Back in the Saddle Again

Oh, wow. It’s been a while.

News: I’ve started lessons again, and it’s all Lynda’s fault. For which I’m very grateful, of course.

I was going to wait a month or two, let the financial fall-out of the move, you know, fall out, and get over the electric bill sticker shock before I took lessons. After all, it’s been so long since I’ve ridden—what would a month or two more matter?

Then Lynda invited me out to her barn (and gosh her horses are cute), and a lovely family there let me ride their very sweet horse, and… obviously I wasn’t waiting months to start lessons after that.

You know the best part? All the pain issues I was dealing with in the frozen north are gone. I knew the cold was a contributing factor, but I didn’t realize how much of a factor it was. Sure, I had the expected “Hi, remember us? We’re your thigh muscles” soreness, but not the “Take four Aleve and hope for the best” pain I was dealing with after every day at the barn up north. I think this climate is going to be great for me. (Never mind about the heat and humidity that are just around the corner. I’m ignoring them. La la la la!)

At any rate, I think I’m pretty much moved in and settled down. My living room still looks like someone tried to build a cardboard maze in it, but my cat seems to like having places to hide, so who am I to argue?

Edited to add:

I forgot to mention: Lynda’s running a new blog carnival since the Horse Lovers Blog Carnival seems to be on hold.

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