Yearly Archives: 2010
Fall Apart and Annoyed
| February 24, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
As you can guess, Day 4 is all about my carefully laid plans falling apart. Allergy meds made me stupid and groggy. I anticipated that, which is why I started Monday. However they also made me sleep through my alarm, which means my trailer will NOT be going into the shop to get the […] more
Regrets
| February 23, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Five days before a big race – such as a 100 – I start thinking of all those things I should have done to prepare, now that it’s too late. It will be interesting to look at this post-100 next week to see what really mattered…. Things I wish I had been able to […] more
What!!!!!
| February 19, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You have GOT to be KIDDING!!!!!! This week has been a glorious orgy of spring weather – sunny, warm, trees a’bloomin’ and ponies a’shedding Imagine my dismay when I woke up and the ground outside the weather looked especially damp, as if it had RAINED. Imagine my HORROR when I looked at the […] more
Jekyll and Hyde
| February 18, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Is this why people own geldings? Because they get to ride the same horse every day? Farley was (unpredictably) a complete witch yesterday about arena work. Maybe she was a bit sore from our work on Monday. Maybe the footing wasn’t exactly to her liking (it was compacted, but better than the regular arena […] more
Conditioning ride!
| February 16, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s a sad state indeed when non-horsey people see a dismounted rider and assume something is wrong. Riders – I implore you to dismount and work on your own fitness! It should not be a shocking sight to witness someone dismounted on the trail tailing up an ascent. Panic should not cross the poor […] more
Writing Discipline
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Lately, I’ve had that feeling I imagine any blogger has had, if they’ve blogged long enough. There must be a finite amount of ideas to write about in my particular subject…..when am I going to run out of new stuff to say? Will it be today? tomorrow? next week? There can’t be that much to say […] more
You get what you pay for – sometimes
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Two things happened yesterday 1. My trainer told me it’s time to start working on our stretchy trot! Whoohoo! More than anything I feel like this signifies that I have moved up a level in dressage. Not only do I have 3 decent gaits (and a canter transition that is *almost* there), I get to […] more
