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Today's Plan: yoga & horse
I have been on vacation since last Sat, and I have yet to do anything horsey related. Today I was determined. Problem is, I always want to do everything. Since I took yesterday off, I wanted to run too. The guilt I feel for not running yesterday. Last Friday I thought, vacation! I can exercise every day and maybe even do more than one thing a day! (There is definitely a possibility that I have an obsession with exercise.) But my vacation did not unfold that way, and the horse has gotten the worst of it. Today I cleaned the house, stretched into some yoga, and then a friend came over. When she left I took Charby (said horse) out back to lunge. We went to the way out back, where we have the Christmas trees. There is a old logging road that would be perfect to ride on, and some side roads to do circles so we aren't just going back and forth on the same path. But whenever we go out there she is certain that something might just jump on her. I figure if I start lunging and walking her out there regularly, our rides will be much quieter as she will be used to being out back. She's always curious and likes to trail ride, sometimes she's just a bit too jittery. I think she's waiting, looking even, for an excuse to misbehave. The lunging went well, and she seemed very calm. We will see what happens when I put a saddle on her. Tomorrow the weather is going to be very hot and sticky. I both want to do a long run and ride--which both need to be done early before heat and flies. We will see which wins......