sometimes I'm surprised by the athleticism of my own horse
granted that depends on whether I remember how to ride or not. Sheesh.
Captain was a good boy though. I have these moments where I'm like 'OH YEAH' and majikally remember how to ride and everything is good. My poor horse. hahahahaaa. I realized that I had too much movement through my elbows and kept them...stiffer I guess. Not stiff but I can't think of a better way to describe it. Anyway it REALLY helped his canter. We did some very fun halt transitions(from trot and canter). He was still taking a few trot strides before halting from canter but I was very pleased and surprised with how much jump he was showing around the corner and onto centerline :) There was one halt he was crooked in and started backing so I smacked him with the crop and went again and he satttttt and stopped, perfectly square. Love him!
I have now just shown you how my brain works. I pretty much think in non-sequiturs.
Ended with a nice stretchy trot. I've also completely stopped using cross ties albeit when Sue is around. He really doesn't need them. Who cares if he's TB? Julie was like, you're pretty brave to just leave him there. It's Captain for chrissakes; he's not going to go anywhere. Groomed him, he's starting to shed what little coat he has...he kept turning around and giving kisses. There was one moment where he didn't ask to go in the stall so he had to stand in the aisle and not move for a minute or two. It was warm enough that I turned him out naked and he stood there right next to me and asked if he could go, which of course I let him. I swear if he just started speaking one day, I wouldn't be the least bit shocked.
The ultimate basking
this is what my guy does
when...
the rest of the horses are at the round bale
Nerd
I walked with Julie and the CMUET yesterday for Relay for Life, which was fun. Julie was telling me in her linguistics class, the prof. had graduate students come in and try to tell you where you were from in MI based on how you pronounced things. There are 4 accents and 2 dialects in MI of which she had none. They told her she speaks standard english minus the accent and used her for a game in the class. They asked her if she grew up in MI(which she did) and then asked if she ever spent time in the UK or knew anyone/spent time with someone who was from there. OBVIOUSLY Sue, but she hasn't been a student of Sue's for that long. I found it funny. We speak A LOT a like. Apparently those who speak common don't say quite nor to they say milk(with an i, not an e) and say eggs(with an a not an e) and pronounce Alma either a)AAAlma, b)Ulma or c)Olma when it's pronounced Elma. (for those wondering, Alma is the town I live in). ahhh I love linguistics. She said they used a vacation in Australia as an example and the general consensus was that it was 'awesome' or 'awesome dude' and Julie said 'it was quite lovely'. My answer was something to the effect of 'quite nice'. My use of standard english probably drives my need to correct people in the hallway. Sue's response was, "did you say if it's good enough for the queen mum, it's good enough for me?" LOL
I'm interested to see how'd they peg me....
Spring Break is right around the corner! YAY!!!
Captain was a good boy though. I have these moments where I'm like 'OH YEAH' and majikally remember how to ride and everything is good. My poor horse. hahahahaaa. I realized that I had too much movement through my elbows and kept them...stiffer I guess. Not stiff but I can't think of a better way to describe it. Anyway it REALLY helped his canter. We did some very fun halt transitions(from trot and canter). He was still taking a few trot strides before halting from canter but I was very pleased and surprised with how much jump he was showing around the corner and onto centerline :) There was one halt he was crooked in and started backing so I smacked him with the crop and went again and he satttttt and stopped, perfectly square. Love him!
I have now just shown you how my brain works. I pretty much think in non-sequiturs.
Ended with a nice stretchy trot. I've also completely stopped using cross ties albeit when Sue is around. He really doesn't need them. Who cares if he's TB? Julie was like, you're pretty brave to just leave him there. It's Captain for chrissakes; he's not going to go anywhere. Groomed him, he's starting to shed what little coat he has...he kept turning around and giving kisses. There was one moment where he didn't ask to go in the stall so he had to stand in the aisle and not move for a minute or two. It was warm enough that I turned him out naked and he stood there right next to me and asked if he could go, which of course I let him. I swear if he just started speaking one day, I wouldn't be the least bit shocked.
The ultimate basking
this is what my guy does
when...
the rest of the horses are at the round bale
Nerd
I walked with Julie and the CMUET yesterday for Relay for Life, which was fun. Julie was telling me in her linguistics class, the prof. had graduate students come in and try to tell you where you were from in MI based on how you pronounced things. There are 4 accents and 2 dialects in MI of which she had none. They told her she speaks standard english minus the accent and used her for a game in the class. They asked her if she grew up in MI(which she did) and then asked if she ever spent time in the UK or knew anyone/spent time with someone who was from there. OBVIOUSLY Sue, but she hasn't been a student of Sue's for that long. I found it funny. We speak A LOT a like. Apparently those who speak common don't say quite nor to they say milk(with an i, not an e) and say eggs(with an a not an e) and pronounce Alma either a)AAAlma, b)Ulma or c)Olma when it's pronounced Elma. (for those wondering, Alma is the town I live in). ahhh I love linguistics. She said they used a vacation in Australia as an example and the general consensus was that it was 'awesome' or 'awesome dude' and Julie said 'it was quite lovely'. My answer was something to the effect of 'quite nice'. My use of standard english probably drives my need to correct people in the hallway. Sue's response was, "did you say if it's good enough for the queen mum, it's good enough for me?" LOL
I'm interested to see how'd they peg me....
Spring Break is right around the corner! YAY!!!