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[Jun. 4th, 2006|06:49 pm]
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So, life's been busy. Happy summer though. ^.^ School is done. Sophomore next year, woot. Report cards came, and I am satisfied. *nods*
Had the Bolshoi Classic show the weekend school got out, and it was amazing. Right after school Friday we trailored the horses over to the show grounds and set up tack and horses. I got to meet Mary and Jenny and see Stefanie again and Carly came along to help as well, so it was all amazing. Ryan, Stef's hony (horse + pony XD), is adorable and a little sweetheart and Shane, Mary's little guy, is an adorable appaloosa. *squee* We all went down to the rings and schooled together on Friday eveing, then went out to a late dinner. Set up=time consuming. We were home around 1 a.m. and asleep around 2, and had to wake up at 5:30. XP We saw a deer coming home though, which was cool.
So Saturday was sorta timeless just flowing by, but amazing. I showed Hughbert and we didn't place, but I'm just happy we did as well as we did in the level we were in (this was my first B level show) with twenty people in the classes. In one class, we would have placed but Hugh picked up the wrong lead in the canter so we were one point below placing. Also, the saddle I was in was a jumper since Hugh fits saddles weird so the judge said to get a new saddle if I wanted to seriously place. XP Sunday I showed Jazz, which sorta went disastrous when I tensed up and Jazz just wanted to go reeaaaally fast, but we got two 2nds, which were by default XDDD, and a third which we earned. ^.^ Yay. I also successfully cantered him in a show with no stirrups, so success! For fun/confidence I showed Hugh in a equitation class Sunday eveing. Eq=tortuuure, but people like to see me do it cuz apparently I'm rather good at it. XP I was still all nervous from the earlier fiasco, so we only placed 6th, but I realized my lead with Hugh for the first time which was amazing, just FYI.
Finally, amazingly, the previous UGA Equestrian Team teacher actually came up to me and complemented me on my equitation. College level teacher complemented me. I nearly died when I realized who he was. And he gave me advice and such to work on calming down and eq. and such. Just...omg. Wow. I mean, he hung out with us for a while because he wanted to be able to talk to me about my riding. Made my day. ^.^
So all in all, came away from the show satisfied, successful, relieved, and extremely tired. Since then I've been sleeping, working on my Health course, helping Tanya wash her puppies XD, visiting with Molly for the first time in forever, riding, and getting ready for camp. (*subliminal messaging* Grem should call meh!) So, honestly. Happy summer yall! <3 |
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