[Fiera]

Well, I had a group jumping lesson today =] It was pretty awesome. I got on my pony and was just warming her up as usual. She, however, had other plans. She began jerking on the bit and trying to canter. Then, when I wouldn't let her, she began to drift off the rail and proceed to back up and rear and buck histerically. It was fun =] She did that every 10 seconds so I lunged her....and she basically galloped in circles for like (exaggeration) 3 hours nonstop. It was funny =] Then our trainer had us jump a crazy jumper course. Just cuz we're eventers doesn't mean we can't fly around those jumper turns =] It was crazy, pretty much. We were doing 45 degree turns everywhere as fast as we could canter without dying =] lol, I missed jumps a lot. They were like 3'3+ verticles and oxers and spreds, etc. Cranberry was jumping them like they were 4'6 =] It wasn't as insane as we did it at our old barn, but the trainers and their students at our new facility are kinda prissy, so our trainer didn't want to p.iss them off or scare them with our retardedness =] because they were starting a lesson too. We usually ummm pretty much have the limbs of horses and riders flying around =] a lot. We actually had a new guy leave in the middle because his horse freaked out when he had to jump this kind of stuff for the first time. And the guy got scared and said he was going to "quit on a good note" when it wasn't even bad. It was actually pretty tame ;] but we were laughing because he must of felt dumb when he was being shown up by a bunch of teenage girls =] lol, it was fun, but my legs weren't firm like they usually are and were slipping back a bit =[ I was getting a little frustrated because they made me stay folded too long so steering those sharp turns suffered =[ I need to come out to the barn more but my dad won't take me...so I have to wait till next year to drive myself =] But it was fun. Berry is awesome, I think. I should post pics of us jumping up for critique!

So......I'm done!! Lol, I felt the need to share my horsey day =] and my sadness over the fact that my dad doesn't take my riding seriously like he used to & my riding is suffering because of it. I only come out once a week these days & in lessons I don't quite achieve the level I was aiming for due to lack of practice. It's frustrating because I can't do anything about it becasue my barn is 30 mins away and I can't drive myself yet when my dad doesn't take me...so it makes me really really really frustrated. I miss being a part of the group and being good at doing crazy stuff like the other girls...