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Oct. 3rd, 2008 02:20 pmYay Friday! And i get to leave work early to go to see HORSIES and have the assessment lesson thingy. Which I have been excited about all week and is now making me so nervous I feel ill ;p But it will be fine once I get there and get on.
Also must buy codine for afterwards, just in case. This evening is planned to be one of lying on teh sofa with telly and laptop. Anyone else up to any exciting Adventures? Or drinking? Or both?
Must get cider on teh way home too...
Update!
The assessment lesson went really well. Rode a great big ole school horse, who was a bit lazy, but built v. like Ziggy, so it felt familiar and nerves disappeared as soon as I got on. LOTS of trotting, also while having to answer various riding questions to see how much I knew.
What I mainly *learnt* is that I Am So. Very. VERY unfit. Seriously unfit.
Ankle was fine the whole way through, thighs on the other hand were not so fine (sadly, those inner thigh muscles don't get used for much else). Also non-existence of stomach muscles became apparent. By the time we finished the half an hour lesson, my legs actually buckled when i got off :p
I was really pleased tho with how much I got right, and how much came back automatically. Going to start going for lessons every tuesday, with a novicey group (instructer felt I'd be bored silly in a beginner group). Hurrah!
Afterwards met a couple of girls I used to ride with in the last place, was lovely to catch up with them and see how their horses are doing. So all good there!
On the down side, it turns out the 'feeling sick with nerves' from earlier was actually just 'feeling sick' and now I feel like a bundle of shivery crap. No fizzy wines for me tonight :/ THo. maybe a hot whiskey...
Also must buy codine for afterwards, just in case. This evening is planned to be one of lying on teh sofa with telly and laptop. Anyone else up to any exciting Adventures? Or drinking? Or both?
Must get cider on teh way home too...
Update!
The assessment lesson went really well. Rode a great big ole school horse, who was a bit lazy, but built v. like Ziggy, so it felt familiar and nerves disappeared as soon as I got on. LOTS of trotting, also while having to answer various riding questions to see how much I knew.
What I mainly *learnt* is that I Am So. Very. VERY unfit. Seriously unfit.
Ankle was fine the whole way through, thighs on the other hand were not so fine (sadly, those inner thigh muscles don't get used for much else). Also non-existence of stomach muscles became apparent. By the time we finished the half an hour lesson, my legs actually buckled when i got off :p
I was really pleased tho with how much I got right, and how much came back automatically. Going to start going for lessons every tuesday, with a novicey group (instructer felt I'd be bored silly in a beginner group). Hurrah!
Afterwards met a couple of girls I used to ride with in the last place, was lovely to catch up with them and see how their horses are doing. So all good there!
On the down side, it turns out the 'feeling sick with nerves' from earlier was actually just 'feeling sick' and now I feel like a bundle of shivery crap. No fizzy wines for me tonight :/ THo. maybe a hot whiskey...
