I go to school in semi-rural KY, in a town that is not well equipped to handle snow (or ice, or sleet, or any combination of wintery shit that falls from the sky). We got almost a foot of snow on Monday and ever since then, we have pretty much been trapped on campus. A foot of snow even warranted TWO snow days (supposedly only the 2nd or 3rd time classes have been canceled since the civil war). If that wasn't bad enough, we've also been lucky enough to experience record breaking low temperatures. I had an 8 A.M. class on Friday morning... the actual temperature was -18 degress. Let's not even talk about wind chill. Kentucky is officially going to get kicked out of the south, y'all.
This was our snow day last year, the first in the school's history. My roommate and I were on the college website #15minutesoffame
Our snow day(s) this year have been a little more intense (notice my hair matted with ice)
Anyways, I digress. The point of this post is that until yesterday, I hadn't seen my horse for a week and I'm pretty sure he hadn't seen much of the world outside of his stall until I decided that we should traipse around in the snow... yes, I'm crazy. I obviously trust my horse A LOT, but bless his heart, he didn't put a toe out of line. Here are some pictures of our snowy adventure:
this was a pond
can i eat this
goob
snowstache
Tim says 'fuck this. Take me back to Florida'
this is the most snow I've ever seen (besides when I went skiing in CO)
And for good measure, here's a video of Tim and his bestie, Tiamo, having a grand ol' time in the indoor
Octoberfest was a total success!! We finished on our dressage score of 37.5, in 8th place, and had an absolutely fantastic XC round. Tim was nicely forward and willing the whole way around, with none of the stupid looky stuff from last time. I did circle twice (which you'll see in the videos) because I'm constantly worried about getting time penalties for going too fast. He's such a good horse... I am so fortunate to have him!
Posting this again because I love it SOOOO much!
Some awkward fences at first (didn't get to warm-up properly) but 2nd half of the course was lovely
We finally went XC schooling yesterday for the first time since AUGUST. Yes, August. Luckily, Tim was sound and fabulous, yet I couldn't help but be incredibly frustrated with myself. I think he would literally jump anything for me, but for some reason I still have a lot of trouble controlling my nerves.
I put so much pressure on myself when it comes to riding my own horse. I think it comes down to caring so much... maybe too much? For example, I rode that chestnut horse I posted some pictures of last time we tried to go XC schooling. I had a blast and did the most I've ever done on cross country, actually tackling some technical questions and having a great time. I didn't sweat the small stuff. So we got an awkward distance or that fence didn't ride super well... I was able to either redo it and make it better or move on and put it behind us.
Something is different with Tim. I take everything so much more seriously and find myself not even wanting to try because I'm afraid it won't go well. I need to get as far away from this attitude as I possibly can, because how are we ever going to compete successfully if I think like that? We're not. This is a hard question/issue to tackle and something I have struggled with for a long time. If any of you have advice/suggestions or have dealt with similar feelings (which I'm sure you have), I would love to hear it!
Hey everyone! Timmers and I made the trip to school on Sunday and are back at CVF. Due to pre-recruitment sorority stuff and lots of ice/snow/general nastiness, I haven't done anything with Tim since I unloaded him from the trailer on Sunday afternoon :( However, I do have a rather long video of me riding Houston on Saturday, so enjoy!
And some pictures from the past week or so:
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Anyone who follows me on Instagram knows I cut my hair off... yep, 12ish inches!!
