hahaha subject line just made me laugh since that's the vast majority of my life :) Def need to find some more students though or it *won't* be my life as long as I'd like it to. *sigh* So if you know anybody who wants to ride... >;-P
Ok end of that. Today was a comparatively *very* easy day, thanks to Steph being home and taking over the afternoon shift :)
So I got to the barn today and was debating with myself about getting everything done super-fast and getting home (since Wednesdays I don't teach in the evening and my wonderful working student Kirby does night chores for me :) and actually riding my horse and getting some extra stuff done. The debate of course being I rarely have time to ride, but I also rarely have time to get stuff done either. So which wins out?
Well I dressed to ride. So that's always a step in the right direction. hahaha. But by the time I got there I was def leaning towards get stuff done and get out. Except that when I pulled in, the boarders' farrier was there -- which meant there was no way I was going to get stuff done in any reasonable amount of time. Soooo - ride it is. Sweet.
Stunningly gorgeous outside BUT - the outside ring is under water. Tricky. Hacking it is... BUT it's *really* slick. 'Sok - Athena needs lots of LSMs (long slow miles) so still all good. So by the time I had morning feed done I had myself absolutely convinced I was riding and that there was NO way I was riding indoors.
So out we go hacking -- and for the first 20 mins she was perfect. Forward swinging walk with no hint of silliness. Then all of a sudden she got very full of herself. And while I *did* keep it to my plan of LSMs -- mostly walk with only about 10mins of trotting -- she never came back down. It wasn't till *after* the ride I clued in that I pretty much ALWAYS walk her for about 20 mins -- and then we trot for a little and then we play :) Almost unheard of for her to go out and just walk *g* And clearly that's how she feels it should be!
I brought her back home, having dedicatedly stuck to my LSM plan and untacked her outside her paddock. Now it may have been long and slow, but it was still *work*. She was sweating and I expect she'll feel it tomorrow. But sadly she hasn't figured that out yet. If she doesn't gallop, it doesn't count! Usually when I turn her out she meanders over for a drink and then heads out for a wander and a roll. But not today. Oh no. She was shorted a gallop and she wanted to gallop! hahaha Fortunately unlike at GV where she did essentially the same thing, this time she waited till she was given permission :) Pretty fun to watch :) I watched her till she settled and I was sure she wasn't going to injure herself and then went back to work -- when I checked on her later she was *tired*. Poor girl needs to learn to trust me when I tell her to take a break! hahaha ah well. Was still a great start to the day.
Mucking stalls took forever -- partially because I couldn't get motivated, partially because I had a wicked headache (weather!), and mostly because Sasha's feeling better (YEAH) but still not allowed to be active (BOOOOO!) But she *was* a superstar in grade two yesterday so that was good. Grade 2 requires a lot more homework than grade 1 *g* She's in puppy high-school now. hahaha Anyways - Stephy showed up and took over. Woohoo! So I got to escape early after all :) Went home and crashed for a bit, which combined with the storm going away made my headache leave and the end result was a reasonably productive evening :) Well that and a solid 2h of training/playing with my puppy :)
Somehow still have about 6h of stuff that didn't get done. Ah well - such is life eh?
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