ladida's Journal (that you all want to read)

Spring break could not have come sooner, a week or two ago I was happy but didn't need it, but after this terrible week WOO HOO!! My english test was impossible which really stinks though.

Isabel was nice and tired after our long ride yesterday, so we just took it easy. I brought my iPod and listened to it while I rode, very relaxing. I was mostly on the buckle the entire ride, but because while warming up we examined all of the scary spots of the arena from the outside which she...

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Well Isabel and I had a nice long ride today, and I won't go into too many details but she was VERY good. We switched arenas 3 times and yet she never got silly. What I love is that she wasn't perfect but tried hard the whole time and really improved in listening and moving forward. Since we were in the polo arena we also had a nice little gallop, but little since the tractor was at the bottom of the arena and it was just WAY too scary at top speed! Her neck is really starting to look nice too!...

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God school has been impossible for the past three weeks. Third quarter is coming to an end, and so all the teachers are piling it on! I have no breathing room, maybe 10 mins on here a day between Isabel, soccer, AP reviews and school!! I had three huge tests today. I have another tomarrow, and to read 2 chapters of a new book (like 40 pages) etc. Plus my grandma is having problems and I feel guilty for not being able to hang out with my doggies. My room is a mess and that just tops it off, I can't...

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Well I went out to the barn today even though the skies threatened rain. I tacked Isabel up, a few drops fell. We powerwalked around the arenas to warm up some, then went and found the BM to see if I could ride in the polo and arena and then if he would turn on the lights if I did.

We warm up, Isabel as we are strolling along (under the ever-more darkening heavens) gives out a little whinny and tosses her head saying, "Lets gallop!" I would have if she was slightly warmed...

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This is a poem I'm using in one of my essays...its really great!

“A Blessing” by James Wright

Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,
Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.
And the eyes of those two Indian ponies
Darken with kindness.
They have come gladly out of the willows
To welcome my friend and me.
We step over the barbed wire into the pasture
Where they have been grazing all day, alone.

They ripple...

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