Well, I didn't get to do EITHER of the things I said I was going to do today! On Sundays I do chores to give our barn owner a day off. So I fed Gypsy and turned her out while I cleaned stalls. Not 10 minutes after I turned her out, a darned monsoon started to pour down. Of course, I didn't know it was supposed to rain, so I didn't bring any of my rain gear with me. Gypsy got soaked and I got soaked. So, no clipping or riding today. I just pulled her back in the barn, fed her some muffins, cleaned out her feet and treated her little bit of seedy toe, and turned her back out. Of course, after I turned her out, packed up my stuff, and started driving down the road, the sun came out and the rain left. Grr Grr Grr...that's ok, I told myself, I'll just ride tomorrow since I have the day off! Well, the forecast for tomorrow is a high near 35 and winds up to 40mph, not exactly enticing riding weather...
Such is life, especially in the horse world. It was probably for the better that I didn't ride today anyway. Last night my knee was aching terribly and this morning after getting stalls done it was pretty stiff. I have a feeling if I had ridden, I'd probably be in some pain right now. Plus I wasn't even sure if I'd be able to bend my knee enough to mount anyway. Another week off isn't going to hurt anyone.
On the positive side, I did get to do some thinking this evening. I received two interesting books (amid many others) for Christmas: Equine Fitness by Jec Ballou and Horse Training In-Hand: A Modern Guide to Working from the Ground: Long Lines, Long and Short Reins, Work on the Longe by Ellen Schuthof-Lesmeister. I sat down tonight and thumbed through both books and wrote out a preliminary training schedule for the next 6-7 weeks. Sadly for now I can only ride once a week due to not having daylight after work/no lighted arena. I'm excited to have all of these training tools! Hopefully by spring Gypsy will be in top shape, our dressage will be awesome, and we can finally go to our first show!!! Fingers and hooves crossed...
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