Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Holy Fried Raisins Batman!

So many things to discussssssss!!

First, we have reached 30 followers! OMG we are famous!!! Ha, not really (compared to like, Denali or Gogo) but I thank you all for being interested in what I have to say and giving us many compliments. Ponyface thanks you :)

Secondly, college can go die.

Thirdly, I have discovered my brave little fart face's only fear. Rain drops. Yeah WTF right? Last night I was running on 3 hours of sleep and felt like a zombie so I figured riding would be not such a good idea and would be about as productive as watching grass grow. I just got MY BRAND NEW LUNGE LINE (WOOT) and decided to put it to use. I was all ready for a nice relaxing lunge sesh, since he hadn't been ridden in like a bagillion days, but what I got was a snorty, fire breathing, high trotting, head in the rafters pony from hell. THAT was unexpected.


ACK!! RAINDROPS FALLINGZ ON MAH HEAD!

Took me a minute to figure out what the hell is problemo was, since he is literally afraid of nothing (pretty sure I am afraid of more things...needles, the dark, thunderstorms, college, failure, etc). At first I thought it was his shadow on the wall since it was dark out, but it was the raindrops from the roof hitting the side of the arena. I guess at night raindrops sound like something you might find in your closet, as he was certain the wall was going to eat him for dinner.

He just would not settle, bolting all around actin' a fool. I always give him 2 "grace moments", meaning he gets, two bolts, two bucks, two times not getting the transition right away, and then after that, it is unacceptable. He spooked and twice and that was the end of that. I am a FIRM believer in ask, tell, make. The asking was his two bolts. I asked nicely to calm down and he did not listen. Tell was me giving a jerk on the line and stepping in front of his shoulder (usually the shoulder step makes him stop immediately). MAKE, was me majorly jerking on his face and releasing pressure AS SOON AS he gives. I did this for about 20 min. and he eventually got the idea that spooking was a no-no and relaxing like a good brave event horse was good. I was very happy to end the workout with him chewing the bit, accepting it and trotting/cantering in a very relaxed manner.

Fourthly and fifthly, I have been asked to be a demo rider for Cheryl's ICP clinic with Brian Sabo. WOOT! Hopefully lots of fancy rfamous peoples will be there to see me and my awesomeness. Ha, well really I di hope there will be important people there. I am always looking for ways to network more! Also, the Equine Affaire coordinator emailed ME, asking if I want to ride in the Reese Koffler Stanfield clinic. UM...YES! It is a dressage clinic about relaxing the event horse in the dressage arena. I love E.A. :) Only problem is that if I do that, I will have to miss TWO days of class, and I am not really comfortable with that :( College is kickin' my ass and two whole days would not be good. All my profs are super nice though (exception, my spanish prof) so they will prolly give me leeway.

Anyways, that was an exceptionally long post. Sorry, hope I didn't bore ya'll, I usually put in more pics...I am a picture person. My brain wanders if I have to read more than like 3 paragraphs, haha. Squirrel.

16 comments:

  1. MISS THE TWO DAYS!!! For serious. You have lots of days of college. Yeah, it sucks a little, but just make sure you make the other days (no skipping just for giggles) and you'll be fine.

    So happy for you guys!!

    Izzy is totally fine with rain on the roof--it's snow sliding that gets her goat every. single. time.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Love that photo. Hilarious that he's afraid of rain drops.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Glad you guys stuck it out and got through the horse eating wall phase. We have had horse eating tarps, and kitties jumping out of bushes and other fun things so I defintely get the imaginary murderous phantoms. I agree, miss the two days!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Congrats on the clinics! I agree...ask, tell, MAKE. Thas right!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I agree too, I shall skip ye classes. Def. worth it! Thanks for the input guys!
    As for spooky horses, I know how it goes! Man, silly ponies. He was fantastic today though :D
    And I am glad you agree Stacey, most people don't. They usually think, MAKE all the time or always ASK. Weirdos.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Dude, I'd excuse myself from those two days of classes!!! It'll be some work making it up, but imagine the regret!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Yup I would totally skip the two days of classes! Have fun at the clinics (because we so know you're doing both!).

    I'm a picture person too, but I stuck with you lol. :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. I use the same..ask, tell, kick yo' ass.
    Rain, huh? Funny!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Heya i'm for the first time here. I found this board and I find It truly helpful & it helped me out a lot. I hope to provide one thing again and aid others like you helped me.

    my webpage :: germany

    ReplyDelete
  10. Hi there it's me, I am also visiting this web page on a regular basis, this web site is genuinely pleasant and the viewers are in fact sharing fastidious thoughts.

    Visit my webpage ... travel

    ReplyDelete
  11. Article writing is also a excitement, if you be acquainted with afterward you can write otherwise
    it is complicated to write.

    Feel free to surf to my web-site ... vakantie frankrijk

    ReplyDelete
  12. It's truly a great and useful piece of info. I am happy that you simply shared this helpful information with us. Please keep us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.

    Here is my website :: francesca battistelli lyrics

    ReplyDelete
  13. Hi there, just became alert to your blog through Google, and found that
    it's really informative. I'm gonna watch out for brussels.
    I'll appreciate if you continue this in future. Many people will be benefited from your writing. Cheers!

    Also visit my webpage: public holidays france june 2013

    ReplyDelete
  14. I am sure this article has touched all the internet users, its really really pleasant article on building
    up new blog.

    Also visit my weblog - vakantiehuizen huren

    ReplyDelete
  15. Greetings! Very helpful advice in this particular article!
    It is the little changes that will make the most important changes.
    Thanks for sharing!

    Review my web blog; vakantiehuisje frankrijk ()

    ReplyDelete
  16. Hi there! I know this is kinda off topic but I was wondering which blog platform
    are you using for this site? I'm getting sick and tired of Wordpress because I've had
    problems with hackers and I'm looking at alternatives for another platform. I would be awesome if you could point me in the direction of a good platform.

    My web-site - vakantiehuizen

    ReplyDelete