Happy New Year!
Hope everyone is having a good first day of the New Year!
Chris and I continued with our tradition of going on a trail ride the first day of the new year (third year running!). We also rode yesterday and Tuesday out on the trail, which was good. I've ridden a different horse each day, Panda Tuesday, Kash Wednesday, and Sunny today. I swear, Sunny really does have half a brain. The mare has no focus whatsoever. I'll have to expound later, but we'll just say that the first ten minutes of the ride were spent frying and overloading her half-brain as she attempted to process it all (there were 26 TRAILERS in the parking lot for the park, and considering there's usually two horses per trailer if not more there was a lot of people about!).
I also want to add that Panda and Sunny are just about polar opposites. Sunny has no focus, and when she sees someone she goes about this "Hi! Who are you? What's your name, willyoubemyfriend??" scenario and then is immediately distracted by something else. Panda, when in tack, will stand there for minutes ... possibly hours, and wait to be told what to do (unless a scary wild person comes along, then she's liable to eyeball and snort and think about heading for the hills, but other riders and horses, no problem). Even if a horse is right next to her and trying to engage her (sniffing noses, etc.) Panda is staring straight ahead in an "I'm working" attitude. I prefer Panda's attitude, even if she is a nervous horse there's actually a full mind there to work with! (That and she doesn't argue and will try her best to figure out what you want without getting angry, nervous perhaps, but never angry.)
Anyway! Another reason for this post is that I'm sortof thieving a resolution from dogsoul.
I know the last few years I've fallen off the virtual internet "planet" and haven't been able to keep up the contact that I would like to with people. With school winding down and being essentially finished now sans two classes, I will have a bit more time and plan on using it well! Y'all are quite amazing and I would like to be a better friend and more "there." I have also realized that in order to keep these connections alive I need to be a bit more proactive.
SO! I would like to make a list of birthdays and actually use it.
Kett's original disclaimer because it works well:
Immediate disclaimer: I do not require you guys to remember or celebrate MY birthday. If you want a card and wee giftie on your birthday, comment here (comments will be screened of course) with your name, date of birth, address, and a refpic or two of yourself or a character you want drawn or some such thing. :)
(I can't guarantee that said gift or card will arrive on or before the birthday, but I will do my best to make it!)
Next post shall be a large resolution-laden thing and a review of what I managed to keep and what I failed miserably at last year.
Chris and I continued with our tradition of going on a trail ride the first day of the new year (third year running!). We also rode yesterday and Tuesday out on the trail, which was good. I've ridden a different horse each day, Panda Tuesday, Kash Wednesday, and Sunny today. I swear, Sunny really does have half a brain. The mare has no focus whatsoever. I'll have to expound later, but we'll just say that the first ten minutes of the ride were spent frying and overloading her half-brain as she attempted to process it all (there were 26 TRAILERS in the parking lot for the park, and considering there's usually two horses per trailer if not more there was a lot of people about!).
I also want to add that Panda and Sunny are just about polar opposites. Sunny has no focus, and when she sees someone she goes about this "Hi! Who are you? What's your name, willyoubemyfriend??" scenario and then is immediately distracted by something else. Panda, when in tack, will stand there for minutes ... possibly hours, and wait to be told what to do (unless a scary wild person comes along, then she's liable to eyeball and snort and think about heading for the hills, but other riders and horses, no problem). Even if a horse is right next to her and trying to engage her (sniffing noses, etc.) Panda is staring straight ahead in an "I'm working" attitude. I prefer Panda's attitude, even if she is a nervous horse there's actually a full mind there to work with! (That and she doesn't argue and will try her best to figure out what you want without getting angry, nervous perhaps, but never angry.)
Anyway! Another reason for this post is that I'm sortof thieving a resolution from dogsoul.
I know the last few years I've fallen off the virtual internet "planet" and haven't been able to keep up the contact that I would like to with people. With school winding down and being essentially finished now sans two classes, I will have a bit more time and plan on using it well! Y'all are quite amazing and I would like to be a better friend and more "there." I have also realized that in order to keep these connections alive I need to be a bit more proactive.
SO! I would like to make a list of birthdays and actually use it.
Kett's original disclaimer because it works well:
Immediate disclaimer: I do not require you guys to remember or celebrate MY birthday. If you want a card and wee giftie on your birthday, comment here (comments will be screened of course) with your name, date of birth, address, and a refpic or two of yourself or a character you want drawn or some such thing. :)
(I can't guarantee that said gift or card will arrive on or before the birthday, but I will do my best to make it!)
Next post shall be a large resolution-laden thing and a review of what I managed to keep and what I failed miserably at last year.