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liminal_space* Mister and i just sat out on the deck with our coffee and our dogs, chatting about nonsense things and sense things. it was a good twenty minutes on a monday morning. we made definite plans to finish a project in the house and i'm hopeful we can get another one finished by 1/1. that's the goal!
the projects? the laundry room and finishing the baseboards in the kitchen.
for the laundry room, we need to get a thing that allows us to stack the dryer on the washer, paint the walls, and get a slide in cabinet or something for storage. relatively easy, tbh, and i think we can do it. i'm actually sort of hoping we can get started next week during thanksgiving break.
* new news on the horse front. it's important to note there are TWO trainers involved: my trainer, and boo's trainer. their duties and responsibilities overlap frequently, where my trainer works with boo and boo's trainer works with me. anyway, day before yesterday, boo and his trainer were working together and since my trainer wasn't there, i think things were a little more open and honest about boo's progress.
boo is a bully and "thinks differently" -- the bully part gets solved on the ground and the "thinks differently" is about time and consistency. i do not need a super light, sensitive horse that anticipates what i want to do and that's what he is right now. we need to find a balance, where i TELL him what to do, not THINK it. i do not want to think and he does, because i do not know what i'm doing a large majority of the time. sometimes i have vague ideas "oh, i think i'll do a serpentine but start over there on the other side of the arena, oh look, deer!, the sky is pretty, i hope he doesn't spook at X but if he does i'll handle it, my ass hurts, are my fingers closed?, are my heels down?" and if he tries to get in my head with all that, bad things will happen. oh dear.
ANYWAY, right now i am not riding anything. :( rafid, my first lease, has been having issues and even though MY trainer (who owns him) wants me to do it, i'm really, really, really hesitant. i feel too fat for him. i feel like i have to watch out for his feet too much (he had an abscess). etc etc etc. so BOO's trainer offered up her son's horse elvis for me.
o.O
so if the wind dies down today, i'll schlep my saddle and gear over to boo's trainer's house and get some saddle time.
Mister talked to boo's trainer last night, and is way willing to fork over more money (not much...she's giving me the pity rate) to ride a few times a week with her. the really best news, though, is that she said with me riding and boo in training, she could see us "fixing" boo within 3-6 months.
if that holds true, but summer, i will be on the trails and having a sweet ass wonderful time. =D OMG.
all this good news gave me inspiration and lit a fire. yay yay yay.
* i had plans on this three-day weekend to clean my closet and get laundry DONE. guess what i haven't done? i also haven't worked at getting the house cleaning-lady ready. which is a thing. oh, well...it's only 8:30 a.m. and there's plenty of time left, right? ha.
we do seriously need to make sure the house is picked up for her -- we're going to be having people come in and out next week and i really want things to be nice. or, i want to take apart the laundry room and make it impossible for things to be totally clean. we'll see. my trainer (who is, i should say, also my friend who is becoming more dear to me each week) is having us over for thanksgiving. boo's trainer is having us over, too. i am thinking about doing a lasagna dinner one night. even if i don't do it, i have to make two sponges and some of my famous broccoli bacon avocado salad.
how to survive the week w/o blowing up? i don't know!
* i started reading a manga on the kindle and had to stop. i can't figure out how the fuck to read it. i get the reading BACKWARDS, but on the page itself, i get confused. do not like! i need to have the kid help me with my reading skills...she will get a kick out of that, the little weenie.
* it's a three-day work week for me. tomorrow/wednesday/thursday then i'm getting a sub for friday so we can go see a movie. Mister got tickets to go see the new fantastic beasts movie for friday morning at 9:30 (some geek thing for geeks...dunno, just going to go), then when we're done, we'll do a little shopping and be home by 1. =D so ten days away from work; i like! after that, we only have a month or so before winter break...two weeks there!
this is the first year that i have not been wilting by this time of year, full of exhaustion and worry that i wasn't preparing students for The Big Test. with the shift in job, i am not getting beaten down by school at all. it's beautiful! BEAUTIFUL. every day i thank the silent, behind the scenes Powers that Be who put things in motion to get me where i am right now.
