Beach Day!

No, this post has nothing to do with ponies. But I am attempting to be slightly better about updating my blog....not always the easiest task when there is still no internet at home. But now I am in Seaside at my grandpa's beach house with all the family. Its a big 'christmas in July, in August' get-together. Pretty fun, good to see everybody. It would be fun to have a pony or two here, so we could ride around and gallop on the beach. Seaside is a really pretty beach. But the reason for that is horses aren't allowed...or cars. Longbeach is the pony and car beach, hence why it is ugly.
Don't think anything too exciting pony-wise has happened... The pasture at home is getting brown and toasty and non-existant. Bad day. So my boyfriend and I will have to make our very first hay purchase all on our own. Not really looking forward to that, but the ponies gotta eat!
Back to normal life tomorrow. Sad day. I could handle staying here for a week.

So Long, Rain!

Well I drove home today with Allie, the new dachshund pup. I got to ride and work Gypsy a little, and it was amazing! She again decided to shock and awe me with her willingness, quietness, and responsiveness. I went out to the arena (that also now houses a boat in the corner....bah) with Allie. The pup thought it might be fun to chase Gypsy around while I lunged. Gypsy was a saintly little pony and was trying to step around and avoid Allie, but the dumb dog ran right in front and got stepped on. Fabulous, lets crunch the tiny paw with a thousand pounds of horse. So Allie is limping around like tripod-dog, but I don't feel all that bad. She's got to figure out somehow that it's not okay to chase the horses. I think she will be fine later, it's probably just real sore right now.
But I hopped on Gypsy and she was great! Being super sensitive to me asking her to lower her head and neck. I got her to loosen up and walk out a little (she gets so 'stuck' at the walk and has a hard time relaxing into it). We did some two-trackey, side pass type stuff, then trotted around so very nicely. And of course, when my dad poked his head into the barn, Gypsy got all distracted and a teensy bit naughty when dad was watching. But she was actually really easy to get re-focused again. Yay! Then I rode her outside, bareback and all, and down the road a little. She was great! Who ever said horses had to be crazy with months of no riding? It is doing Gypsy a WORLD of good!
And now its vacation time! Tonight me, my mom, and sister are getting on a plane to California, and then tomorrow we are hopping on a cruiseship! I am spending my spring break jetting around Mexico on a luxurious awesome cruise ship. YAY! So very excited.