Last Friday when there was supposed to be lessons all day (a couple kids cancelled) I did get up at 4:45 to ride before work. I let our BM know, as she and her family live in the the apartment in the barn. Her husband usually feeds around 5 and leaves for work at 5:30 so they'd be up anyways. I got to the barn around 5:20 and was on by 5:40. We didn't ride long, but had one of our most productive rides in the indoor in a while. I think the fact that the barn was quiet and I had it to myself, let me focus so much more on Peebs and what we needed to work on. I could make circles and figure eights and change directions without having to worry about lesson kids with questionable steering. While I don't want to make 5:30am ride times our normal thing, and looking at the schedule I shouldn't have it, it went a lot better than I thought. Peebs might have other opinions though.
The tales of an adult ammy hunter/jumper rider and her ponies
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Rise and Grind
Thanks for the comments on my last post. After putting it out there and talking it out with a friend, I'm in a much better mindset. I scheduled "my" arena time for this week and the next, and it felt good. I figured it's also a way to hold myself accountable for my riding. Like if I'm blocking out the arena for my use, then by god I'm going to use it. I've got a weekly plan for Peebs in my head with flat days, jump days, and lunge days.
Last Friday when there was supposed to be lessons all day (a couple kids cancelled) I did get up at 4:45 to ride before work. I let our BM know, as she and her family live in the the apartment in the barn. Her husband usually feeds around 5 and leaves for work at 5:30 so they'd be up anyways. I got to the barn around 5:20 and was on by 5:40. We didn't ride long, but had one of our most productive rides in the indoor in a while. I think the fact that the barn was quiet and I had it to myself, let me focus so much more on Peebs and what we needed to work on. I could make circles and figure eights and change directions without having to worry about lesson kids with questionable steering. While I don't want to make 5:30am ride times our normal thing, and looking at the schedule I shouldn't have it, it went a lot better than I thought. Peebs might have other opinions though.
Last Friday when there was supposed to be lessons all day (a couple kids cancelled) I did get up at 4:45 to ride before work. I let our BM know, as she and her family live in the the apartment in the barn. Her husband usually feeds around 5 and leaves for work at 5:30 so they'd be up anyways. I got to the barn around 5:20 and was on by 5:40. We didn't ride long, but had one of our most productive rides in the indoor in a while. I think the fact that the barn was quiet and I had it to myself, let me focus so much more on Peebs and what we needed to work on. I could make circles and figure eights and change directions without having to worry about lesson kids with questionable steering. While I don't want to make 5:30am ride times our normal thing, and looking at the schedule I shouldn't have it, it went a lot better than I thought. Peebs might have other opinions though.
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I'm glad that you are getting out there and advocating for yourself!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you were able to figure things out! I'm SO not a morning person, but every once in a while I'll do the before work thing, and it really is pretty lovely. Though I imagine it would get old quickly if it were routine!
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