I'm such a whiner :P
I hate when it gets cold. And here we DO get really cold, generally around -20C to -30C for a good 5-6 months of the year.
But I hate hot weather even more.
And we are around 31C (so something like 90-92F) right now, and it just shuts down my whole little mind. I cannot stand it. I get headaches and get really sluggish. Fortunately, parents (finally! finally!) decided to install air conditioning into the house last year, because I finally got them to listen to reasoning. I did a little test; brought a thermometer into my bedroom and let it sit. So while it was like 30C outside, it was 39C in my room, because of the fact that hot air rises, and my room is west facing, so i absolutely cooked, and would be sick with a migraine most days during summer. Now, with the blessed invention of air conditioning, I can at least sleep. The downside is that my house is so nice and cool, I don't want to drag my ass out of here whatsoever :P
But today, I got up early to ride the grey beast, got there at about 9:30am, and even then, it was freaking hot, so I opted to just take him around the racetrack for a little bit. Was alright; no real work accomplished, but at least I got on and let him stretch his legs.
Trainer has finally convinced me to stop worrying about his stiffness everytime. She basically said "be honest, he's not the most atheletic in build. He's big, extremely long, and quite tall. He's not the most flexible horse in the world, because he's just so freaking big. everywhere. He needs to stretch and loosen his muscles, one by one. and it takes him a bit of time." but then she reminds me that at least he always DOES loosen, otherwise we could have a problem. While he does start out stiff, within about 5-10 minutes of him trotting around, his back and neck muscles just really relax and he starts swinging. So I think I'll just accept that its him being him, and honestly-he does have a hellishly long back, and not stress over it too much.
My little Costa is being a superkid. Walk/trot/canter all confirmed now. Trainer is working on him really stretching down though, because he doesn't like to do that. Im not really riding him; I think I've been on him twice since I first got on him back in June. But after my vacation, I'll be starting to take a couple of lessons on him, which I'm looking forward to.
Went to see Orphan yesterday. I liked it. There were some mixed reviews on it online; some found it brilliant, some found that it just really fell apart (ironically, those same reviewers though thought Drag Me to Hell was brilliant. And that has got to be one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen!) I was kinda in the happy medium between the two. It was a unique story line; you never would really think of the twist yourself unless someone told you. And whoever played the girl was brilliant. The downside was that the ending was a little weak, and some things weren't explained as well as they should have been. But in general, a good horror/suspense film which played on the audience quite well.
Anyways, I'm off to go relax in front of a fan :P
But I hate hot weather even more.
And we are around 31C (so something like 90-92F) right now, and it just shuts down my whole little mind. I cannot stand it. I get headaches and get really sluggish. Fortunately, parents (finally! finally!) decided to install air conditioning into the house last year, because I finally got them to listen to reasoning. I did a little test; brought a thermometer into my bedroom and let it sit. So while it was like 30C outside, it was 39C in my room, because of the fact that hot air rises, and my room is west facing, so i absolutely cooked, and would be sick with a migraine most days during summer. Now, with the blessed invention of air conditioning, I can at least sleep. The downside is that my house is so nice and cool, I don't want to drag my ass out of here whatsoever :P
But today, I got up early to ride the grey beast, got there at about 9:30am, and even then, it was freaking hot, so I opted to just take him around the racetrack for a little bit. Was alright; no real work accomplished, but at least I got on and let him stretch his legs.
Trainer has finally convinced me to stop worrying about his stiffness everytime. She basically said "be honest, he's not the most atheletic in build. He's big, extremely long, and quite tall. He's not the most flexible horse in the world, because he's just so freaking big. everywhere. He needs to stretch and loosen his muscles, one by one. and it takes him a bit of time." but then she reminds me that at least he always DOES loosen, otherwise we could have a problem. While he does start out stiff, within about 5-10 minutes of him trotting around, his back and neck muscles just really relax and he starts swinging. So I think I'll just accept that its him being him, and honestly-he does have a hellishly long back, and not stress over it too much.
My little Costa is being a superkid. Walk/trot/canter all confirmed now. Trainer is working on him really stretching down though, because he doesn't like to do that. Im not really riding him; I think I've been on him twice since I first got on him back in June. But after my vacation, I'll be starting to take a couple of lessons on him, which I'm looking forward to.
Went to see Orphan yesterday. I liked it. There were some mixed reviews on it online; some found it brilliant, some found that it just really fell apart (ironically, those same reviewers though thought Drag Me to Hell was brilliant. And that has got to be one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen!) I was kinda in the happy medium between the two. It was a unique story line; you never would really think of the twist yourself unless someone told you. And whoever played the girl was brilliant. The downside was that the ending was a little weak, and some things weren't explained as well as they should have been. But in general, a good horror/suspense film which played on the audience quite well.
Anyways, I'm off to go relax in front of a fan :P