My legs hurt :(
You might have noticed that most of the time when I have pain to bitch about its horse related…maybe I should take the hint…naaaaaah!
Mmm, today my instructor was very mean and made us to an entire hours lesson (so thats flat work, a bit of dressage, and some jumping) without stirrups and then in the last 10 minutes took away our saddles entirely. Let me just set the record straight; as comfy as bareback may look, its really not. Horses have bony spines and are very slippery, so its not very comfortable at all. Also, for those who don’t know, riding without stirrups, whilst doesn’t take a genius, is difficult and painful.

Asides that, went to see Pirates of the Caribbean today - well worth it, very good…if a little odd at times. And that damn theme music is stuck in my head *dun dun dun dun dun dndndun dun dun*

Also I managed to negotiate myself around a roundabout today (Whoopy me!) and on my driving travels
*holy crap I just got hiccoughs for the third time in as many hours. Just thought I’d let you know*
I drove past a field where I used to go cramping with the guides, and I saw lo-and-behold, there was my guide group on one of the camps. Oh the happy memories I have in that field; Sponsored sleep in a box (yes, I slept in a cardboard box 3 years in a row) and every year it rained and every year my box collapsed on me in the middle of the night so I woke up with a soggy covering of brown mush. Also when me and a friend descovered a bunch of dead ravens strung up by the more than slightly creepy guy who owned the field.

I also realised how much I value human contact - on Thursday and Friday I was feeling crap, I felt completely miserable for really no reason at all. I just wanted to cry. But I forced myself to go out and after 2 minutes of being in the car with crazy-crazy-Kirstin I just felt…better.
I really do love my friends

Kirstin “Yeh, and I could tell she totally Bummed my hair. She didn’t even have to say anything I could just tell”
Me “As you do…”
“Yeh, she did”
“Well I bum you”
“good cos I bum you too, my bum buddy”
“we have to stop saying that”
“well, I mean bum like, in a non gay way! Like, I bum you, not I bum bum you…”

Lots of Love
Kat
xxx