I’m really really sore… but I just wanted to make a blog entry.

had a wonderful day.  all weekends should be like this….

riding was awesome.  I had a lesson on Miss.  All I can say is wow.

Miss was fantastic.  I don’t often blog about my trainer but Meredith can definitely get me to trust in myself and Miss and do things that no one else could get me to do.  She inspires courage in me with Miss.  What is great about our relationship is that she doesn’t push me into a meltdown (which these days is alot easier than it used to be).  I honestly cannot remember a single time we have ever been training and I leave in a heaping mess.  This isn’t to say I don’t have bad days or misbehaving ponies…  it’s just that Meredith takes it in stride.  She realizes I’m a work in progress.
(she also knows that sometimes the words that come out of her mouth, go into my ear, process into my brain, brain makes muscles react…  sometimes there is a 10 minute delay in all of that….   :cool  )

I am very much patting myself on the back because very often, I don’t like to “work” in front of an audience of people I know…  I get nervous if I mess up, then I will look like a jerk… or at least a jerk that can’t ride.  But today I had 5 pairs of barn eyes on me… and I didn’t even think about it.  Today I swallowed any negative feelings I had (insecurity, cowardness), tucked it away, looked past the jump and trusted in Miss.
I’m having fun again.

The best part was Lauren had awesome timing and stopped by my barn to see me go over a few….  her compliments mean alot to me….

Afterwards, I went to a scrapbooking party.  Fun times.  Didn’t get much done cause I talked the whole time….

THEN to top off my weekend, Mere left me a way nice message telling me how well I did today and how great Miss looked.

I can’t WAIT for my show season to start.