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What do you do when your trainer is sick with a 102* fever and lessons are cancelled for the week? Take an obscene number of pictures of course. This is his "I gave you one clean lead change today, now leave me alone" face. Yeah, Coach S was bed ridden all of last week. Usually when lessons are cancelled, we just get to do a make-up lesson before the end of the semester, but we had an upcoming show, so she gave us the option to do a practice ride. One of the girls in my lesson has been on edge about Regionals and wanted to ride, so three of our usual seven person lesson ended up going. Gonna be honest, I did two practice rides last semester, but both were cut short. During the first one, my horse was at the back of a big ass field and proceeded to charge me when I went to get her. During the second one, we spent approximately 30 minutes reminiscing with Coach S about her wild life story. Needless to say, it's been a while since I've had to get on a horse san...

Just to be clear, I had my spur of the moment room de-clutter two summers ago in 2017 when I was experiencing my first quarter life crisis. Since then, I've accumulated . . . . more things. I write this as I'm one day into my second quarter life crisis; one entire dresser is already cleared out. It would be two dressers except I have one drawer that's entirely riding clothing. Nevermind the bridle that’s sat dormant in my closet for four years. Let’s not even talk about my basket of mostly unused saddle pads. In my defense, I collect breeches as a form of self care . Remember when I rode in jeans? Y'all wanna go back to this? Truthfully, I haven’t accumulated that much stuff, it’s just that I don’t use these things as much as I used to. What I like about the method is the part where you give thanks to items that you plan to get rid of. It does feel weird to part with things that I genuinely bought with good intentions, like my 2 for $22 baby pads that I purchased...

Boring month, tbh Song: Sushi by Lu Kang feat. Lord Slugg, Flowerchile & Kuljon

Favorite show picture Misfits Favorite non-show picture A very tolerant Murry Favorite thing you bought Y'all already saw me gush over my new pants. Favorite moment on horseback Being on horseback, tbh Favorite moment out of the saddle Favorite “between the ears” picture Genuinely loved my lesson group from this semester Favorite horse book or article 2018: The Year of Confusion from A Yankee In Paris. As I've just decided to pursue my PhD and went through some rough health things this year, it was refreshing to not feel alone. Favorite horse ridden (or groomed/cared for) aside from your own Favorite funny picture of your horse Not my horse but you get the idea Favorite fence that you successfully jumped or movement that you conquered Every fence felt like an accomplishment Favorite horse meme or funny picture

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There's always a good deal of excitement that comes with a new horse, especially in a schooling barn. Add to that the fact that my trainer has loads of friends on the A circuit who like to retire their horses into her lesson program. But then there's also a good deal of anxiety because a) I'm me and b) I saw the corkscrew bit before I saw the horse and also c) I'm me . So yes, very exciting but also slightly terrifying. But then, I saw THAT FACE, and who can resist an actual unicorn? This is Wizard a.k.a. The Wiz a.k.a. Wiz Kid a.k.a. Harry Potter a.k.a any other ridiculous nickname I can come up with before his owner thinks I'm weird and takes him back. He's a something warmblood that's done a bunch of amateur owner things on the A circuit. Very steady, very reliable, a real good boy. Laid back enough that I tacked him up in the stall without tying him. But, again, the anxiety set in the moment I went to mount up. Now, here's where I realized...

October was lit & November better match Song: "Ready Yet" by Sasha Sloan (San Holo remix) https://soundcloud.com/sasha-sloan/ready-yet-san-holo-remix