And I just can’t hide it. Today, let’s talk about the Euro. You all read the post where I went a little tack ho crazy and bought a smancy bridle from France since the Euro was low. I have it in my hands as of today, and will give this glorious piece of leather its own post in the future (pray it fits the pony… it looks large). So while I’m all like YAY CHEAP LESS EXPENSIVE BRIDLE, my best friend…
Last Sunday when it was too wet to ride, I ventured out to the farm anyway since my trainer texted and said it was dry enough to trail ride around the property. All morning I had been in a particularly foul mood, and I figured some pony time would help. During my hour+ commute to the barn where I encountered crazy stop and go traffic and a gigantic cycling race, I started to doubt my idea to leave my dwelling of grumpiness….
I’ll be the first to admit it – this is one of those rare times where I’m not feeling very prolific. We’ve had a lot of rain, and even a little of this… So there’s not been a ton going on in the horse front. I wasn’t able to ride at all on Saturday, and Sunday lessons were cancelled due to the crazy thunderstorm of death the night before. We did make it out to the barn for a little…
Simon and I are doing My Fitness Pal. I’m counting calories to reduce my mass, and he needs to gain some… at least I think so. Let me present you with some photos taken this week on the exact same day. One of these photos makes me think my horse needs to gain some weight, because of the obvious ribs. The other photo is passable to me, but since I know how close they were taken it’s not like he…
Simon had his teefs done yesterday. I was told he had a lovely mouth, and typically only needs routine stuff done. This is great, because there are many other parts of his body that aren’t quite so lovely. The dentist said that some of the head flipping I’ve seen during my recent rides could be attributed to his teeth. It had been 13 months, so they weren’t terrible by any means but he had some irritating rubbing on his tongue on…
I walked to the barn for my lesson last night with my positivity hat on. I also immediately walked to a lovely group of barn ladies enjoying Sangria, and I had a glass. I figured Sangria could only help our situation. (P.S. I have no media so enjoy these random faces of Simon while I tried to take a picture of his new bonnet I made) Simon brought his A-game too. He actually trotted up to me in the pasture, which…
First off, thank you to everyone who commented on my post yesterday. I took each and every confidence building suggestion seriously and feel a lot better knowing I’m not alone with these feelings! Going to try and kick ass at my lesson tonight. Will report back 😉 Now those who know me well know that I typically try not to buy things for my horse unless he needs them. It’s pretty rare for me to throw about large amounts of…
I came off yesterday. It was the first jump of the second course of our lesson, so pretty early on. We cantered up slowly to a 2’3″ oxer. I leaned for him to jump at a spot that was maybe a smidge long, and he put his feet back down. I fell completely on his neck and then popped off to the side in front of the jump. I fell hard and got the wind knocked out of me. It was…