1. I brought my camera to work with me today, in an effort to expand all the shit I shoot (like puppies! TFS, totally getting that on a shirt now).
2. Krav Maga has fucked with my life schedule. I need tips. How does everyone else balance All The Things? How many times do y'all ride a week? Do you feel like the worst horse owner in the world if you miss a day? Or cut a day out completely? Once upon a time (really, when was this?), I rode five times a week. Now I'm good if I get four. I feel like Archie needs as much time under saddle, to assist with his muscle tone and soundness and flexibility and mind. But I also feel like some time off benefits everyone.
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| I think I can take photos before Krav Maga.. today will be the test! This schedule also makes me lose a gym day.. technically, I'm still working out at KM. Harrumph. |
3. While my preference will probably always be trotting in to fences, I'm trying to make myself canter more. It can't get better unless we work on it. I can't get more comfortable with the feel of it unless I do it a million times.
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I am also 294783x more comfortable trotting to fences... including a 2'9 XC fence. Yes I'm that weirdo.
ReplyDeletewhat else do you do with your time? Bloggin? Tv? Dinner? Significant other? I work full time and usually 2 or 3 a night..and still have time to do other things. I try to leave one day where I don't ride at all. I have a routine though, and I plan my week in advance which helps.
ReplyDeleteOh, god. I totally resisted a dirty joke. I did. Grown up, here.
DeleteI get off at 5, fifteen minute walk to the car, 45 minutes to the barn. Home by about 8 or 8:30. Cook dinner, eat dinner, catch up on random stuff (animals, nails, photos, plants, laundry). Though, for the record, the TV is generally on in the back ground.
Other days, non-riding days, I generally get home by about 7 or 7:30. And I also take one day to do nothing. Yesterday was that day and I mowed the back yard while the husband grilled. Bliss.
I've got a routine and a micro-routine and everything is pretty precise and structured. I guess the problem is that I wanted to add to my routine, which requires the loss of something else.
I work full time, and typically ride 4-5 times a week, and it is HARD. My husband and I break down our schedule the weekend before and figure out the best time to do what. And if I'm feeling too rushed, or stressed about riding I usually take a day to just catch up at life. Riding's no fun if you are cramming it in between 5 other things, and I don't think the ponies mind too much!
ReplyDeleteMy hubs and I just do the same things, over and over, every single weekend. Lunch. Photos. Gym. Errands. Home. Barn. Dinner. Rinse and repeat.
DeleteOccasionally, I have those "fuck the world" days, too. But then I feel so guilty and useless. Like I bailed on KM last week and took an hour long nap instead. Woke up refreshed, but.. restless.
I'm a cyclist "on the side" so I completely understand scheduling conflicts. It's very hard sometimes to squeeze everything in, especially for me from Oct-Jan during cyclocross season. Sometimes I just have to double up and do two a days.
ReplyDeleteOh! Oh! I cycle! Or... I used to, before we bought a house. My hubs was "semi-pro" (whatever that is) in college as a result of his roommate being a real pro. I haven't touched my Giant in like.. a year. :(
DeleteHere's a photo!
Ok, I swear we all need to have a designated "non-horsey hobbies" day on our blogs. LOL Blog hop idea, anyone? My fiance is a bike racer too, although he's more roadie and def not semi-pro. ;) I started in triathlon then worked my way over to crit racing before falling in love with cyclocross. Still do the occasional crit though. We're a Specialized family, fiance is the manager at a bike shop and he's a diehard loyalist. ;)
DeleteBlog hop blog hop blog hop blog hop!
DeleteI'm not a blog hop creator I'm merely a willing participant, someone else will have to do it!
DeleteDude, if L creates it, it'll explode.
DeleteAgreed!
DeleteYou ask and I shall receive for you?? grammar fail.
DeleteI ride 3-4 days a week, but he also gets a training ride so the horse gets ridden 4-5 times a week. I think a day off is good for everyone!
ReplyDeleteA reset button!
DeleteI rock climb! Or... I used to before we bought a house :). Dealing with the same issues over here- feeling like I'm running from one activity/ task to the next. My husband and I have "date" night every Wednesday when we come straight home after work and do something fun together- watching a moving, cooking dinner, going for a walk. Otherwise we don't connect until 8:30 or later every evening.
ReplyDeleteI want to try rock climbing! But.. inside. With mats. Not where I could actually plunge to my death because I lied about my weight.
DeleteBut, yes! This, exactly - like 8:30 is the magical reconnection time. Pisses me off that I spend more of my waking hours with coworkers who are essentially strangers than with the person I actually care about. Grr.
You know me, riding was numero uno but since losing carlos, its kinda numero uno and a half. i give myself meh whatever time now. Ride 3-4 days a week, last couple weeks only twice a week and you know what, I think the horses don't mind not being worked.
ReplyDeleteI think it's important to give yourself a rest day. I do a lot of different things as well, and I would rather pack a couple into one day than spread them out over the week. That way I get one day - one beautiful day - where I do absolutely nothing. I just sit on my couch and eat and watch tv and soak up laziness. I try to ride 6 days a week, but in reality, I get to the barn about 4-5. I think it's about juggling the other things in your life as well. For instance, you have a husband. I have a cat.
ReplyDeleteThanks!