Well, I haven't been keeping you guys too updated on my life this summer, as opposed to last summer, but I have been reading up on your journals and lurking unheard in the background, mostly. I do come out occasionally ( Read more... )

Well, I'm exhausted from my HA rating. It was 2 1/2 days of rigorous testing, but it was longer for me. It was a 6 1/2 hr drive up there, leaving at 10 am Thursday, spending the evening studying/prepping last minute materials for the test. Friday morning I judged a little show for the campers at the facility, then noon came and my test started ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday was Fancy Hill Farm's Horse Trials. It was a small show, with Beginner Novice through Training, although everyone who had ever competed there said it was a really small course/an easy competition. I entered both Vala and Heaffner in Open Training, which had a total of 6 riders, after a scratch and a no-show. I was both first and ( Read more... )

with horse clippers. Last night, Kathleen, the other working student, and I shaved our heads. We have been talking about it for a while, but I wanted to hold off for locks for love. I had about a 6 inch ponytail, but it would have taken me another semester before I could have donated. Who wants to cut all their hair off in the middle of winter ( Read more... )

Well, Chelsea's on vacation with her parents in the Southwest, so I'm here on the farm with Kathleen for nearly 2 weeks by ourselves, holding down the fort and riding all the horses. It'll be a nice vacation for me, where the majority of my days will be unoccupied. That is, unoccupied with horse stuff. I can finally catch up on sleep, read this ( Read more... )

I'm home on the farm while Chelsea's away at the Kentucky Horse Part, showing two horses, one prelim level, one novice. I really wish I was there, but I think I've gotten over it. Yesterday it was really bad. I'm not going to go into it now because then I'd start getting depressed about it again, but the other working student (who is technically ( Read more... )

Back in Abingdon, VA. I'm here for the summer. Sorry to anyone I didn't get to see, except Alex and West, who were too lazy to come see me, even though I went all the way to where you guys were. Anyway, I determined that I stayed at home for 3 days (4 nights) between college and my summer job. I'm here ready to ride, ride, ride. Unfortunately ( Read more... )

Hey guys! I'm alive! I survived finals, quite well, actually. I'm looking forward to next semester, which will be SO busy. I'm going abroad next spring to Denmark. I leave for Virginia Saturday the 20th for the entire summer, until August ish. I come back to Swat to intern with a small theater company, then helping with orientation, then ( Read more... )

I've been under a huge rock names Swarthmore Theater. I don't know what's been going on in your lives, I've ceased to read live journals. How's life? How are horses Cort? How's complaining Matt? I feel out of the loop. The semester is three weeks from over for me, then I have reading week, then finals (all one of them), then a whole week in ( Read more... )

and well. I have a show closing tomorrow night (Sunday), the next show loading in tomorrow, which goes up next weekend, the last show loading in Monday, which goes up in two weekends. I'm super busy, but having a good time. I haven't been reading live journals, so I have no idea what's going on. Lauren, I got your message on Thursday, and I ( Read more... )