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| Me and my beautiful horse, competing..... |
We are in the peak of show season - training 6 days a week. I am riding two horses and teaching a couple of others as well. It is very hard work, especially in this heat. We have so many shows coming up. But it is all good and I am actually getting to do what I love. It is hard to split my time up effectively between being a mummy, a wife, running the house and riding and showing.
That is the one thing I do struggle with, making sure that during the day, after the 3 or so hours at the barn that I do spend some special time with my son. He is with me at the barn and he has a ball, but I feel like my attention has be diverted, which it has, and he is as good as gold, so I feel that I he deserves a good dose of mummies attention, undivided. So I am very adamant about that. My little guy is an outside kid, loves to be outside, so whatever we do, it is invariable outside.
My business is up and running. Which is great - I have to say I love to teach. It is very rewarding. Watching and helping new riders is wonderful. In my world, everyone wants to teach the "upper levels" of dressage and I love to teach the beginners. So many people say to me that they "wouldn't know where to start" and their "kids are dying to learn"....so that is what I do. I try and be very approachable and make it not so intimidating, which the world of dressage can be......
Oh and now we have 3 ducks in our backyard......yes, 3 ducks. We got them as ducklings at Easter for my son, and now they are grown and they seem to have stuck....thankfully we have the room - 2 acres, so they are free to wander around, they are pets now really.....people must think we are mad as they drive by our home and there are 3 ducks wandering around the yard!!!!!!!!
