhaps when I go into Tom's again.
I haven't taught a lesson in two weeks and it's driving me crazy. Thankfully I have the money for what I need, but it's driving me nuts just the same. I just want to get back into the routine again.
I can't wait to be out of school.
Sunday, of course, was Easter. I made French Toast for breakfast, we went to church, made some cookies (well, Chris made cookies, I worked on art stuff), and went to my parents' for dinner.
Monday we had a second "Easter" dinner with Marty (Dave has been doing extra time at the Depot during the week). Chris and I worked Sunny and Cinnamon Strudel Monday afternoon. I played with Cinn in the roundpen while Chris got Sunny ready to ride. I think it was the first time I really lunged her with the line and cavesson. She kept on trying to eat the lunge line, but other than that she did quite well. She really didn't want to walk, though, so I just worked on getting her to turn back and forth until she was willing to listen to my cues to slow her down.
Today is another day and started with waking up a bit late, getting horses fed, leaving Kash and Chewy in their stalls because they took forever to eat (I blame getting up and feeding them late). Made it to school on time, did a presentation that I thought I was prepared for, got nervous during, but stumbled along and managed to survive. Now I wait for class as I missed out on having institute because the instructor was sick, drat.
I have a lesson plan to do, I need to start on the second half of the paper for Stokrocki, and I need to finish two drawings by Monday. Woo. I think I'll be working on art this week at home. I should have done more over the weekend. I'll take advantage of the fact that I don't have a lesson tomorrow and work on it. I do have two lessons Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, though, which is very, very good. I also don't really have class Thursday, which is exciting, but I need to use my time wisely and might just unplug the internet from my computer to avoid distractions.
Time to be off, I must attend Stokrocki's class. We have a guest speaker and she's out of town, but I'm going anyway. I need to glean what knowledge I can from this college experience even though I might be a bit anxious to complete it.
ONE MORE SEMESTER!
On a final note, I'm going to start trying to include things that I feel have blessed my life and the little things that make a big difference an will take it with "blessed."