Until Further Notice

The title of this post sounds rather grim, when really I'm feeling anything but :) I had a GREAT lesson today on the lunge line, and holy mother of God am I sore. I'm not talking any easy ol' lunge lesson, I'm talking 50 minutes of nearly constant WTC work in the dressage saddle, sans stirrups. The title of my post of course refers to my recent decision to take the stirrups off of my dressage saddle indefinitely. To kick off this time of torture, I texted G a few days ago and her actual response was, "sure, I'll torture you." Not only was today the warmest day we've had this year, but the weather has been so crazy that it went from low 30s early last week to 85 today... not enough time for my body to adjust and Limerick used it as an excuse to be lazier than usual!

However, the warm weather makes me soooooo happy. Limerick is now shedding his wooly mammoth coat, it's warm enough to hose him off after a ride if necessary, and I can now ride until 8:00 if I feel like it :) I don't have much else to update other than we have another lesson on Saturday with S! I've been riding consistently and had a great conditioning ride on Monday, involving an hour or so of work out in the expansive fields behind the barn. Limerick was once again lazy, but we cantered and cantered and cantered around the uneven terrain, which allowed me to practice slightly leaning back as we went downhill, something that used to terrify me. I'll update after my lesson and will hopefully have some videos or pictures to share, as my parents and sister are coming to visit/watch!

Here are the videos from today (if you only have time to watch one, watch the last one... you'll see why):