Monday, November 25, 2013

Catching up: Part one!

So. I'm waiting on some work to get spit out by the computer, so I might as well update this terribly dusty blog. :)

A lot of the last time-period-since-I-last-wrote has been spent nursing either myself or Apollo. I got sick for a week or so, and I managed to miss the last chance at cross-country schooling for this year. Bleh. But I'd have been a mess for it if I'd gone, so better to stay home. There will be more time.

But the week after that lesson I missed, I caught a great showjumping-on-grass lesson! Apollo was a very, very good boy, as usual. After our first time around a few fences, MT pointed out some changes I needed to make with my leg (like, yknow, USE it, and use it all the way through a jump, not just at the beginning), and we proceeded to have a wonderful lesson! We jumped some rather large fences, for us, up to 2'11-3' or so! Yay us. :) Seriously, I'm super proud of Apollo and of myself. We've both come a very long way in the year and change that I've had him.

After that, I had to put my head down and focus on work for a week or so, and after THAT, this year's Ordeal began ...

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    1. I even have two whole entries detailing the Ordeals ready to post! :)

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    2. And they have PICTURES. You've seen them on FB, but still. :)

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  2. You guys have done so awesome and so much together :)

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    1. Thank you -- I do love that horse, probably more than is exactly healthy. :)

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  3. Yay, 2'11", 3' is plenty big to me!

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    1. Heh -- I totally agree. :) It sure does put the smaller fences in perspective, though. They're suddenly non-intimidating!

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