Jump lesson!

We had a great jump lesson this morning with S! She's always so positive, fun, and really good at instilling confidence over fences. We did a couple of different courses and the biggest thing I learned was that I need to ride in my jump saddle more... I've been trying to focus so much on dressage that I ride in my jump saddle maybe every two weeks, possibly less. This meant that approximately 5 minutes into my lesson, my legs were screaming in protestation.

Regardless, it was really rewarding and I can't believe how far we've come! I used to be scared to jump baby x's... now it's pretty rare for me to feel any anxiety about jumping because I trust Tim SO much. I'd say he's worth keeping around and he definitely deserved his own blog title ;) S was kind enough to take some videos, so here ya go:

You can tell we were really struggling with arguably the easiest jump on the course (the last one) =/ he kept diving right at the last second and just would not stay on the line I wanted him on 

Definitely the best! This one pretty much felt perfect 

M.I.A.

Yes, I'm alive. So is Tim, in case you were concerned for his safety after my last post. Things have been cray at school with move-in and new classes (mostly gauging my profs to figure out what I can/cannot get away with), as well as the unfortunate situation that I had to come back to school without my laptop while Apple replaced the track pad. That was the primary reason for my absence from my blog - and all of your blogs - because I really can't deal with the shittiness of the iPad Blogger app and would rather be absent for a week than throw my iPad out the window in a fit of frustration.

Since then, I managed to find my Mean Girl Pants and kick Timberly's cranky old man butt (yes, that is one of his nicknames, originated by Kimmie). Let's just say that my last day at the home barn, we made some huge progress on the spinning front. Tim threw in some mean spins and even a tiny little rear, but I finally found/used my voice. Imagine me screaming "GEEEEETTTTTTTT" about 5 octaves lower than my normal voice... Yep. It worked! Since that day, no spinning, even when I have deliberately put him in situations where I thought he might at least try. 

I might actually have this embroidered on the butt of my XC breeches. 

We have had some really great rides this past week since moving back to CVF :) Lots of hacks, fun times, and some more progress towards hacking out alone. In other news, we also have a cute freshman guy who joined the barn crew... riding with a guy is super weird, but he's very nice and fits right in. I'll update with more details later, but here are some pictures from the last week! 

We're like some sort of gang. The CVF crew. 

So incredibly fortunate to ride in such a beautiful area 

SHINYYYY

So freaking cute

We even conquered the front field all by ourselves :)! #proudmama  

The CVF girls go for a hack :)