I drafted a blog the other day, but it bored me to write. I can't imagine trying to read it. The gist of it was that ZB and I aren't really doing much because blah blah blah excuses.
And I thought.
I hate excuses.
What's the real issue here?
It's not that "waaaaah it's hot and I'm tired and I'm not a pro and my legs aren't strong enough to make my horse go forward and I'm tired of kicking" because you know what.
She goes just fine when I ask her to.
It's definitely that I'm bored to tears of going in circles and soldiering away in the summer dust for some abstract goal of impressing a judge at a show I literally don't want to go to, even if there wasn't a pandemic, which there is.
So if I don't want to go to a show and I don't want to do mindless circles in the dust, what do I want to do?
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| Go on hacks |
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| PLAY LEGOS |
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| Get dressed up in jump tack |
Instead of doing arena exercises, what do I want to address today? What sparks my interest and engages my horse?
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| O HAI FANCY LADY HORSE |
All of a sudden, I have a willing partner going forward and I'm happy in the work too.
My low-key goals for the year are to take a couple of jump lessons and get ZB to a cross country facility to get exposed to ditches, banks, and water. New barn buddy Nadia is all on board for that, so hopefully there will be epic media when it happens.
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| R BEEBEH EVENT HORSE HA |
My other low key goal for the year is to dress ZB up for some over the top photo shoot with long flowing locks and I dunno, flowers in her mane or something. If the hair is giving you a twitch, well, get used to it because I love it.
I mean. Who isn't excited for fancy new ZB media? She's literally the world's cutest full size horse.
dying a little over the 'play legos' 😂 😂
ReplyDeleteYou park her near ANYTHING and it’s getting played with. One of my favorite features, probably not anyone else’s.
DeleteI haven't been blogging much either. I don't know what i want to write about. sigh.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with that.
DeleteI'm glad you've found what is making you and the ZB lady very happy 😁 do more of that, take pictures, and share with us 🤩
ReplyDeleteAlways pictures.
DeleteI couldn't agree more. Boo on endless circles and work you don't really want to be doing. And I LOVE her mane. I think daisies would look stunning in it ;)
ReplyDeleteThey really would, wouldn’t they?
DeleteI think you are right where you are meant to be, happy. ZB looks great and if you want to show, show. If you don't do things that are fun, develop your horse, and make you happy. Ultimately you are the real winner and ZB hit the jackpot.
ReplyDeleteShe is the most fun.
DeleteJust popping in to say I love how happy you are with ZB, and really, you beign happy with your horse is all that matters :)
ReplyDelete<3 She is wonderful.
DeleteLove that green pasture. Wish we had more of that here. Those goals sound just great too :) I'm pretty tired of endless circles myself lol
ReplyDeleteMy BO definitely works hard on maintaining that. It is not the natural state of the desert for sure.
DeleteOne of my favorite things to do as a kid was take my gelding and dress him up with lilacs in the spring.
ReplyDeleteSo yes, absolutely do the photoshoot and dress up ZB! Kids shouldn't get all the fun :D
DOES SHE NEED A PURPLE SPARKLE BRIDLE
DeleteMAYBE
Advantage adult: I can buy all the things kid-me only dreamed about. Ha.
YES PLEASE! ADVENTURE TIME!
ReplyDeleteI want to go to hubbard habitat (is that what it's called) and Duck Alley and ALL THE THINGS. June is over endless circles and me telling her what to do all the time. Lets figure out an outing SOON
100% down.
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