~~~
ok. i think i'm going to do something productive while listening to "the office".
oh, as a side note, i started watching "parks and recreation" and while i don't love it in the same way i do the office, i do love it. leslie knope is my spirit animals. =D
the projects? the laundry room and finishing the baseboards in the kitchen.
for the laundry room, we need to get a thing that allows us to stack the dryer on the washer, paint the walls, and get a slide in cabinet or something for storage. relatively easy, tbh, and i think we can do it. i'm actually sort of hoping we can get started next week during thanksgiving break.
* new news on the horse front. it's important to note there are TWO trainers involved: my trainer, and boo's trainer. their duties and responsibilities overlap frequently, where my trainer works with boo and boo's trainer works with me. anyway, day before yesterday, boo and his trainer were working together and since my trainer wasn't there, i think things were a little more open and honest about boo's progress.
boo is a bully and "thinks differently" -- the bully part gets solved on the ground and the "thinks differently" is about time and consistency. i do not need a super light, sensitive horse that anticipates what i want to do and that's what he is right now. we need to find a balance, where i TELL him what to do, not THINK it. i do not want to think and he does, because i do not know what i'm doing a large majority of the time. sometimes i have vague ideas "oh, i think i'll do a serpentine but start over there on the other side of the arena, oh look, deer!, the sky is pretty, i hope he doesn't spook at X but if he does i'll handle it, my ass hurts, are my fingers closed?, are my heels down?" and if he tries to get in my head with all that, bad things will happen. oh dear.
ANYWAY, right now i am not riding anything. :( rafid, my first lease, has been having issues and even though MY trainer (who owns him) wants me to do it, i'm really, really, really hesitant. i feel too fat for him. i feel like i have to watch out for his feet too much (he had an abscess). etc etc etc. so BOO's trainer offered up her son's horse elvis for me.
o.O
so if the wind dies down today, i'll schlep my saddle and gear over to boo's trainer's house and get some saddle time.
Mister talked to boo's trainer last night, and is way willing to fork over more money (not much...she's giving me the pity rate) to ride a few times a week with her. the really best news, though, is that she said with me riding and boo in training, she could see us "fixing" boo within 3-6 months.
if that holds true, but summer, i will be on the trails and having a sweet ass wonderful time. =D OMG.
all this good news gave me inspiration and lit a fire. yay yay yay.
* i had plans on this three-day weekend to clean my closet and get laundry DONE. guess what i haven't done? i also haven't worked at getting the house cleaning-lady ready. which is a thing. oh, well...it's only 8:30 a.m. and there's plenty of time left, right? ha.
we do seriously need to make sure the house is picked up for her -- we're going to be having people come in and out next week and i really want things to be nice. or, i want to take apart the laundry room and make it impossible for things to be totally clean. we'll see. my trainer (who is, i should say, also my friend who is becoming more dear to me each week) is having us over for thanksgiving. boo's trainer is having us over, too. i am thinking about doing a lasagna dinner one night. even if i don't do it, i have to make two sponges and some of my famous broccoli bacon avocado salad.
how to survive the week w/o blowing up? i don't know!
* i started reading a manga on the kindle and had to stop. i can't figure out how the fuck to read it. i get the reading BACKWARDS, but on the page itself, i get confused. do not like! i need to have the kid help me with my reading skills...she will get a kick out of that, the little weenie.
* it's a three-day work week for me. tomorrow/wednesday/thursday then i'm getting a sub for friday so we can go see a movie. Mister got tickets to go see the new fantastic beasts movie for friday morning at 9:30 (some geek thing for geeks...dunno, just going to go), then when we're done, we'll do a little shopping and be home by 1. =D so ten days away from work; i like! after that, we only have a month or so before winter break...two weeks there!
this is the first year that i have not been wilting by this time of year, full of exhaustion and worry that i wasn't preparing students for The Big Test. with the shift in job, i am not getting beaten down by school at all. it's beautiful! BEAUTIFUL. every day i thank the silent, behind the scenes Powers that Be who put things in motion to get me where i am right now.
~~~
ok. i think i'm going to do something productive while listening to "the office".
oh, as a side note, i started watching "parks and recreation" and while i don't love it in the same way i do the office, i do love it. leslie knope is my spirit animals. =D
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Date: 2018-11-12 04:49 pm (UTC)You have a smart kid :)
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Date: 2018-11-13 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-13 09:06 pm (UTC)I would like to have a go at riding a horse, but I know I would be terrified the first time or ten. My partner had a pony when he was a kid, but the largest pet we had was a dog!