Equitation Horse?

I had THE BEST ride on Dodger today. I hacked to a really old playlist, so obviously good music= great ride.

But last night I was looking at how awful our first horse show was and it inspired me to do some collection work at the canter. And if any of y'all have ever ridden a slug, that's the best comparison I can possibly make to give y'all an idea of what it's like to ride Dodger. He's SOO lazy. If you shift your weight a little towards a downward transition he's going to halt, and god forbid you touch his mouth without having a spur in his side or he's going to halt. So I hope that you can imagine out difficult collection work at the canter might be.

But aside from the fact that my thighs and calves got an extreme workout today, he was FABULOUS. He caught on really quick to the idea (he was a tad rusty at first) and he worked for 15 minutes or so in the canter doing collected lateral work.

He was SOOOO FREAKING HANDY by the end of the ride. I was ready to go jump around a derby course or ride a equitation course or something. He felt amazing. Even his downward canter-to-trot-to-halt transition at the end was far more fluid and less "OH MY GOD SHE SAID I COULD STOP" *collapse*.

I was very, very proud of my boy today! Taking him to a show to hack around next weekend. Very excited to have him out and about again!

Happy Thursday y'all!
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Horse Decisions;

So my family (aka my mom and my sister, Sarah) relies on me for horse decisions and they have been so dramatic lately. We've been trying to decide if she's going to lease a pony as well as show her horse Cooper this year, and also if we're moving her horse(s) to my trainer's barn instead of boarding them off-site (off-site is half the price). But if she's serious about going to Pony Finals and moving up to do derbies on Cooper then she needs to be in a more constructive enviroment. She's just not very organized and constructive by herself. At my trainer's barn she can have 4 lessons a week (2 per horse) and she has less to worry about as far as horse care goes, because it's full care board.

I just want to be done with all the drama and stress. Even though she might be entering a more dramatic situation.... kind of. It's so complicated.

I just want them to make a decision. Personally I'd wish she'd just focus on Cooper, since we just bought him less than a year ago. But I guess it's up to her. I just have enough stuff on my plate with my two horses and two sale ponies.
when will it all end?

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Study Habits;

I'm such a bad procrastinator... Like some consider me a PRO at it (; but seriously I sat around and did nothing yesterday (it was raining and I couldn't ride) so instead of studying I slept and watched episodes of The Lying Games. Now it's crunch time. I have my Interpersonal Communication Exam I'm an hour and a half and instead of studying I'm blogging about it. How constructive right? This is why I have such awful tension/stress headaches every single day. It's also why my wardrobe that I choose to wear screams "BUM."
Time to change? Maybe.
New Goal: Be more studious.

Have a good day y'all!
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PS- 98% chance I fail this exam ....

The worst part is that I'm OCD Major about my notes and their organization.... then I don't study.

New Years Resolutions..... In March

Okay, so here's to new beginnings right? How about a new blog. An actual blog, not a tumblr. Big difference. 

I had my list of New Years Resolutions laid out in my head (bad decision, I'm a list person; I'm very visual. I need to be able to see goals to reach them) but anyways, at the top of my list was starting a blog & also keeping a written journal.

So here's to checking one (or half of one off the list because the other half is keeping it active). 

I'm also kind of superstitious(as in I believe in luck, promises, not telling wishes. I guess that could be considered superstition?) and I thought maybe if I didn't tell any one my Resolutions that maybe I'd actually get them accomplished. So much for that one. 

So cheers to a new blog, a new year, new ideas, new goals, new growth, and a new life direction.... or at least some of those new things!

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