Exciting Weekend Ahead!

The early part of this week was kind of lacking in posts because I had tons of school work and the weather sucked. However, the sun finally came out yesterday and the past two days have been gorgeous (knock on wood!). I also had my last test of the week yesterday, chemistry, so I'm in the clear for a while and should get to spend lots of time at the barn in the next couple of weeks :) Random side note, chemistry is by far my worst subject, but I have to take it to major in biology and eventually go to vet school... no fun. I did really well on my test though, and I'm feeling really awesome about how school is going for me right now. Since my last post, Limerick got his hind shoes put back on (YAY FOR NO MORE WRAPPING!) and now has a pad in the one with the abscess, so everyone please cross your fingers that it stays clean and doesn't get infected again. That was Tuesday, and I didn't ride because it was raining, freezing, and windy... probably the least appealing weather imaginable for riding.

Snug like a bug in his Wug :)

love that face so much

He thought it was way too cold for pictures

See that giant hole on the left (his right)? Yeah, that's the abscess!

the pad

Wednesday, I went out on my own but right as I was warming up, Collyn pulled in to the drive and got out to come watch me. She helped me set up a little course of cross rails and baby verticals, and then recorded some of it. Lim was a total jerk though and totally ignored everything I told him to do, so the videos are a total mess... He hadn't eaten yet and really wanted to go out with his friends, so he kept trying to run for the gate and had his eyes fixed outside of the arena the whole time. He also totally plowed around the ring like a freight train/bulldozer. Not a ton of fun, but I was quite entertained by it, which is definitely progress! Just a few short months ago, I would get very tense and upset if anything went wrong or if he did something stupid, but now it's just funny to me. We ended it on a good note and then I cleaned all of my tack and boots, which I had been seriously neglecting.

Today, Kimmie, Kristen, and I all carpooled out to the barn and hacked around for fun. It was really lax and we talked more than we actually rode, but it was a blast! Plus, the sunset was beyond gorgeous and I'm still mad at myself for not taking a picture of it. It was really a perfect ride, capped off by a cool down out into the front field, where we had better access to the sunset and watched it go down. On to my plans for this weekend:

• Ride tomorrow, probably in a field to get out of the ring a little bit
• Lesson with S on Saturday at an away barn, where we'll have access to some XC jumps :)
• Dressage Clinic on Sunday with Collyn... I'm super excited and a little bit nervous!

I'll update soon with lots of pictures and videos! 

Gratuitous awesome Hermes video: