Holiday Countdown

When I pack up after a long week of overnights, I always mumble and grumble asking myself why. Why am I doing this? Why did I pick this? Will I ever sleep in my own bed again... Or hell... Will I ever have my own apartment at this point? But I turned around this time…

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Lost…

A little lost... I've definitely ridden Cody more than my own horse. You'd think I could say, "Well at least I'm in the saddle" but mentally, it's not the same. Although having my little shadow with me is a definite plus, it's not the same. I keep burying myself in work and not even purposely.…

Some Saddle Time

Thanksgiving always brings late nights and early mornings... Too late... And too early. I think I averaged about 3.5 hours of sleep from Wednesday through Monday morning. Thanksgiving Day wasn't even the craziest of days... It was more the weekend. You don't really think about how much people travel that time of year but holy…

6 Years Ago…

I want to say that I can't believe it's been 6 years but honestly I can't believe that it hasn't been longer. It feels like forever ago I got the "free horse" call... I still remember the first time I saw you. Scared. Worried. Completely broken. Just like me. I didn't know in that moment…

It’s Over

The season that is. Brantley pulled his shit together and was a-okay for our last hunter pace of the season. I told the girls that if I got on and he felt at all off I'd just hang out until they got back but he was rearing to go (almost literally). G and I had…

Looking at the Pros

Brantley is certainly getting fuzzy which could be a fair warning about the upcoming winter. Why do I say that you might ask? Brantley as well as some of the other horses I have the pleasure of working with never get this fuzzy... especially this early in the winter. Plus it's been so warm... I've…

New Jersey Vacation

I had been waiting to head out for months and everything just kept getting in the way... But the last thing I was going to do was tell Lauren that my truck was unable to haul and there was a slight issue with getting a trailer. I knew it was going to work out. It…

All of the Ribbons

Now that our schooling horse trial season is over, it's time to go back to basics and rebuild our bodies. That includes me... I really took a turn for the worse this year (I say as I scoop queso into my mouth with delicious salty tortilla chips... #nojudgementzone). But I'm finally mentally ready to be…

Reflections + 2Pointober

My heart hurts... I know everyone's heart hurts. Just yesterday I was bitching about not wanting to pay $30 for a digital download of our cross-country pictures and then I wake up to... this. I'm asking the same question everyone is asking... why? I'm reading posts about who and what is to blame and know,…

Horse Show Pre-game

*Disclosure: I used my phone for this entry... Sorry* So we all know about horse show hangover... but what do you guys do when it comes to the pregame. Do you work weekends like me where you cram everything into the trailer the night before and pray you don't forget anything? Or do you have…