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I'm gonna be sore tomorrow. I rode Sham and Smoke, and I did some bridlework with Logan. I put the English bridle on him cause Sham uses the same bit. Cut his chomping down to nothing. I think he was chomping and gaping cause he could; I had the noseband on, and I had it on the third hole, so that he couldn't gape his mouth. He chewed, but he wasn't overly upset about not being able to gape and chomp. Chewing I can handle. Chomping I can't. He was a very very good boy, we went up and down the driveway once and he was being so good that I let him go after that.
What a wasted summer. I could have had Sham and Smoke up to par by now. Although if I'm really consistant over the next two weeks, then two weeks off won't hurt them in their training and I can pick up pretty close to where I leave off. I dunno though, I just... I had lost the bug after that show. It's ok, I've got the bug back now :-)
Sham was a tard, but she was a good tard. I didn't overly work her, seeing as how she's had two months off, but I did make her work a bit. I made her canter a circle to the left. She had issues with it, but she did it, and without too much protest. We're still having issues with going to the right. She was a good girl, she really was. Much improved on her neck reining, that'll be nice, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel with her. She'll never be "dead broke" but I'm not entirely sure I want her "dead broke" Trained, yes, dead broke, no.
Smoke was a good boy, we had directional issues, but considering that he also had two months off, his moving from leg pressure was excellent tonight, I was surprised. I didn't have to give him much pressure and he'd start to think about moving. I'm learning that I need to tell him to turn BEFORE we get to the turn though, he still needs time to think about what it is I'm asking him to do. I still need to figure out how to teach him best for him to learn best.
I'm starting to look forward to riding Logan. If he does well in the next two weeks, I'll get on him after I get back from Alberta. He's so short though, he's got this big quarter horse body and this thick neck, and these short little legs. He looks sturdy enough to take me though, especially after a month of diet and exercise. I think I might try and pick up a cheap western saddle in Alberta. I'm just not totally comfortable with riding him in an English saddle from the get go. He'll learn to go English eventually, but he's going to be primarily a Western horse anyway.
Shammie now eats apples. She wouldn't take them from me, but she'd take them from Dad. Go figure. She makes me laugh, she was taking bites out of them, she does that with carrots too.
I'm working at United on the 14th for Vicky. I told her I'll have to be gone for an hour or so for my road test, but that's not a problem. There's a staff meeting on Wednesday night at the cafe. I'm back to my normal Wednesday and Saturday at the pet store, Mike's not gonna be there this week, that'll kinda blow, but whatever. It'll keep me busy having to deal with things kinda on my own. I have to call Jutta tonight, if not tonight then I'll call her during the day tomrrow.
I talked to D tonight and I'm back to where I was. I think it's his voice that does it to me. I'm listening to Over and Over again, and it's sooo perfect for this moment, OMG. It's almost a song that I could dwell on him and cry. I think I might do that later on tonight. I haven't cried for a couple of days, it's getting time to. I wish I could figure it out, how the hell did I get so attatched? We were "together" for a week. It's not fricking POSSIBLE to get attatched to a person in that short of time. Maybe it's the fact that he looked at me as a person and not a piece of meat. He respected me and my limits, he looked at me like a woman. But as hard as this is, I can't bring myself to say Never Again. I don't regret it... I regret HOW attatched I got, but the fact that I could get over my issues for him and trust him...
I'm dwelling again. Maybe that song isn't so good for me right now. But damn, it's such a good song.