Balancing Life

MEGAN: After spending the morning scrubbing arena ledges, Rachel and I did turnouts and watched the clinic. I was able to watch two of the same rides I saw yesterday with great improvement from the previous day. Then Annie helped me with Simba, who was honestly forward!! YAY!! She gave me advice on structuring my ride, instead of slowly progressing through movements, which was very helpful. After talking to Simon’s mom about YDF, I curried Simba, gave him lunch, and was able to watch the rest of the clinic. (Simon is the boy who rides Danny, the Connemara stallion who I rode last summer, and is on my team for the Festival. The team is Simon, Rachel, Rachel's brother, and me). After feeding, I went home for a nice hard run over hills and a cool shower. Lendon and I enjoyed baked ziti for dinner, then after a bit of redecorating and fundraiser planning, Rachel and I went to bed early. It has been a long week, and though I have accomplished a lot running-wise and at the stable, school work has received very little attention. But, until the fundraiser is over, that may just be the way things are.

SIMBA: Like all good teachers, I am thrilled to see so much improvement. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned before, this entails much more work on my part. A simple ride becomes more effort when moving with forward energy. I hear that we have a show soon- I can’t decide whether to be happy or annoyed. I will get back to you on that. I really enjoyed the nice, cool breeze today. The weather was beautiful for a change- amazingly, there was no rain. Well, I am drifting off to enjoy a night's rest. Tomorrow will bring another update!