Wednesday, October 16
Oct. 16th, 2024 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Being in a better mood, though it's been a rough week in it's own way.
Late last night I did some deep cleaning in the bathroom and in a storage room under the stairs.
Today I did a bit of picking up and putting away of items that had been piling up in the kitchen. There is a kennel in the corner where I put "Hans, the very hungry cat" at feeding time so he doesn't steal from everyone else. That kennel becomes a dumping ground for everything.
Our friend who had the heart attack is out of the hospital today. My husband picked him up from the hospital after work and took him to meet his wife, who had driven to the edge of the city to meet them (she's not a great city driver).
Then he went to the climbing gym.
I went to see River at what would normally be my lesson time, though R is on vacation. I have to laugh though, as her vacation just means she isn't doing dog grooming during the day, and she tries to catch up on all the maintenance stuff on her property that she otherwise doesn't have time for.
When I got there, she was STILL giving a lesson to the person who would normally be there at that time, because of a miscommunication. This person didn't realize that R was on vacation, and hauled her horses there for a lesson anyhow, so R chose to just give her a lesson.
I wanted to have a less pressured session with River today, as I know I've been a little too focused on the details of this freestyle I've been working on. Since I have a lot of it ironed out now, today needed to be a more relaxed day so that River doesn't get burnt out on doing repetition.
I did show R what I had been doing on River; dragging the "snake" and so on, and she thought it was a very good addition to the freestyle, and not something anyone else has been doing. That's always the thing for me, is to try to do something that makes our routine stand out a bit.
I had a few minutes before the next rider needed the arena, so I just had fun doing some fairly random riding to music with River, that kind of feels like interpretive dance to me. I know it's good for him too, because it's more spontaneous and playful, and not like when I'm trying to work on a specific thing over and over.
I chatted with the next rider (R's husband K was still doing lessons) and she was doing a costume for a different thing, and was going with a hockey theme.
I came home and my Sweetie was home soon after, and we ate and watched some "Justified".
Being in a better mood, though it's been a rough week in it's own way.
Late last night I did some deep cleaning in the bathroom and in a storage room under the stairs.
Today I did a bit of picking up and putting away of items that had been piling up in the kitchen. There is a kennel in the corner where I put "Hans, the very hungry cat" at feeding time so he doesn't steal from everyone else. That kennel becomes a dumping ground for everything.
Our friend who had the heart attack is out of the hospital today. My husband picked him up from the hospital after work and took him to meet his wife, who had driven to the edge of the city to meet them (she's not a great city driver).
Then he went to the climbing gym.
I went to see River at what would normally be my lesson time, though R is on vacation. I have to laugh though, as her vacation just means she isn't doing dog grooming during the day, and she tries to catch up on all the maintenance stuff on her property that she otherwise doesn't have time for.
When I got there, she was STILL giving a lesson to the person who would normally be there at that time, because of a miscommunication. This person didn't realize that R was on vacation, and hauled her horses there for a lesson anyhow, so R chose to just give her a lesson.
I wanted to have a less pressured session with River today, as I know I've been a little too focused on the details of this freestyle I've been working on. Since I have a lot of it ironed out now, today needed to be a more relaxed day so that River doesn't get burnt out on doing repetition.
I did show R what I had been doing on River; dragging the "snake" and so on, and she thought it was a very good addition to the freestyle, and not something anyone else has been doing. That's always the thing for me, is to try to do something that makes our routine stand out a bit.
I had a few minutes before the next rider needed the arena, so I just had fun doing some fairly random riding to music with River, that kind of feels like interpretive dance to me. I know it's good for him too, because it's more spontaneous and playful, and not like when I'm trying to work on a specific thing over and over.
I chatted with the next rider (R's husband K was still doing lessons) and she was doing a costume for a different thing, and was going with a hockey theme.
I came home and my Sweetie was home soon after, and we ate and watched some "Justified".
