It's Been Awhile

Gee, it's been quite some time since I've updated.
Suzie moved to Maryland a few weeks after my last post, and I was barnless for at least a month, maybe more. During that time I went on trail rides with some of my friends and rode my other friend's horse, but other than that I wasn't riding much. I found a barn to work at, but I didn't end up liking it very much. A few weeks later I went to check out my friend's old barn, and I love it there. I've been riding a little chestnut gelding named Dar, and he's got lots of personality. We're working on getting him to relax his back, lengthen his stride, and bending. He's excellent to the left, but is alot stiffer and harder to keep out on the rail to the right. He's gotten quite a bit better since the first time I rode him, and I have so much fun on him.

In my lesson on Sunday we did a small jump course, starting with little cross rails and then moving up to small verticals, around 2'3"ish. Despite being a little rusty, I felt good once we got going. I need to work a bit on seeing my distances and not going up into my two point until I feel the horse start to take off. Marina invited me to do their jumper show on the 22nd, and I'm definitely considering it. It will depend on what time of day they start, as I have volleyball on Sunday mornings.

So despite not being able to ride with any of my old barn friends anymore, I'm still enjoying myself, and I think I'll fit in just fine at the new barn. I still get to see all my old friends, too. Becky and I are headed down to Hannah's on Friday for the night, and we might do a little photo shoot with Rudy. Oh, and Suzie promised to send me a picture of Justin in his lesson this week.

Which reminds me, my lovely baby boy has found a new home. A boy in Maryland bought him from Suzie a few weeks ago, and Justin is going to be a fox hunter now! They're going to truck him over for weekly lessons, but otherwise Jman will be living happily on a big farm with three other horses. The best part is, I might be able to ride him this summer during camp because his new owner goes to camp for the summer and wants to keep Justin in work.