Winter work...

...has been essentially NON EXISTENT with no indoor arena, but we have been touching up showmanship a little. I have set aside a little time Monday and Wednesday mornings to go work with her. So far I have had a little trouble adhering with all the wierdness going on with the weather and being sick, but I still plan to make it a point.

I finally called a trainer to come help me with her when it starts to warm up, not because I want someone to work with HER but because I want someone to help ME become a better, more effective rider and to touch up what I don't notice I am doing wrong. I think Kandi will thanke me for it.

That coach that has been so great for my riding is one I have discovered I need to move on from. This realization has come at a good time since it is my college coach and I am about to graduate. She disagrees with my choice to have a child, and it is clear, especially from her comment, "no one put a gun to your head and made you have that baby." I understand. She has never been a mother and can't understand the joy that my child brings to my life. However, that means we cannot work together like we used to. Horses used to be what was important to me and they still are, but something else MORE important now. I guess I feel sorry for her that she never got to know how being a mother feels. It really is a fairy tale kind of love. Horses are something I can share with her. What a lucky little girl!

I did have a chiro adjust me so that I could be better for Kandi. With the ground having been so muddy, I haven't been able to take a test ride, though. I will update once I know how it works for us. Man, I am itching to get back on my horse and to ride her more often!