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things fall apart
Sep. 19th, 2006 12:48 pmSo it was a rough day, in some ways. I didn't do my bit of horsie yoga with Phoebus, and it started to rain during our lesson. When I brought him inside, he acted all wierd - backing off, acting sensitive, and just generally resistant. He even bounced up in the air repeatedly when I asked for the canter-- not sure if he was really bucking, but he was definitely in the air.
Me: ask
Him: buck/jump
Me: whack
Him: buck/jump
Me: whack
Him: thinking.... gives up.
While we were outside, we did some good work- we practiced dodging Crystal and Monty, which a challenge but was kind of good for Phoebus as he had to have quicker reactions, and good for me as I had to watch where I was going (after we nearly plowed them over ^_^). I was pretty discouraged to mess up the right lead transitions AGAIN after having done so well with them last week- I couldn't get it together very well and fix them like I have been doing. It's frustrating but I know I just have to push through- surely if I started to get it before I can do it again.
I think about how when I was doing martial arts, we would work on a technique that I just couldn't get. I would try and try and just be unable to master it. But then one day, months later, often after not even practicing it, I would just suddenly be able to do it. It would make sense and my body would do what I wanted it to. So my optimism will persist for the time being. Other things went well- we worked on changing direction across the short diagonal over and over, getting a smooth change from the old outside rein to the new one, which ended up being much harder than I previously thought because now we were doing it correctly. "This is hard," I said, and Peggy replied "Why do you think it's in the tests?".
I did have a fun time on Sierra, Peggy had me ride her for a few minutes before I got on Phoebus. She is very sensitive but once I got a little accustomed to her she was neat to ride. She looks great for a 19 year old that just had her foal weaned, and you'd never guess it to ride her.
Me: ask
Him: buck/jump
Me: whack
Him: buck/jump
Me: whack
Him: thinking.... gives up.
While we were outside, we did some good work- we practiced dodging Crystal and Monty, which a challenge but was kind of good for Phoebus as he had to have quicker reactions, and good for me as I had to watch where I was going (after we nearly plowed them over ^_^). I was pretty discouraged to mess up the right lead transitions AGAIN after having done so well with them last week- I couldn't get it together very well and fix them like I have been doing. It's frustrating but I know I just have to push through- surely if I started to get it before I can do it again.
I think about how when I was doing martial arts, we would work on a technique that I just couldn't get. I would try and try and just be unable to master it. But then one day, months later, often after not even practicing it, I would just suddenly be able to do it. It would make sense and my body would do what I wanted it to. So my optimism will persist for the time being. Other things went well- we worked on changing direction across the short diagonal over and over, getting a smooth change from the old outside rein to the new one, which ended up being much harder than I previously thought because now we were doing it correctly. "This is hard," I said, and Peggy replied "Why do you think it's in the tests?".
I did have a fun time on Sierra, Peggy had me ride her for a few minutes before I got on Phoebus. She is very sensitive but once I got a little accustomed to her she was neat to ride. She looks great for a 19 year old that just had her foal weaned, and you'd never guess it to ride her.
