Sunday, August 8, 2010

Oh My Goodness!

I am alive, I really am! My Goodness, I haven't updated in more than a month, or something insane like that! But I do have an excuse, although it may not be very good. I have been super crazy busy as of late.. Two days a week I have been riding along with a local Equine Veterinarian, to earn credits for school, and because I want to be a vet tech one of these days. Then two other days of the week I got a job working at a little retail clothing store. And my last day of the week I have been riding my friend's horses because she broke her leg and needs them to be exercized. And the weekend? Ok, well I have no excuse for the weekends, other than it's my only days to get other things done. But enough excuses for one day.
I've been riding Gypsy as usual. On the ...4th? A few days ago I had the Equine Chiropractor out for Gypsy, and boy did she need it. My poor mare had almost everything on her right side out- ribs, her shoulder, her hips, her withers.. Which explains why going to the right is her worse side. So Gypsy got all adjusted up and got two days off work, and I rode her yesterday and she was very good! Her trot seemed much smoother and easier to me, and today was even better! So yay for that. I am just itching to take her to a schooling show...but! I just forgot, ha, I am scheduled to take her to a schooling dressage show on the first weekend in September, down near Estacada. YAY! I am super excited for that, and hopefully she will do really well. We will just do training level test, since thats only walk/trot.
Oh and speaking of Gypsy, I have been riding her over jumps now!! It is so much fun, and she really seems to enjoy it. I have ridden her over...oh, probably 2 feet or so at the most so far. I set up little jumps in my arena, and once I put a bunch in the pasture that we hopped over. She is learning really well and is pretty brave about it all.
I've also been riding my friend's horses, like I said. That includes Tar the ginormous Clydesdale, Merlin the love of my life Gypsy Vanner, Romeo, Major, and Poseidon the Tennessee Walkers... and yes. Poseidon is a little bit loco, be he is SO gaited that he is fun anyways. And Major is the only one that isn't really trained.
And lets see.. I've been working at the fair, but this year I'm not assigned to helping and cleaning around the horse barns, this year I'm driving a shuttle from the barns to the parking lot for all the 4H people and such. It's the easiest, cushiest job ever. Awesome.
Besides all that... Nothing really huge has been happening. Just a busy summer full of trying to make enough money so that I won't need to live in a cardboard box when I move back to school in September. But on the plus side, I will have more time to update once I move back. Ha.

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