Teaching Woes

MEGAN: My day began as usual, caring for my beautiful boy. Then I turned out the three ponies and fed the cats in Mica’s barn who acted as though they had never seen food before! After raking down the track, I cleaned Simba’s stall and took him for a handwalk. The weather was gorgeous, misty and cool, and apparently the grass was as delicious as ever. Upon returning to the barn I was greeted excitedly by Jake, the Hunter’s barn manager Cathy’s dog. They had been away at a show for two weeks, and we had made friends before he left. It appears that he remembers me!! Simba and I then did hills with Eubie and Laura, and then I hacked Chuck with Emma. Laundry came next, then a nice meeting with Heather and Rachel over lunch regarding the fundraiser, which is Sunday! We now have face painting, massage, and fortune telling on the agenda. It is starting to sound like a carnival! Mica is gone today, so I am also in charge of scooping and cleaning in her barn throughout the day. More laundry and fundraiser stuff later, I got on Simba to warm him up for my lesson with Lendon. Though we had some nice moments, I ended the lesson very frustrated with myself. Good riding can’t be that difficult, right? As my mother would say, though, if it was easy everyone would do it. *sigh* Ending the day with feeding and cleaning in Mica’s barn, Nikki then took Rachel and I to the Bakery, Horse Connection, Frame Shop and Near and Natural to check in for the fundraiser. The Horse Connection gave us a beautiful Joules coat, light blue and a large. I love it!!! On the way home the Hardware called me and asked me to come pick up a gift certificate. Rachel and I braved the traffic and walked, then returned home to clean for Lendon. I caught up on fundraiser stuff, going for a run later in the evening, and am now ready for bed. What a day- long, hard, but one more day in an uphill direction, right!? I sure hope so!

SIMBA: Although I enjoy my walks, this work stuff is boring. Lendon keeps telling Mom to make every step count- do lots of stuff in a short amount of time, then put me away. I like that idea, but for some reason my mother finds that concept to be a bit of a challenge. She does not get on me with a lesson plan- like a teacher going in front of a class having no idea what to teach for the day. As mom has often complained to me about in regard to school, that is one of the most difficult things to deal with as a student. Though I am most defiantly the teacher in this situation, she is in charge of or rides. So, she had better get her act together- not only for her sake, but for Lendon’s and mine!!