Ready for Tomorrow

MEGAN: Today, I was in charge of Charlie Brown, a hunter, in addition to Simba. So, hay, water, and stall cleaning took a bit longer than usual today. In addition, the hallway was a mess, and I swept it out. After helping with turnouts, I handwalked and rode Simba. Today was better than yesterday- not that better means much of anything in this situation. I hope to have an even better ride tomorrow- more sensitivity to a light leg would be appreciated. My attitude is also very important- and now, let me say: He will go well tomorrow. He is a good horse and he and I will work together to have a good, productive ride. I will keep my position and determination when he resists and we will have a good, forward, energetic ride. After cooling Simba out and taking care of him and Charlie, I rode Atticus. He was very good, soft and light in the hand and to the leg- but I only rode him lightly. Then I took Ivan out for a hack and cleaned two stalls for horses coming in for the Michael Poulin clinic tomorrow. I then filled out entries for the Windy Hollow Hunt show and, after calling both Annie and the show secretary, Nikki mailed it for me. With that all taken care of, I helped clean in the arena for the clinic and tacked up Charlie for Nikki to ride. After a quick chat with Mom, I ran for about 40 minutes and showered, then waited for Mr. Poulin to arrive. Annie, Mica, Rachel and I all went to Lucia’s for dinner. I got a spinach salad with cheese, poached pears, asparagus, mushrooms, bacon, and artichoke. Oh, it was soooo delicious. Then Mr. Poulin showed us some videos- a German training video, a beautiful video about nature and finally, one of him showing Graf George at Gladstone in 1993! It was a hot, long day but I look forward to tomorrow!

SIMBA: Mom just won’t give up. She works me so hard in this hot, humid weather. I just am not ready to believe her- I really do not want to go. I feel bad because I am giving her a hard time. That is not my intention; I just do not want to work. As I have stated before, nowhere in the job description is excess amounts of energy mentioned. Ah, well. I am sure we will come to an agreement eventually, but until then, I believe it will be a battle of the wills. After a nice meal, I am off to sleep (my favorite thing to do other than eat- and eat…) early. Good night!