I have been having more and more trouble with the drive - mentally anyway. The whole time I'm in the car, I'm thinking about all the things I need to do that aren't getting done, because I'm in the car for 5 hours.
So, I talked to Leeandra about moving him this summer. I don't want to, but I can't move my house, my job and my family there... so I have to bring Daniel closer to home. It was that every place I looked at I found fault with, and now I realize that I have to look at it differently - I'm never going to find another Legacy, so I'm going to have to be happy with the trade-off of a shorter commute, and seeing my horse more often than once a week. The place I think we'll be happiest is in West Chester, PA. It's about 20 miles from my house... I loved the owners when I met them and their kids, they have big pastures, an outdoor arena, onsite trail access... no indoor and I'm not sure about a heated bathroom, but you can't have everything, right?
But, this trip was a first: I think Daniel knows my car now. I was driving in, and could see him on the hill, he lifted his head (yes, he stopped eating!) and watched my car drive into the parking lot... so, he either knows my car, or he just likes Mercedes! I got out, and called his name and he started walking to the gate!
My lesson yesterday was a tough one, for me anyway. Shoulders-in on a 20m circle (OK, so we did an oblong, more or less!) :-) Turn on the haunches, and I really tried to do a walk to canter transition but was just too tired! I did fine on the walk-trot-halt, but only got a couple strides of canter in... I'm feeling it today! He was playing with the bit alot, the big wooly mammoth! After my lesson Leeandra got on him and worked with him - half-passes, side passes, canter to halt, halt to canter. I just love that horse!
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