Ahhh Christmas is in the air!.T minus 4 days until I leave for my visit to LA. I am so exited! I get to see some of my friends and family. In addition, I am excited to say that Robby gets to go as well. He will leave on Christmas day. I am so happy that we get to celebrate Christmas together. But it’s also cool that I will have a few days to visit with my friends before he gets there. Princess Sydney will be staying with Michael, Rob’s dad. I wish Sydney could come but I am sure she will do just fine with Michael. I will still be a worrywart though, it’s my nature. The only issue I am having is the care of my horse. I have not found anyone to take care of him. I have a couple people I am still going to call to see if they can care for Ferris while I am gone. If not he will just sit there in the pasture with no human contact other then the dude who feeds and cleans. Man if he has to sit all five days, he sure is going to be a handful and a half to ride when I get back.
On the subject of Ferris, he is doing incredibly well with his training! We have been hitting the trails whenever it is not raining. I really enjoy working with his horse. On Monday, we both actually took a spill on the trail. We were riding on slippery ground, I accidently spooked him and when he jumped he actually slipped and fell to the ground. And me with him of course. I hit my head really hard. But as soon as I hit the ground, I was up in record speed. And the cool thing is that Ferris stayed and did not run off. After I made sure we were both ok, I mounted back on and we finished are ride and it was lovely. Good thing I was actually wearing my helmet. When you are working with young horses, you got to expect a spill or two I guess. He is a really smart horse though when it comes to learning new things. I cannot believe we are trail riding out alone. Even with our little accident, I still have incredible trust in him. I know he would never purposely hurt me. He still needs a lot more work to be my next cowboy race champion. Which leads me to my next point……
Lately it has been almost impossible to get Ferris worked when it is raining. The stables have a beautiful covered arena, which is nice for rainy day rides. But the thing is it is ALWAYS unavailable as the people who take lessons get priority. So I either stand out in the rain for several hours in line and wait or I don’t ride at all. Yesterday I got the monthly ranch newsletter in the mail and they have several new rules that I am just so pissed about. First rule is people who take lessons get first priority for arena usage. This I already knew. Now they have periods where non-lesson people are not even allowed to use it or consider using it. Monday-Friday 3-7pm. In addition, all day Saturday. Most of the time I can only go in the afternoon to work him. So that really sucks. Then here is another rule that pisses me off. When lessons are going on in the big arena, you cannot use the round pen next to the arena. That is the only other pen to ride in that is not flooded with water and mud. So where the hell am suppose to ride when it’s raining?? I am so mad. It looks like I will be moving to a new ranch. I know I moved there to be with people but right now I can give a rats ass and would rather ride alone and get my horse worked. And right now I really do not care that all other ranches are more money. I just want to ride and train my horse. Period…
I started my dog training mentor sessions last week and I am really enjoying it. I have a feeling that this is going to be a really good thing for me. And I also worked a 7 hour shift unloading all the Petco store goods. 7 hours of heavy lifting. crazy thing is I sort of enjoyed it. We shall see how all of this fits into my future!
Well I have no clue when I will blog again, maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week. Ill never tell!
Tata for now.
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