Everyone keeps asking how I’m doing. My response is pretty much always “I’m okay,” because there aren’t really words to accurately say how I’m doing. I get up. I feed my dogs. I feed myself. I go do stuff. Some days I set aside for productive days. Those are pretty much just for tackling the poop list. They are mentally and physically exhausting… a blog post for another day. In between my productive days, I try to do some fun…
I still have so much to sift through right now, and I’m overwhelmed. I am dangling some carrots for me to get me through this rough time, but I won’t be ready to blog about my ideas until I know where my feet are more. However, there is a bright spot that still shines and that is my Simon. Each year I like to compare two similar photos from the previous years. You can see year one and year two…
Sometimes when you’re in the middle of a tough journey with your horse, it’s hard to see the big picture. Even though I don’t feel stuck at all right now with Simon (rather, I feel pretty flippin’ fantastic but that makes for boring content) I still thought it might be a good time to step back and look through the archives. Below I’ve chosen one photo from every show since I got him. They start in October 2012 and go…
Inspired by Hello My Olivia, I decided to post a picture of Simon and I from our last show on Judge My Ride. I won’t lie, I was pretty impressed with my lower leg in some of the pictures from this show… so I was curious what kind of feedback I might get. Below is the picture and comment I posted (typo and all). Pictured is my 9y/o 16.2hh OTTB and I in an Intro Jumper class at our local…
I’ve had a little idea in my head lately that I haven’t been able to shake. Indulge me for a moment. Once upon a time, Jen J came over and played dressage with Simonpants. I was all, “Wow, you make him look fancy!” And she was all, “I know. I’m the coolest.” And I was all, “Wow. I look like a sack of potatoes!” It was fun, but then I was pretty much like, “Bye flatwork! Time to jump all…
The show got rained out for this weekend, just like every other horse show I had planned on going to this spring. In times like this, it’s important for me to remember that before I loved horse showing… I loved horses. So last night I trekked out to the barn to touch my pony. First, we recreated the infamous Artax scene from A Never Ending Story. Luckily, Simon is more of a fighter than Artax was. Then I gave him an…
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….
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…