What does this mean? For starters, it means I need to get my act together and write a speech for graduation. The advisor neither understands nor accepts "but I'm riding and teaching this weekend" as an excuse for why she has not yet seen a draft. Graduation speeches are weird, though. We're leaving behind high school. We'll all still be living with our parents tomorrow. There's not really a Stargate to adulthood that appears when they hand you your diploma. If there was, I'm pretty sure I'd run the other way. So anyhow, that's my challenge for the weekend.
This weekend should be an exciting one, though! Sali Gear is coming up to teach at the Northeast Region's Standards and Ratings Clinic and I get to do the demo lunging...which means? That's right, free HA lunge prep session for me! Hopefully I don't need my ass kicked too badly. I don't longe much outside Pony Club, first because Neil is a little angel and doesn't need to be longed that much. A lot of the people I work horses for aren't into conventional groundwork and prefer to call it "circling game-" rope halter, bridle, carrot stick, whip.... not that different. Speaking of which, this month has been really great (and crazy) in that I've had the opportunity to ride a lot of horses for a lot of people. Nothing I love better than getting paid to make ponies feel better. Tucker can now do a halt transition without flying into reverse. Lizzy can canter without crowhopping. Cutter can stretch down and not lose his mind. Nub...well, Nub is on a walk program until he loses a few more pounds.
And my own horse! Finally the front field is dry enough to ride in consistently and he is SO much happier to work outside because a) he has a lot more room and b) I use my outside aids better. His canter transitions are getting more and more solid and his balance in the canter has come a long way this spring. I'm still working out what I'll be doing with him this summer (depends on where I can get what for a job) but I am so excited to take him to Vermont in the fall. And GMHA is revamping their courses just for me, Tremaine Cooper style!
In other news, the Mitchell Scholarship will be making it $6,000 easier for me to pay for college, so shoutout to the Mitchell Institute, my last (LAST) concert at HHS was last night and ended with a very nice Dave Matthews jam from the reunited Senior band, All-State was last weekend (also a blast), and I got to stop by Springpoint to see Aly and Caitlin after. How's that for a run-on sentence? Although Houlton is a very frustrating place to live some (okay, most) of the time, there's too much to be excited about right now. Starting with graduation. Next Thursday.
Cheers!
Marina
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